Hong Kong (HK) Digital TV News

Hong Kong's i-CABLE adds 30k pay TV subscribers in 1H09
Aug 11, 2009 – i-CABLE Communications (Hong Kong:1097) has released its Interim Results Announcement for the six months ended June 30, 2009. Pay TV subscribers increased by 30,000 or 3% in the period to 947,000.
News categories: i-CABLE Communications, Cable TV, Hong Kong, Results, Subscribers

IPTV Rollouts in Asia/Pacific are not for Faint of Heart
Jun 30, 2009 – Despite the massive investments necessary in Asia/Pacific's IPTV market, both in technology and content procurement, telecom operators must invest to gain subscriber market share according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Asia, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Korea, Market Research

Thomson Portable Media Center selected by PCCW
Jun 10, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced that it has been selected by PCCW Hong Kong to provide a unique WiFi enabled portable device as the platform for PCCW's second generation 'eye service', a multimedia over IP to the home service.
News categories: Thomson, PCCW, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Smart Home, Tablet

Mobile Video Service Subscriptions to Grow Five-Fold by 2014
Jun 4, 2009 – The global number of users paying for mobile video services will grow five-fold from 2008 to 2014, surpassing 534 million, with a substantial proportion of net additions coming from emerging markets, according to a report by Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, 5G, Brazil, Chile, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers, USA

More than 50% of Mobile TV Subscribers from APAC by 2013
May 27, 2009 – According to research from RNCOS, the Asia-Pacific region will account for more than 50% of global Mobile TV subscribers by the end of 2013 due to the rapid technological developments in countries like China, Japan, South Korea and India.
News categories: RNCOS, 5G, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Mexico, Mobile, Russia, Spain, UK, USA

Hong Kong reports CMMB trial results
May 13, 2009 – Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has release a report by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) covering its recent Phase 1 CMMB Mobile TV Trial.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Content Distribution, Hong Kong, Mobile

MPA Sees Strong Asia Pacific Pay-TV Subs Growth
Apr 22, 2009 – Against the background of a poor global macroeconomic environment, media owners and investors focused on Asia Pacific can take comfort from the defensive nature of the region's pay-TV and broadband industries, according to a Media Partners Asia report.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

i-CABLE Selects Cisco Set-Top Boxes
Mar 20, 2009 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that Hong Kong's i-CABLE Communications is deploying Cisco's highly secure set-top boxes and end-to-end video solution to resolve pirated viewing of its television services.
News categories: Cisco Systems, i-CABLE, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Set Top Box

Encouraging weekly trends in Asian Flat Panel TV market
Jan 26, 2009 – Despite the ongoing global economic crisis, GfK Asia measured increasing flat panel television retail sales volumes during the December festive period and beyond in both Hong Kong and Singapore. In Taiwan retail promotions spured on November sales.
News categories: GfK, Hong Kong, Market Research, Singapore, Smart TV, Taiwan