Japan Digital TV News

Jupiter Telecommunications Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – The number of Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) digital subscribers rose by 402,200 households (or 29%) from September 30, 2007 to 1,767,600 households as of September 30, 2008, accounting for 75% of all cable television subscribers.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, 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

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces September 2008 Subscriber Figures
Oct 17, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of September 30, 2008 served by J:COM's 18 consolidated franchises reached 2.90 million, up 288,000, or 11.0% since September 30, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

MegaChips and Silicon Motion Co-Develop World's Smallest and Lowest Power ISDB-T Mobile TV Tuner-Demodulator SoC
Oct 15, 2008 – Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) and MegaChips (Tokyo: 6875) have jointly developed the world's smallest and lowest power consumption ISDB-T mobile TV tuner-demodulator system-on-chip.
News categories: Silicon Motion, MegaChips, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Mirics adds ISDB-T reception to its FlexiTV™ solution for TV on a PC
Sep 30, 2008 – Mirics Semiconductor will showcase an enhanced version of its Mirics FlexiTV™ broadcast receiver - a complete RF, host interface and software demodulation solution for the notebook PC platform - at CEATEC Japan.
News categories: Mirics, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Software

J:COM considers broadcast satellite service
Sep 30, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) [JASDAQ: 4817] is reported to be considering offering a broadcast satellite-based TV service in order to broaden its customer base.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite

KDDI introduces au BOX with Opera Devices 9
Sep 25, 2008 – Opera Software has announced that KDDI (Tokyo: 9433) and Okinawa Cellular have selected Opera Devices 9 for its 'au BOX'- a set-top box that allows users to enjoy music and video content downloaded via their TV sets on their au mobile phones.
News categories: Opera Software, KDDI, Japan, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box

Motorola Makes Media Mobility A Reality With Launch Of Multimedia Set Top Platform
Sep 25, 2008 – Set top boxes based on a new Motorola (NYSE: MOT) multimedia platform allow users to transfer content to and from a mobile phone. KDDI (Tokyo: 9433) is launching a new service 'au BOX' using set tops based on the platform.
News categories: Motorola, KDDI, Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces August 2008 Subscriber Figures
Sep 17, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of August 31, 2008 served by J:COM's 19 consolidated franchises reached approximately 2.90 million, up 289,600, or 11.1% since August 31, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers