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

Russia's Leading Satellite Operator Launches High Definition Video Service Using Harmonic's Powerful Compression Solutions
Feb 5, 2007 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that NTV-Plus has deployed Harmonic's industry-leading DiviCom® Electra™ 7000 high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders for its new HD service.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, NTV-Plus, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Ukraine

BSkyB - Results for the six months ended 31 December 2006
Jan 31, 2007 – BSkyB announces record sales and 20% increase in interim dividend. Net customer growth in the second quarter was 183,000 to 8.441 million.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Vivendi Full Year 2006 Revenues Reach 20 billion Euros
Jan 31, 2007 – Total subscriptions to Canal+ at the end of the year reached 5,14 million, which represents a net increase of 76,000 compared with year-end 2005. The proportion of Canal+ Le Bouquet subscriptions reached 61% of complete Canal+ portfolio, up from 52% a year ago.
News categories: Vivendi, Earnings Release, Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Broadcom Chipsets Power DIRECTV Set-Top Box Roadmap
Jan 9, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its semiconductor solutions for the satellite set-top box market are being used as the core technology in many DIRECTV high definition television (HDTV) and basic standard definition (SD) set-top boxes.
News categories: Broadcom, CES2025, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Sky+ breaks through 2 million boxes
Jan 2, 2007 – British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) has announced that the total number of Sky+ boxes installed in customers' homes has broken through 2 million for the first time.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

India - Bharti applies for DTH licence
Dec 27, 2006 – The Bharti group has applied to the government for a licence to operate direct-to-home television (DTH) services.
News categories: Bharti, Digital TV, India, Satellite

Pakistan - DTH service to be launched soon
Dec 23, 2006 – Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani said on Friday the ministry would soon launch DTH (Direct to Home) service in collaboration with the private sector.
News categories: Digital TV, Pakistan, Satellite

DISH Network Passes 13 Million Customer Milestone
Dec 22, 2006 – EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) has announced that its DISH Network™ passed the 13 million customer milestone.
News categories: EchoStar, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Three out of four UK households now watch digital television
Dec 20, 2006 – Ofcom has published its 'Communications Market: Digital Television Progress Report' for the third quarter of 2006. The report shows that by the end of September 73.3% of UK television households viewed digital TV on their main set.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, UK