Digital TV News: BSkyB

High Definition Sport tops the league in European television
Oct 9, 2012 – The European Audiovisual Observatory has announced European television market figures. HD channel growth continues to explode with a total of 941 in October. Sports, film, and those of the main generalist broadcasters are the most dominant channels in HD.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, EU, Europe, Market Research

SES Successfully Launches ASTRA 2F Satellite
Oct 1, 2012 – SES (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) has announced that its new ASTRA 2F satellite was successfully launched on Friday, 28 September, on board an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. This is SES' 36th successful launch on Ariane.
News categories: SES S.A, Ariane, Content Distribution, Ireland, Satellite, UK

MTV is Europe's top distributed channel
Sep 26, 2012 – MTV is carried by more European operators than any other channel, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. However, the TV Channel Distribution in Europe report points out that several other channels are close behind.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Europe, Market Research

Pace and ThinkAnalytics Team on Intelligent Navigation and Content Recommendation
Sep 5, 2012 – ThinkAnalytics has announced that its ThinkAnalytics Recommendations Engine has been integrated with Cobalt Media Head End and software from Pace (LSE: PIC).
News categories: ThinkAnalytics, Pace plc, Content Distribution, Middleware

Liberty Global and BSkyB to continue to dominate European pay TV
Sep 5, 2012 – Pay TV subscriptions for the 95 operators across 25 countries covered in a new report from Digital TV Research will increase from a collective 96.2 million in 2007 to 140.9 million by 2017.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Triple-play subscriptions to rocket to 400 million
Aug 21, 2012 – Global triple-play subscriptions will reach 400 million by 2017; up by nearly 300 million on the end-2011 total and up by 380 million on the 2007 total, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Belgium, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, UK, USA

BSkyB results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2012
Jul 26, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has released results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2012. Sky added 57,000 new Sky households in the quarter, including 37,000 standalone home communications customers and 20,000 TV customers.
News categories: BSkyB, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

BSkyB launches NOW TV online movies
Jul 16, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced the launch of NOW TV. NOW TV makes Sky Movies - followed later by Sky Sports - available across a wide range of internet-connected devices, with no contract, set-up costs or installation.
News categories: BSkyB, NOW TV, Digital TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, UK

The End of Set-Top Box Domination Looms as Multiscreen Pay-TV Operators Shift to PCs, Smartphones and Tablets
Jul 10, 2012 – In 2015, 49% of all devices obtaining TV services from 43 of the largest global pay-TV operators that have commenced deployment of multiscreen services will be PCs, smartphones, tablets and other so-called multiscreen devices, according to IHS Screen Digest.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gaming, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, TV Everywhere