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Number of HD+ Subscribers in Germany Passes Two Million Mark

by Isaac Oburu

SES S.A. announced today that HD+ exceeded the two million subscriber mark in 2016. As of 31 December 2016, the satellite TV offer counted some 2,111,862 subscribers, 15 percent more than in 2015 (December …

Tags:HD+ (Germany)| Satellite| SES

German HD+ Subscribers Exceed Two Million

by Alan Spencer

The number of subscribers to the SES HD+ service in Germany exceeded two million for the first time in 2016. The year ended with the number of subscribers using HD+ on satellite TV reaching …

Tags:Germany| HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Russian DTH Growth Continues

by Alan Spencer

Orion Express, the Russian DTH service, saw its subscriber base grow by 5% in 2016 to 2.953 million. At the same time revenue growth went up by 2% to R3.5 billion (€54.2 million). ARPU …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Russia| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 05

SES Announces 14% Growth in HDTV

by Bob Raikes

With a continuing increase in HDTV penetration in Europe, the number of HDTV channels grew by 14% for SES to more than 750 channels, although 67% of Europe is still using SD. Last year …

Tags:HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Videocon Sees Net Subscriber Growth of 250,000

by Alan Spencer

Videocon of India has seen net subscriber growth of 0.25 million in the third quarter of 2016, with this net subscribers totaled 12.77 million at the end of 2016. Churn was 0.87% per month …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 04

AT&T Reports 235,000 Increase in Satellite Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

AT&T added 235,000 satellite subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2016, although IPTV subscribers declined by 262,000. For the third straight quarter, gross additions increased on a year-on-year basis even when excluding IPTV customers …

Tags:AT&T| DirecTV| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Eutelsat Boosts Ultra HD Content

by Bob Raikes

Satellite operator, Eutelsat Communications, has said that it has launched two new UltraHD channels on its Hotbird platform. The channels are Fashion TV’s FTV UHD and Travelxp 5K. Both have multi-year agreements for EMEA. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 01

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New UHD Travel Channel will Use HLG

by Bob Raikes

SES said that Travelxp 4K will use the SES-1 satellite in North America from January, bringing the total of UltraHD channels being broadcast by SES to 30, 21 of which are commercial. Interestingly, the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 50

SES Adds 24/7 4KUniverse ULTRA HD Channel

by Bob Raikes

SES said that 4KUniverse will use the SES-1 satellite to deliver UltraHD content in the US, the fourth UHD channel to join the platform, which is expected to grow to eight by January. The …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| UltraHD| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Space X Planning UltraHD Satellites

by Bob Raikes

The SpaceX start-up, backed by Elon Musk of Tesla, has said that it wants to create a global array of 4,000 satellites that would be in low-Earth orbit to supply internet services around the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Satellite in 91% of TV homes in Middle East and North Africa

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat announced the headline results of its 2016 TV Observatory in Middle East and North Africa and gave these key conclusions: Satellite consolidates place as core digital infrastructure, reaching into 91% of TV homes …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Eutelsat and Broadpeak for IP to Mobile

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat and Broadpeak said that they have collaborated to deliver live TV and VOD over satellite to mobile devices. The idea is to use the Broadpeak CDN network to drive content through the Eutelsat …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 45