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18% of TV Homes Use FTA DTH Satellite

by Bob Raikes

Dataxis has said that 314 million TV households are getting TV signals via Free-to-Air (FTA) DTH satellite, representing 18% of all TV households globally and the company believes this will grow to 20%. While …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Burkina Faso Increases Satellite Capacity

by Yvette Raikes

The Burkina Faso agency responsible for DTT channel rollout, Société burkinabè de télédiffusion (SBT), has announced a multi-year agreement for satellite capacity with Eutelsat. The country already has 20 digital channels and the new …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Dish Uses Alexa To Add Voice Control

by Milos Pavlovic

Dish said that is is working with Amazon to enable the Alexa service on its Hopper and Wally set top boxes when paired with Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap. The new Alexa …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Dutch DTH Platform Joyne Arrives in July

by Yvette Raikes

The Netherlands is due to get a new DTH satellite platform in July. Joyne will compete with M7’s Canal Digitaal and can be received on all current satellite receivers with a CI slot. Reports …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 19

New DTH Platform Planned for Slovakia

by Yvette Raikes

A new DTH platform is in prospect for Slovakia. It is called Pantelio and there have already been trials of a number of SD and HD channels on three transponders. The proposed offering is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Eutelsat result 12/05/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Eutelsat reported its FY17 Q3 result with net sales of €364.3 million ($397.2 million), which was lower by 4.2% on a yearly basis. The revenue from broadcast video channels at €228.1 million($248.7 million) was …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Videocon d2h and Dish TV Merger Approved

by Alan Spencer

The proposed merger of Videocon d2h and Dish TV India has received approval by the Competition Commission of India. The new entity will be called Dish TV Videocon and the merger will create a …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 19

AT&T Has Mixed Results for the First Quarter of 2017

by Alan Spencer

AT&T has reported that total linear video subscribers were down for the first quarter of 2017. However, in the quarter there was an increase in subscribers for DirecTV Now. The number of satellite subscribers …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Satellite| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 17

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SES Result 28/04/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

SES announced FY17 Q1 result with net sales of €540.6 million ($590.9 million) and operating profit of €186.7 million ($204.0 million), resulting in operating margin of 34.5%. The net profit was €128.4 million ($140.3 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 17

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ARRIS Introduces New Satellite Receivers Supporting HEVC and DVB-S2X

by Isaac Oburu

ARRIS International plc today announced two new advanced Satellite Receiver solutions for satellite distribution networks: the DSR-7412 Integrated Receiver/Transcoder and DSR-4470 Integrated Receiver/Decoder. Both are on display at ARRIS’s booth #SU1916 at NAB in …

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Two US Pay-TV Providers Launch Linear Ultra HD Services

by Alan Spencer

Two multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) have launched the first commercial linear Ultra HD services to cable and IPTV subscriber homes in the US. The services were launched using SES’s satellite-delivered, pre-packaged, Ultra HD …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 16

NTV+ Ultra HD Service Now Available Throughout Russia

by Alan Spencer

NTV+ has launched Ultra HD TV broadcasts in the European part of Russia. The company had previously launched its UHD service in Russia’s Far East and Siberia, so now the service is available across …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Russia| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 15