Digital TV News: Sun Direct

Sun Direct DTH Crosses 1 Million Subscriber Mark in 200 Days
Jul 7, 2008 – Sun Direct TV, one of the leading DTH service providers in India, has announced the achievement of 1 Million DTH subscribers in 200 days. The one million subscriber base comes from only 4 southern states.
News categories: Sun Direct, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

Sun Direct TV Deploys Harmonic's Video Delivery Solutions for India's First MPEG-4 Satellite TV Service
Mar 19, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Sun Direct TV Private Limited has deployed Harmonic's market-leading digital video solutions for India's first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast service.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Sun Direct TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Satellite

Dish TV Earnings Release for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2007
Jan 25, 2008 – Dish TV India added 297,000 new subscribers during 3Q, up from 278,000 additions in 2Q, an increase of 7%. The gross subscriber base stood at 2.7 million on December 31, 2007.
News categories: DishTV, Digital TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Ku-band Supply Crisis in South Asia: Myth or Reality?
Nov 27, 2007 – Direct-to-Home (DTH) services are the red hot topic in the South Asian commercial transponder market. Many within the industry are even raising the question if there simply is enough Ku-band transponder supply available and planned for the coming years to meet the rapid increase in Ku-band capacity demand in the region.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, Bangladesh, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Pakistan, Satellite, Sri Lanka, TV Services

OpenTV Announces Deal with Sun Direct TV in India
Nov 6, 2007 – OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced that Sun Direct TV has selected OpenTV to provide the end-to-end solution and deployment management enabling its digital television services.
News categories: OpenTV, Sun TV, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite

Sun TV to use Irdeto's Digital TV Security Solution in Launch of Direct-to-Home Satellite Broadcasts Across India
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has announced at CommunicAsia that it has signed an agreement with India's Sun Direct TV to protect Sun TV's new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service.
News categories: Irdeto, Sun TV, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Satellite