Japan Digital TV News

Newport Media Unveils System-on-Chip For ISDB-T in Japan
Jul 23, 2007 – Newport Media has unveiled the world's first single-chip solution for the mobile version of Japan's Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) digital television standard. The SoC supports both One-Seg and Three-Seg modes of operation.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Hitachi prepares 1080p Blu-Ray camcorder
Jul 20, 2007 – The Japanese division of Hitachi is preparing what should be the world's first camcorder to record directly to Blu-Ray.
News categories: Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Japan

Japan - New Sony PSP To Have "1-Seg" Tuner Option
Jul 17, 2007 – Sony (SCEI) has announced that it will launch a new slimmer and lighter PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-2000) in Japan on September 20th, 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, Japan, Mobile

Japan - Govt panel to submit plan for easing TV show recording rules
Jul 8, 2007 – The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will ask TV stations and copyright organizations to ease dubbing restrictions to allow DVD recorders to record digital TV programs nine times instead of once, according to ministry officials. More …
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Japan, Optical Disc Recorder

Sumitomo Chooses Intellon HomePlug for In-Home IPTV Services
Jun 26, 2007 – Intellon has announced that Sumitomo Electric Industries has chosen Intellon’s HomePlug-based INT6000 IC to enable in-home distribution of KDDI’s IPTV services in Japan. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Sharp Introduces Tuner Module for One-Seg Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Reception
Jun 18, 2007 – Sharp has developed and will introduce into the Japanese market the VA3A5JZ912 tuner module for One-Seg terrestrial digital broadcast reception that features the industry’s smallest package size and lowest power consumption. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Mobile

SoftBank Subsidiary Aims to Start MediaFLO Business in 2009
Jun 11, 2007 – Masahiko Yabuki, President of SoftBank's wholly-owned subsidiary Mobile Media Planning Corp., revealed its plan to start services in 2009 in a lecture at "MediaFLO Conference 2007" held in Tokyo on June 8, 2007.
News categories: SoftBank, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV

Japan - Sky Perfect Subscribers as of the end of May 2007
Jun 6, 2007 – Sky Perfect Communications has announced the number of total registrations and individual subscribers as of the end of May 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

Telco IPTV Subscribers Grow 13% in 1Q07
Jun 5, 2007 – According to DITTBERNER's recently released report "1Q07 Global Broadband Subscriber Survey", Telco IPTV subscribers grew 13% to 5.4 Million in 1Q07.
News categories: DITTBERNER, Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan