Japan Digital TV News

Vweb showcases its 'Secured Digital Home' Extravaganza at CES 2008
Jan 7, 2008 – As a leader in MPEG compression and broadband video networking technologies, Vweb will be demonstrating its single chip Quad Channel MPEG-1, 2, 4, H.263 and H.264 A/V CODEC solutions for the Secured Digital Home.
News categories: Vweb, Broadband, Cable TV, CES2025, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Mobile, Placeshifting, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Tablet

Siano Launches Next Generation Mobile Digital TV Receiver Chip
Jan 2, 2008 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new family of Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) receiver chips called the SMS1100, supporting reception of ISDB-T TV signals in addition to Siano's existing portfolio of DVB-H, DVB-T, DAB, DAB-IP and T-DMB.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Brazil, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Digital TV Penetration Rate Will Be 43% in 2012
Dec 27, 2007 – According to the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), the proportion of digital TV subscribers in the world is expected to exceed 40% by 2012.
News categories: Korea Information Society Development Institute, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, India, IPTV, Japan, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA

ULDAGE Announces Plan for Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards (ARIB Standards)
Dec 21, 2007 – ULDAGE Inc., a patent license company, has issued a call for patents that are essential to the Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards developed by JCTEA, JCL and ARIB.
News categories: ULDAGE, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Licensing, Patent

STMicroelectronics Introduces Low-Cost Standard-Definition Set-Top Box Decoder Supporting Leading Security Standards and Multiple Codecs
Dec 20, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a new low-cost STB decoder chip - the STi5202 - intended for standard-definition TV applications, sharing the same architecture as ST's STi7109 single-chip H.264 high-definition (HD) decoder.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Japan, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces November 2007 Subscriber Figures
Dec 14, 2007 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of November 30, 2007 served by J:COM's 21 managed franchises reached 2.75 million, up 482,000, or 21.2% since November 30, 2006.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Full Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

IPTV subscriber numbers in seventh heaven
Dec 12, 2007 – Significant growth will result in 38.4 million IPTV homes by 2012 - or more than seven times as much as the end-2006 figure, according to a new research report published by Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, IPTV (3rd edition), China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Norway, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

KDDI acquires experimental license for MediaFLO mobile broadcasting
Nov 27, 2007 – MediaFLO™ Japan Planning Inc. recently obtained an experimental license to operate a MediaFLO station. Accordingly, the company has installed a test station and receivers in KDDI Designing Studio, and started to provide trial content.
News categories: MediaFLO, KDDI, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV, TV Services

Nintendo DS TV tuner massive hit in Japan
Nov 23, 2007 – Nintendo's 1-seg DS TV tuner device originally went on pre-order back on 8th November, 2007, but the peripheral has been so popular since its wide-scale launch on 20th November that it has already sold out.
News categories: Nintendo, Digital TV, Gaming, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile