At the Satellite 2013 Conference March 19, SES CEO Romain Bausche announced that the company has increased its viewing numbers by 17 million from last year, reaching approximately 276 million homes worldwide as of Dec. 31.
 

This gain can be highly attributed to strong growth in Germany and India. Specifically, SES in India saw an increase of 7.5 million homes, due to a high demand for DTH platforms, Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV, which now reach 25 million homes from SES satellites. The Indian Space Research Organization contracts this SES capacity in India. The growth of the Indian DTH market, as well as the digitalization of cable has driven this growth in India for SES. 

 

Satellite has increased its reach in Europe by 17 percent over the last four years. The number of households watching satellite TV in HD quality continues to rise and reached 41 percent of all European satellite households. Germany, in particular, has contributed to this growth through the switch-off of the analogue satellite signals and the success of the HD platform HD+.