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

SkyLife Chooses TANDBERG Television for SD and HD Upgrade
Jun 13, 2007 – TANDBERG Television (TAT.OL) has announced that it is providing a satellite head-end system upgrade to Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting Co. Ltd., more universally recognized under its ‘SkyLife’ brand name. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Korea, Satellite

Japan - Sky Perfect Subscribers as of the end of May 2007
Jun 6, 2007 – Sky Perfect Communications has announced the number of total registrations and individual subscribers as of the end of May 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

Gateway to broadcast English soccer to Africa
Jun 4, 2007 – Gateway Telecommunications has raised $40 million to roll out a pay-TV service (GTV) that will broadcast English Premier League soccer games to sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: Gateway Broadcast Services, Africa, Digital TV, Kenya, Malawi, Satellite, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

China launches communications satellite 'SinoSat-3'
Jun 1, 2007 – China on early Friday morning launched 'SinoSat-3', a communications satellite for radio and television broadcasting, aboard a Long March-3A carrier rocket, marking the 100th flight of its Long March series.
News categories: SinoSat, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Jersey Telecom to provide live TV to mobile phones
May 31, 2007 – Jersey’s mobile phone users will soon be able to watch TV on their phones, wherever they are, as Jersey Telecom and its technology partner, Alcatel are planning to trial a new mobile phone television service later this year. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite, UK

OTE Group Reports 2007 First Quarter Results
May 31, 2007 – The recently launched RomTelecom satellite TV service proved to be a success, winning over 163,000 TV customers four months after launch.
News categories: RomTelecom, Digital TV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Spain - DIGITAL+ launches iPLUS PVR
May 29, 2007 – DIGITAL+ is to launch in Spain the most advanced set top box personal video recorder (STB PVR) next month of August 2007.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital+, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain, Terrestrial

India - Reliance Bluemagic gets DTH licence
May 27, 2007 – Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Bluemagic today became the fourth private player to secure licence to offer direct to home (DTH) services and plans to start operations by the fourth quarter of this year. More …
News categories: Digital TV, India, Satellite

South Africa - High-Def TV satellite for 2010
May 25, 2007 – Sentech intends to launch at least one High Definition Television (HDTV) satellite channel in time for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
News categories: Sentech, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa