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

Chrysler Group the First to Offer SIRIUS Backseat TV
Apr 3, 2007 – SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM) features three channels of respected children’s TV featuring many of the most well-known kids’ programming, including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network. More …
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Satellite, USA

ITI Group Continues to Boost Revenues and Earnings
Mar 29, 2007 – The ITI Group launched on 12 October 2006 “”n”” Poland’s new generation digital platform. For the three months of operations in 2006, “”n”” contributed revenues of EURO 3,637 and generated negative EBITDA of EURO (19,728).” More …
News categories: Digital TV, Poland, Results, Satellite

Competition and Replacement Drive Features in Satellite STBs
Mar 26, 2007 – As the satellite television market continues to grow and mature, the set top box (STB) industry as a whole is slowly rolling out new features and services, reports In-Stat. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Average U.S. Home Now Receives A Record 104.2 TV Channels
Mar 21, 2007 – The number of television channels that the average U.S. home receives has now reached a record high of 104.2 TV channels. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Almost half of UK television sets are connected to digital
Mar 14, 2007 – Ofcom today published its Communications Market: Digital Television Progress Report for the fourth quarter of 2006 (October-December). More Freeview devices were sold than in any previous quarter at 2.4 million. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

OpenTV launches on DishTV, India's first satellite service
Mar 14, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that it has successfully integrated and downloaded its Core2 software to over 1,400,000 set-top boxes for DishTV. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, India, Middleware, Satellite

ASTRA reaches more than 109 million households in 35 countries
Mar 13, 2007 – In early 2007, 109.2 million TV homes in 35 European and North African countries received their audiovisual broadcast and broadband services via the ASTRA Satellite System.
News categories: SES S.A, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite

Vivendi Announces 2006 Results and 2007 Outlook
Mar 8, 2007 – The combination of Canal+ and TPS has resulted in the creation of the largest European pay-TV platform by number of subscribers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

ARABSAT and LUXE.tv Launch First HDTV Channel in MENA
Mar 8, 2007 – ARABSAT has announced the official launch of “”LUXE.tv HD””, the very first High Definition TV channel to be broadcasted over the Middle-East & North-Africa region.” More …
News categories: Africa, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite