yes (company)

D.B.S. Satellite Services (1998) Ltd
Trade name	yes
Native name	די.בי.אס. שרותי לווין (1998) בע״מ
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Satellite television
Founded	28 July 2000; 24 years ago
Headquarters	Tel Aviv, Israel
Area served	Israel (Green Line and other areas)
Key people	Ron Ayalon (CEO)
Products	Direct broadcast satellite, pay television, pay-per-view
Parent	Bezeq
Website	www.yes.co.il

yes (Hebrew: יס), formerly incorporated as D.B.S. Satellite Services (1998) Ltd (Hebrew: די.בי.אס. שרותי לווין (1998) בע״מ), is the sole direct broadcast satellite television provider in Israel. It broadcasts multichannel TV and VOD services via satellites Amos-3 and Amos-7. It also offers DVR capabilities, and 4K support.

In 2017, yes served about 600,000 subscribers.^[1]

History

Ahead of its launch, Pace supplied 75,000 set-top-boxes for the provider in 1999.^[2]

Yes began broadcasting in July 2000. The largest shareholder of the provider is the Bezeq corporation, which holds up to 49% of its shares. The early years of the company were unstable due to technical and financial difficulties. Even though the three cable companies in Israel - Matav, Tevel and Arutzei Zahav - sought to compete with the satellite company by slashing prices, the subscriber base grew due to the new services that Yes offered, as well as the lack of cable coverage in many rural areas. In response, the cable companies merged into one company under the name HOT.

Yes provides television services to more than half a million customers using two Israeli satellites – AMOS-2 and AMOS-3. The company broadcasts more than 200 television stations from around the world, along with exclusive Israeli channels. In 2004, yes started offering its customers the first DVR (Digital video recorder) in Israel, called yesMax (similar in function to the TiVo).

STINGTV

The company markets itself as a "disassembled" TV service, customized to each customer, offering specific content packages that can be ordered separately and combined. The packages offered are: movies, series, children, sport ONE, sports 1, and science and nature. There is also a family package that includes all the packages at a discounted price.

The service content consists of Idan+ channels, which are freely transmitted to each dedicated digital converter, additional channels that can be chosen specifically, and VOD service where content is offered as part of the packages chosen by the customer. In addition, the service is provided on an AndroidTV converter, either via a proprietary STINGTV BOX converter or with a separate AndroidTV converter that can be purchased independently. This allows users to download a variety of content applications such as DailyMotion, YouTube, Netflix, and more.

High definition

On 23 December 2007 yes began broadcasting in high definition. The broadcasting format is Widescreen 16:9 with resolution of 1080i50. The broadcasting system is DVB-S2 and H.264. There is also support for content in 720p. On some of the content there is also 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. In April 2011, yes had 18 HD channels (one of them in 3D). Receiving the broadcastings in HD is available only with yes' HD set-top boxes - ADB 7820S - which has multiple digital and analog outputs - including HDMI (1.3a) and S/PDIF - coaxial and optical.

On 22 April 2009 yes released the HD-DVR set-top box - yesMaxHD (ADB 7820SX/7720SX) - which can record two shows simultaneously, also in High Definition. In the beginning of May 2010, yes started to provide Russian language audio track for HD movie channels.

In November 2011 yes introduced a Streamer feature within yesMaxHD available to those who purchase the VOD feature, yes Named this yesMaxTOTAL. As of 2021, the yes Streamer feature is no longer available and has been discontinued.

Criticism

Involvement in Israeli settlements

On 12 February 2020, the United Nations published a database of companies doing business related in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem^[3] Yes was listed on the database on account of its activities in Israeli settlements in these occupied territories,^[4] which are considered illegal under international law.^[5]

References

^ "סדקים בדואופול: Yes מורידה מחיר ונפרדת מחבילות". 9 January 2018.
^ "Launch of Israeli digital TV - Yes!", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 23, November 1999-January 2000
^ "Database of all business enterprises involved in certain activities relating to Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank (A/HRC/43/71)". UN OCHA. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ "UN rights office issues report on business activities related to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "S/RES/2334(2016)". United Nations Security Council. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

External links

[1] "סדקים בדואופול: Yes מורידה מחיר ונפרדת מחבילות". 9 January 2018.

[2] "Launch of Israeli digital TV - Yes!", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 23, November 1999-January 2000

[3] "Database of all business enterprises involved in certain activities relating to Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank (A/HRC/43/71)". UN OCHA. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[unlist_ohchr-4] "UN rights office issues report on business activities related to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[unsc2334-5] "S/RES/2334(2016)". United Nations Security Council. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

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