Japan Digital TV News

IPTV Expected to Make Big Gains in Asia
May 29, 2007 – Competition between IPTV and cable/satellite TV is heating up in Asia, with IPTV poised to gain significant market share over the next several years, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Japan, Market Research

Japan - One-Seg to ship 20m handsets?
May 22, 2007 – Japan’s operators are expected to ship a combined 20 million One-Seg broadcast TV phones in fiscal 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Mobile

Japan - Broadcasting Technology Study Group Invites Public Comment
May 16, 2007 – MIC organized its Study Group on Next-Generation Broadcasting Technology in September 2006. MIC invites public comment thereon, from Friday, May 11 to Monday, June 11, 2007, for reflection in a report by this study group. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Japan

New Access Browser to Support AcTVila TV Portal Service
Apr 21, 2007 – ACCESS CO., LTD. today announced that it has developed a new digital TV (DTV) browser that supports AcTVila, the broadband digital TV portal service offered by TV Portal Service Corporation (TVPS). More …
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Smart TV

Japan - J:COM Announces March 2007 Subscriber Figures
Apr 20, 2007 – Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM; JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of March 31, 2007 served by J:COM’s 24 managed franchises reached 2.64 million, up 484,000, or 22.4% since March 31, 2006. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

MaxLinear Smallest Silicon Tuner for Mobile TV Applications
Apr 11, 2007 – MaxLinear has announced the availability of MxL7001, the world's smallest silicon tuner for mobile TV based on the company's next-generation TV tuner platform.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Opera participates in the Networked Digital Television Consortium
Apr 4, 2007 – Opera Software has announced that the Opera 9 browser for devices supports the NetTV Specifications created by Networked Digital Television Consortium based in Japan. Opera now meets the requirements for deployment in Japan's digital TV market.
News categories: Opera Software, Networked Digital Television Consortium, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware

Japan's SD-Enabled Phones Deliver Recordable Broadcast Mobile TV to Millions
Apr 1, 2007 – The SD Card Association has announced that the 5 million Japanese consumers who watch mobile TV programming on their phones – and can record the programming with SD memory cards – will more than double in 2007 to 12 million mobile TV viewers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

THOMSON Joins Uldage Patent Pool for Japan Digital Broadcasting Standard
Mar 7, 2007 – ULDAGE Inc. announced today that THOMSON Licensing S.A.S (Thomson) has joined the patent pool for ARIB Standards making its essential patents license available through ULDAGE Inc.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Licensing, Patent