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

Poland - ITI Group First Quarter 2007 Results
May 25, 2007 – The ITI Group launched on 12 October 2006 through ITI Neovision "n" Poland's new generation digital platform. For the first three months of 2007, "n" showed strong performance and delivered results in line with its business plan and by mid May had a subscriber base exceeding 140,000.
News categories: ITI Group, Earnings Release (pdf), Digital TV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Latin American TV reaps the digital dividend
May 24, 2007 – A report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV will make major inroads in Latin America over the next 5 years. Digital TV households will more than treble in that time - from 5.9 million at present to 22.8 million by 2012.
News categories: Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Satellite, USA, Venezuela

SIRIUS selects NXP Semiconductors for satellite TV service
May 24, 2007 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) has selected its Nexperia(TM) PNX9520 processor for SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM), a TV service that delivers live TV directly to vehicles. More …
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, USA

Nearly One Quarter of TV Sets in the US Only get Broadcast TV
May 23, 2007 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 23% of all TV sets in consumers’ homes do not receive cable or Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) programming. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Portugal - Pay TV has 1.8 million customers in March
May 22, 2007 – The total of number of subscribers to the subscription television service (cable and DTH) reached 1.881 million at the end of March, representing around 18 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Sharp tuner with Super Compact housing for slim-line AV equipment
May 17, 2007 – At the Anga Cable, Sharp is presenting new DVB-S and DVB-T tuners with the slimmest housings currently available on the market. More …
News categories: ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Vivendi Reports Very Good First Quarter 2007 Earnings
May 16, 2007 – At the end of March, Canal+ France’s total subscription portfolio totaled 10.3 million. Canal+ had 5.2 million subscriptions, while CanalSat/TPS had more than 5 million. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

VIACCESS security chosen by Canal+ for its TNTSAT offer
May 15, 2007 – The Canal Plus Group has announced free access via satellite to the 18 (DTT) digital, terrestrial television channels as of June 15. The Canal Plus Group has retained the latest generation of Viaccess Technology to secure this French "TNTSAT" offer
News categories: Viaccess, TNTSAT, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Terrestrial

Annual Set Top Box shipments reach 120m units by 2011
May 13, 2007 – The demand for set top boxes continues to rise, with more than 65m cable, satellite and IPTV digital STBs shipped globally last year, and the market on track to grow at 13% CAAGR to 120m annual shipments by 2011. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial