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

Canada - ExpressVu MPEG-4 HD receivers now slated for Q4 2007
May 8, 2007 – Digital Home has learned that on April 30th, ExpressVu informed dealers the new HD receivers would now be launched in the fourth quarter of 2007.
News categories: Bell Canada, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

Russia - OpenTV Powers High Definition TV for NTV-Plus
May 8, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that NTV-Plus, Russia’s first and only direct-to-home satellite TV operator, will launch high definition television services using OpenTV’s advanced digital television solutions. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Russia, Satellite

National Broadcasting Company, Owner of Russia's Tricolor TV Platform, Launches 12 Pay-TV Channels on Eutelsat W4 Satellite
May 7, 2007 – Russian broadcaster National Broadcasting Company has announced the launch of 12 new channels on the W4 satellite of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) in order to expand development of its Tricolor television platform.
News categories: Eutelsat, Tricolor TV, Digi Raum, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

New Zealand - Free digital TV breaks Sky monopoly
May 2, 2007 – Sky Television's monopoly on digital broadcasting in New Zealand has finally been broken with the launch of a new service, Freeview.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite

BSkyB Results for the nine months ended 31 March 2007
May 2, 2007 – Gross additions of 340,000 were 25% higher than the prior year and were the highest third quarter additions in six years. Net additions of 51,000 were 28% higher than the third quarter of 2006 to give a total of 8.492 million. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

New Zealand - Set-top box firms launch price war for Freeview
Apr 28, 2007 – Consumers dipping their toes in the world of digital free-to-air TV will need to stump up anything from $160 to $650 depending on whether they buy an official Freeview set-top box and need to have a satellite dish installed.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

BBC and ITV to launch a free-to-view satellite proposition
Apr 27, 2007 – The BBC has today been given approval by the BBC Trust to launch a nationally available free-to-view satellite proposition as a joint venture with ITV. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Satellite, UK

South Africa - Telkom aims to launch pay-TV
Apr 27, 2007 – Telkom Media, majority owned by fixed-line phone operator Telkom, hopes to launch a cheap pay-TV service to rival Naspers’ monopoly, the company has said. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, South Africa

Thomson First Quarter 2007 Revenues
Apr 27, 2007 – In Access Products, Thomson shipped 2.1 million satellite set-top boxes in 1Q07, 0.6 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.6 million access products for telecom operators. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box