Hong Kong (HK) Digital TV News

Auvitek Expands Line of DTMB Receiver ICs With 5 New Products
Jan 8, 2009 – Building on the successful 2008 launch of its flagship AU8822 DTMB+PAL channel decoder, Auvitek has announced the introduction of 5 new ICs to expand its offerings to address all segments of the China terrestrial broadcast receiver market.
News categories: Auvitek, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

CompleteTV Completes Acquisition of CIMA Technologies IPR and Assets
Jan 5, 2009 – CompleteTV, a UK company developing innovative set top technology for new generation Over-the-Top IPTV services, has announced the acquisition of the IPR and assets of CIMA Technologies (Hong Kong).
News categories: CompleteTV, China, Hong Kong, MandA, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

TVB Starts CMMB Trial in Hong Kong
Dec 30, 2008 – Hong Kong television station TVB has launched CMMB technology tests in Hong Kong, in cooperation with SARFT's Academy of Broadcasting Planning and Beijing-based CMMB equipment manufacturer Wiflare Technology.
News categories: TVB, SARFT, Wiflare Technology, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile

Framework for development of Hong Kong's mobile TV announced
Dec 22, 2008 – The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) has announced the implementation framework for the development of mobile television (TV) services in Hong Kong.
News categories: Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile, Regulation

IPTV Making Its Way Through Pay-TV Markets with an Increasing Popularity
Dec 5, 2008 – According to InfoCom's most recent release of its quarterly television monitoring service, IPTV has been making its way through the pay-TV market with an increasing popularity in countries that generally have a large broadband subscriber base.
News categories: InfoCom GmbH, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

City Telecom (bbTV) Announces Annual Results 2008
Nov 17, 2008 – City Telecom (Hong Kong: 1137; NASDAQ: CTEL) has announced results for the year ended 31 August 2008. The Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) IPTV service (bbTV) increased its subscriptions by 21.9% to 156,000 as of 31 August 2008.
News categories: City Telecom, HKBN, bbTV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

CASBAA hails "digital cushion"
Oct 28, 2008 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced new data for Asia's pay-TV market, showing 71 million digital pay-TV households out of 300 million pay-TV subscriptions across Asia.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Subscribers, Thailand, Vietnam

HDIC Cooperates with SMIC for Successful Debut of High Definition TV Transmission Chips during Beijing Olympic Games
Oct 14, 2008 – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) [NYSE:SMI; Hong Kong:0981] and Shanghai High-Definition IC (HDIC) have co-operated to manufacture HDIC's HD2812 and HD2910 demodulator chips based on China's terrestrial digital TV standard.
News categories: HDIC, SMIC, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

China Broadcasting & TV Industry 2007 Market Review
Oct 13, 2008 – According to HC360, in 2007 the development of Chinese digital CATV sped up further, with 68 cities having completed conversion to digital CATV. During the year, broadcasting and TV groups obtained licenses to explore the business of mobile TV.
News categories: HC360, Cable TV, China, Hong Kong, Market Research, Mobile, Terrestrial