Hong Kong (HK) Digital TV News

Legend Silicon Releases 3rd Generation DTV Demodulator Chip
Apr 17, 2008 – Legend Silicon has announced a new, all-mode DTV demodulator chip (LGS-8G52) for China's latest DTV standards.
News categories: Legend Silicon, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Asia-Pac braces for mobile TV fever
Mar 12, 2008 – The Asia-Pacific mobile video services market is expected to see huge growth potential as mobile operators continue to spend millions on developing innovative services and content to arrest the declining average revenue per user (ARPU).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Australia, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Tablet, Taiwan, Vietnam

PCCW Launches High Definition Video Service in Hong Kong with Harmonic's H.264 Encoders
Mar 12, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that PCCW has deployed Harmonic's market-leading DiviCom® Electra® 7000 high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders to power its HD channel service in Hong Kong.
News categories: Harmonic Inc., PCCW, Content Distribution, Hong Kong, IPTV, Video Exchange

PCCW reports 2007 annual results
Mar 6, 2008 – now TV took a leadership position in the local pay-TV market last year and secured an installed customer base of 882,000 at year end, up 16% from 2006's 758,000.
News categories: PCCW, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Asia-Pacific will Outpace Europe in IPTV Market
Feb 5, 2008 – A comprehensive market research report by RNCOS has found that the global IPTV market is currently dominated by Europe but it is expected that Asia will emerge as a stronger competitor to Europe in the coming years.
News categories: RNCOS, Asia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Europe, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan

Top Ten IPTV Carriers
Jan 14, 2008 – Light Reading has looked around the world and identified the operators that have the most IPTV subscribers and then ranked them in order.
News categories: Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan

Hong Kong - Digital Terrestrial Television Services Operating Smoothly since Launch
Jan 2, 2008 – The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has announced that digital terrestrial television (DTT) services, have been operating smoothly since launch on 31 December 2007.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Terrestrial, TV Services

Sharp Develops Industry's First Tuner Module Compatible with China Digital Television Terrestrial Broadcasting System Standard
Dec 4, 2007 – Sharp Corporation has developed the VA3C5CZ920, the industry's first tuner module compatible with GB20600-2006, the China Digital Television Terrestrial Broadcasting System Standard.
News categories: Sharp Corporation, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Hong Kong - Digital terrestrial TV to launch Dec 31
Nov 26, 2007 – Hong Kong's two domestic free television stations, Asia Television Limited and Television Broadcasts Limited, will phase in digital terrestrial television services from December 31.
News categories: Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Terrestrial, TV Services