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

ANZ Teleport & Broadcast Launches DTH Platform with Intelsat
Jun 21, 2007 – Intelsat has announced that New Zealand-based ANZ Teleport & Broadcast Ltd. selected the Intelsat platform on which to launch a new direct-to-home television service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite

Digital TV in over 80% of UK homes as Freeview overtakes Sky
Jun 21, 2007 – Ofcom’s Digital Television Progress Report for the first quarter of 2007 shows that household take-up of digital TV now stands at 80.5%, up from 77.2% the previous quarter. The report also shows that Freeview is now on the main set in 8.4 million homes. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

New Zealand Freeview launches with MHEG-5 Technology from S&T
Jun 19, 2007 – Strategy & Technology (S&T), specialists in interactive TV playout systems and MHEG-5 middleware, is pleased to confirm the successful launch of its EPG application on the new Freeview digital satellite service in New Zealand.
News categories: S&T, Freeview NZ, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Satellite, TV Services

NXP Semiconductors launches industry's first fully integrated, silicon-based IC solution for satellite LNB
Jun 19, 2007 – NXP Semiconductors has announced the next step in bringing affordable, reliable satellite television technology solutions to the world market. NXP is introducing the industry's first fully integrated down converter for Ku-band digital video broadcasting satellite Low Noise Block (LNB).
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, TV Services

Strong growth forecast for MENA pay TV
Jun 19, 2007 – The pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa will grow by 36% over the next five years. Informa Telecoms & Media's report shows that the region's 4.5 million pay TV subscribers at end-2006 will grow to 6.1 million in 2012.
News categories: Africa, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Cable TV, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Market Research, Middle-East, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Zimbabwe

Sun TV to use Irdeto's Digital TV Security Solution in Launch of Direct-to-Home Satellite Broadcasts Across India
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has announced at CommunicAsia that it has signed an agreement with India's Sun Direct TV to protect Sun TV's new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service.
News categories: Irdeto, Sun TV, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Satellite

Dell'Oro Group Launches Coverage of the STB and DVR Markets
Jun 17, 2007 – The report released today indicates that the worldwide set-top box market, which includes revenues from cable, satellite, and IP set-top boxes, grew 44 percent in the first quarter of this year versus the same quarter last year. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Clearwire Partners with DIRECTV and Echostar
Jun 17, 2007 – Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) has announced distribution agreements with DIRECTV (NYSE: DTV) and EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH). More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, Satellite, USA

Canada - Digital TV subscriptions still climbing
Jun 16, 2007 – In the last quarter of 2006, the number of digital television subscribers in Canada increased by an estimated 4% (or 223,000), according to the latest report in Decima's "Digital Domain" series.
News categories: Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box