Digital TV News: Sun Direct

India's DTH reaches 23.77 million subscribers at end-June 2010
Oct 5, 2010 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' for the quarter ending June 2010. At mid-year the reported subscriber base of the 6 DTH licensees in India was 23.77 million.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

ASTRO Malaysia adds 55,000; Sun Direct India adds 100,000 subscribers in latest quarter
Mar 30, 2010 – ASTRO has announced results for the year ended 31 January 2010. Over the year, pay-TV in Malaysia gained 284,000 net new customers, to reach 2.93 million. In India, Sun Direct registered 1.6 million net new customers, to reach 4.1 million.
News categories: ASTRO TV, Sun Direct TV, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sun Direct DTH launches HD in India
Dec 15, 2009 – Sun Direct has announced the launch of high-definition (HD) channels as part of its DTH satellite TV service in India. HD set-top boxes are to be supplied by Samsung.
News categories: Sun Direct, Samsung, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

ASTRO Malaysia adds 94k DTH subscribers in quarter to end-October
Dec 9, 2009 – ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORKS has announced results for the period ended 31 October 2009. In the quarter, Astro TV added 94,000 net subscribers in Malaysia and Sun Direct TV in India added 500,000 new customers, bringing its total to 4.0 million.
News categories: Astro, Sun Direct TV, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Indian Pay TV platforms look for investors as downturn eases
Sep 17, 2009 – Research just published by media analysts Screen Digest shows that India's TV market is expected to experience growth in all sectors until 2013.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Sun Direct crosses 4 million subscribers
Sep 7, 2009 – Sun Direct, the direct-to-home (DTH) service provider in India, has achieved another milestone by crossing the 4 million subscriber base; the fastest growing player in the DTH market to do so in under two years, since its launch in December 2007.
News categories: Sun Direct, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

ASTRO 2.6 million subscribers; Sun Direct 2.5 million
Mar 17, 2009 – ASTRO (Kuala Lumpur:ASTRO) has announced full year results for the financial year ended 31 January 2009. Pay-TV subscriber growth in Malaysia was 374,000 net new customers. Sun Direct in India now has over 2.5 million subscribers.
News categories: ASTRO, Sun Direct, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Astro announces Quarterly Financial Results Q3 FY2009
Dec 15, 2008 – Malaysia's ASTRO All Asia Networks (Kuala Lumpur:ASTRO) has announced its unaudited consolidated results for the third quarter ended 31 October 2008. Astro TV subscribers increased by 96 thousand to 2.565 million at the end of the quarter.
News categories: ASTRO All Asia Networks, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sun Direct TV expands into West India
Sep 11, 2008 – Sun Direct TV, a leading direct-to-home (DTH) service provider in south India, is all set to replicate the success story in the other parts of the country. Starting with Ahmedabad, the company plans to re-run its success in western Indian markets.
News categories: Sun Direct, Digital TV, India, Satellite