Japan Digital TV News

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for Q2. At June 30, 2008, Liberty Global's 14.7 million video subscriber base consisted of 9.5 million analog cable and MMDS and 5.2 million digital cable and DTH subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Jupiter Telecommunications Consolidated Semi-annual Financial Results
Jul 29, 2008 – The cable television subscribers of Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) have grown by 107,900 households (5%) since June 30, 2007 to 2,245,500 households as of June 30, 2008.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Results, Subscribers

Toshiba to end direct-to-handset satellite broadcasts
Jul 29, 2008 – Toshiba will end its direct-to-handset satellite broadcasting service in Japan in March next year after several years of losses caused by poor consumer acceptance.
News categories: Toshiba, MBCO, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Satellite

Asia-Pacific Continues to Lead in FTTH Market Penetration
Jul 23, 2008 – Asia consolidated its position as the global leader in next-generation broadband while the United States and Europe also continued to experience robust growth in FTTH, according to the FTTH Councils of Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.
News categories: FTTH Council, Broadband, China, Denmark, Fibre, Hong Kong, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovenia, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan, USA

June 2008 Japan Domestic Shipments of Major CE Products
Jul 23, 2008 – Japan Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (June 2008) - DVD players/Recorders, HD DVD/Blu-ray, Camcorders, Satellite Tuners, ...
News categories: JEITA, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Japan - Ministry budgets ¥220 billion for digital TV transition in 2011
Jul 20, 2008 – The communications ministry is bracing for the nationwide switch to digital terrestrial TV broadcasts over the next three years by spending ¥220 billion on a transition program.
News categories: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces June 2008 Subscriber Figures
Jul 16, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of June 30, 2008 served by J:COM's 20 managed franchises reached 2.87 million, up 180,300, or 6.7% since June 30, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

ANT and Unihan Partner to Target Japanese IPTV Market
Jul 16, 2008 – ANT Software (London: ANTP) has announced that Unihan (Taipei: 2357) has licensed ANT Galio Browser for its new set top boxes. The first customer for the new set-top box is Cool.revo who plans to roll-out innovative new IPTV services in Q1 2009.
News categories: ANT Software, Unihan, Cool.revo, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

SKY Perfect Subscribers as of the end of June 2008
Jul 2, 2008 – SKY Perfect Communications (Tokyo: 9412) has announced the number of total registrations and individual subscribers as of the end of June 2008.
News categories: SKY Perfect, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers