Japan Digital TV News

OKI Develops Audience Rating Information System for IPTV
Jun 30, 2008 – Oki Electric (TSE: 6703) has announced it has developed an IPTV 'Audience Rating Information System' which will be offered to the Japanese market. The system collects viewership data to enable broadcasting companies to improve their services.
News categories: Oki Electric, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

byd:sign Introduces First DivX Certified® HDTV to Hit Japan
Jun 30, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced the DivX Certification of byd:sign Corporation's new LCD HDTV - the first LCD HDTV with DivX Certification for the Japan market.
News categories: DivX, byd:sign, Digital TV, Japan, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming

Japan - 35% DTT penetration
Jun 25, 2008 – According to a report issued by the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters (NAB), 43.3% of households are equipped to receive DTT services.
News categories: National Association of Commercial Broadcasters, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Market Research, Terrestrial

Sigma Media Processors Power Advanced Communications' IPTV Set-top Boxes Across Japan
Jun 25, 2008 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) and Advanced Communications (Adcom) have announced that Sigma's SMP8654 media processors will be used to power Advanced Communications' IPv6 set-top boxes (STBs) currently being deployed throughout Japan.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Adcom, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Asia Pacific: 250m digital TV Homes by 2013
Jun 18, 2008 – New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that more than a third of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2013, up from just 13% at the end of 2007.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces May 2008 Subscriber Figures
Jun 16, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of May 31, 2008 served by J:COM's 20 managed franchises reached 2.86 million, up 178,900, or 6.7% since May 31, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

Sharp Passes 10-Million Mark for One-Seg Mobile Phone Shipments
Jun 12, 2008 – In the two years since the release of its first One-Seg mobile phone in May 2006, Sharp (Tokyo: 6753) has become the first in the industry to reach 10 million shipments of One-Seg mobile phones.
News categories: Sharp Corp, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

Japanese Group Drafts Specifications for IPTV Receivers
Jun 11, 2008 – The 'IPTV Forum', consisting of telecommunication carriers, broadcasters and device manufacturers in Japan, has announced that it has formulated a technical specification draft for IPTV service receivers.
News categories: Networked Digital Television Consortium, IPTV Forum Japan, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Japan plans to offer digital TV tuners to households on welfare
Jun 11, 2008 – The government plans to distribute free digital TV tuners to about 1.07 million households on welfare before Japan's terrestrial TV broadcasting services switch to digital format in July 2011, sources said.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Set Top Box, Terrestrial