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

Japan Revs Up Digital Television
Feb 15, 2007 – A new organization - The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (DPA) - hopes to achieve the goal of selling 30 million digital TVs in Japan by March 2008, or about 63 percent of its 48 million households.
News categories: Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite

Most Rapid Growth in Digital Satellite TV to Come From Asia
Feb 14, 2007 – Western Europe and North America continue to lead the digital satellite pay-TV market in subscribers and revenue, but the fastest growth over the next several years will come from other areas, especially Asia, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, North America, Satellite, Subscribers

Consumer Demand for Advanced Functionalities Drives STB Semiconductor Market
Feb 14, 2007 – The global set top box market has been experiencing significant growth, largely due to the emergence of Internet Protocol television (IPTV) and the growing popularity of high definition television (HDTV).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

NDS MediaHighway Middleware Deployed Across DIRECTV Latin America
Feb 14, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that its MediaHighway middleware, currently deployed on 41.6 million set-top boxes worldwide, is being downloaded to all DIRECTV Latin America L10 and L11 set-top boxes as well as the LR15 Digital Video Recorder (DVR).
News categories: NDS Group, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Digital TV, DVR, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, Middleware, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Set Top Box, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

DVB approves DVB-SH specification
Feb 14, 2007 – The DVB Steering Board has approved the DVB-SH (Satellite services to Handhelds) specification: a waveform specification and a description of the system.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite

Sogecable Consolidated results as of December 31st 2006
Feb 13, 2007 – As of December 31st 2006, Sogecable reaches 2,044,000 DIGITAL+ subscribers, adding more then 38,000 net in the quarter. In 2006, subscriber growth has been resumed and 84,000 new net subscribers have joined the service within the year.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Premiere meets targets for 2006 and raises forecasts
Feb 8, 2007 – At year end, Premiere had 3,409,990 subscribers - 1.1 percent more than on September 30, 2006 (3,373,932). Year-on-year (as of 12/31) Premiere booked a decrease of 156,464 subscribers (2005: 3,566,454) - or roughly 4.4 percent.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

News Corp. Results for the Quarter ended December 31, 2006
Feb 7, 2007 – SKY Italia, part of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV), added more than 432,000 net subscribers over the past 12 months, bringing its subscriber base to 4.03 million at quarter end.
News categories: Sky Italia, News Corp, Digital TV, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV Announces Fourth Quarter and FY2006 Results
Feb 7, 2007 – The total number of DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. subscribers as of December 31, 2006 was 15.95 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.13 million subscribers reported on December 31, 2005.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela