Japan Digital TV News

Global IPTV market up to nearly 24 million
Jun 16, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest broadband and IPTV statistics. Its report shows that broadband grew by 16.6 million lines globally in the last quarter alone, while IPTV continues to expand strongly.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Brazil, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Egypt, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, USA

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

ViXS Enables New Hitachi HD Flat Panel TVs with built-in HDD
May 21, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that the XCode® 3290 has been selected by Hitachi (Tokyo:6501; NYSE:HIT) to enable their latest generation of HD Flat Panel TVs featuring a built-in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for Personal Video Recording (PVR).
News categories: ViXS Systems, Hitachi, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, ISDB-T, Japan, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Renesas Technology to Release SH-MobileR2R Application Processor with HD Video Playback and Recording Support for Terrestrial Digital TV Broadcast-Capable PNDs and Car Navigation Systems
May 13, 2009 – Renesas Technology has announced the release of the SH-MobileR2R (product name: SH7724), the third product in the SH-MobileR Series of application processors for mobile devices designed for multimedia applications such as video and audio.
News categories: Renesas, Automotive, ICs, Japan, Semiconductor

More than 10% of US and Japanese households will be '3D enabled' by 2012
May 8, 2009 – A newly-released report from Futuresource Consulting reveals studios, consumer electronics companies, broadcasters, video game vendors and network operators are all poised to power 3D through the consumer diffusion curve.
News categories: Futuresource, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
May 5, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company added 216,000 RGUs in the first quarter of 2009, driven by strong growth in advanced services, especially digital cable.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

2.1 million digital TV subscribers for J:COM at end-Q1
Apr 28, 2009 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2009. J:COM TV Digital subscribers rose by 521,800 to 2,085,300 households with 424,500 HDR PVR contracts at the end of the quarter.
News categories: Jupiter Telecom, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers

J:COM exceeds 2 million digital cable TV households
Apr 28, 2009 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the number of J:COM TV Digital subscribers rose by 521,800 to 2,085,300 households in the year to March 31, 2009, accounting for 82% of all cable television subscribers.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers