Satellite Television (DBS, DTH, DSat, DVB-S, DVB-S2) News

BSkyB in Sony PSP joint venture
Jul 27, 2007 – BSkyB has launched a joint venture with Sony that will allow users of Sony's PSP handheld gaming device to download films, football matches and music videos to watch as they commute to work or school.
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, Satellite, UK

BSkyB Results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2007
Jul 27, 2007 – Sky recorded 1,446,000 new DTH customer additions in the year, the highest since analogue switch-off in 2001, and annual net customer growth of 406,000.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Thomson: First half 2007 Results
Jul 26, 2007 – Thomson shipped a total of 11.0 million access products in 1H07 of which 4.7 million were satellite set-top boxes, 1.2 million were cable set-top boxes, and 5.3 million were access products for telecom operators.
News categories: Thomson, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Vivendi Reports First Half 2007 Revenues Up 6.4%
Jul 25, 2007 – At the end of the period, Canal+ Group's total subscription portfolio reached 10.3 million, a net increase of more than 400,000 subscriptions compared to the combined subscriptions of Canal+ Group and TPS at the end of June 2006.
News categories: Full Press Release, Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Pace Micro Technology plc results for the full year ended 2 June 2007
Jul 24, 2007 – Pace Micro Technology (LSE: PIC) has announced its audited financial results for the full year ended 2 June 2007. Volume shipments increased by 77% to 3.9m set-top boxes (2006: 2.2m)
News categories: Pace Micro Technology, Africa, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Middle-East, North America, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

Telenor Second Quarter 2007: Continued good performance
Jul 24, 2007 – Revenues in the Canal Digital Group increased primarily due to higher number of subscribers and higher number of additional services. Revenues and EBITDA in Transmission & Encryption increased due to higher sales of pay TV conditional access cards.
News categories: Telenor, 2Q07 Report, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

MTG Financial Results for the Second Quarter And Six Months ended 30 June 2007
Jul 24, 2007 – MTG has reported its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended 30 June 2007. In Q2 Viasat Broadcasting net sales were up 9% to SEK 2,246 mn and operating profit was up 1% to SEK 535 mn.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden

ExpressVu now testing MPEG-4 signal delivery
Jul 23, 2007 – Members of the Digital Forum have recently reported that Bell ExpressVu is now testing MPEG-4 signal delivery on its satellite systems which suggests the company is a step closer to introducing new MPEG-4 HD satellite receivers to the Canadian market.
News categories: Bell Canada, Canada, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

North American Free-To-Air Set-Top Boxes: It's A Big Biz
Jul 22, 2007 – FTA pirates tapping into Echostar's DISH Network service and Canada's Bell ExpressVU system, have now distributed their illegal services and products to an estimated two million illegal TV Households, according to the Carmel Group.
News categories: Carmel Group, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA