Japan Digital TV News

Japan - Establishment of General Headquarters for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting
Sep 5, 2007 – MIC has established the General Headquarters for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting, with the Minister for International Affairs and Communications at its head, in order to advance general and deliberate promotion of digital terrestrial broadcasting.
News categories: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Digital TV, Japan, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Japan - July 2007 Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment
Aug 28, 2007 – Japan Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (July 2007) - TVs (Plasma, LCD TV), DVD players/Recorders, Tuners for satellite broadcasting, ...
News categories: JEITA, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

KDDI 'One Seg' Mobile Phones Exceed 5 Million
Aug 21, 2007 – KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to announce that users of 'one seg' compatible au mobile phones exceeded 5 million on August 16, 2007.
News categories: KDDI, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Subscribers

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces July 2007 Subscriber Figures
Aug 15, 2007 – Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM; JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of July 31, 2007 served by J:COM's 23 managed franchises reached approximately 2.71 million, up 477,200, or 21.4% since July 31, 2006.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

Lockheed Martin Marks 33rd Consecutive A2100 Success With The Launch Of BSAT-3a Satellite
Aug 14, 2007 – The BSAT-3a telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT), was successfully has been launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Satellite

Coventive Licenses and Deploys Espial's Evo IPTV Middleware and Applications on its Multimedia Set-top Box
Aug 13, 2007 – Espial® Group Inc. (TSX: ESP), a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications, has announced that Coventive K.K., an international system integrator and set-top box manufacturer, has signed an agreement to license Espial's Evo® Client.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 8, 2007 – Liberty Global had 23.1 million total RGUs at June 30, 2007, with 14.7 million video, 4.9 million broadband Internet and 3.5 million telephony subscribers. The 14.7 million video subscribers consisted of 10.9 million analog cable, 2.8 million digital cable and 1.0 million DTH subscribers.
News categories: Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Sumitomo Electric Networks Licenses Additional Espial® Evo® IPTV Application for Next Generation Set-Top Box
Aug 7, 2007 – Espial® Group (TSX: ESP) has announced that Sumitomo Electric, a leading supplier of broadband access equipment in Japan, has licensed an additional application of Espial's Evo IPTV Service Platform for use with Sumitomo's IPTV set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box

MoCoBe Study of One-Seg Usage in Japan Shows Opportunities and Risks of Mobile TV
Jul 23, 2007 – Mobile TV services run the significant risk of achieving unprofitable financial returns. In fact, Mobile TV users surveyed appear to be lowering their usage of the most profitable mobile phone services.
News categories: MoCoBe, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile