Japan Digital TV News

Japan - SkyPerfecTV Subscribers as of the end of February 2007
Mar 3, 2007 – Sky Perfect Communications has announced the number of total registrations and individual subscribers as of the end of February 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

Japan Revs Up Digital Television
Feb 15, 2007 – A new organization - The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (DPA) - hopes to achieve the goal of selling 30 million digital TVs in Japan by March 2008, or about 63 percent of its 48 million households.
News categories: Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite

Newport Media Samples ICs for ISDB-T Mobile Digital TV
Feb 12, 2007 – Newport Media has announced that it has begun sampling semiconductor solutions for the mobile version of Japan's ISDB-T digital television standard.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Japan - 2006 Domestic shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers
Feb 1, 2007 – Total shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers for 2006 reached 8,925,000 units. Cumulative sales of these devices exceeded 17 million units, reaching 17,286,000 units by the end of December 2006.
News categories: DiBEG, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Motorola VIP Set-Tops Selected by USEN CORPORATION to Expand Popular Internet Content Service in Japan
Feb 1, 2007 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that USEN CORPORATION has selected the Motorola VIP series IPTV set-top platform to allow subscribers to it's PC-based internet content delivery service to view offerings on TV sets.
News categories: Motorola, USEN Corp, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Set Top Box, Streaming

Delphi and DiBcom collaborate to develop automotive ISDB-T receiver
Jan 8, 2007 – Delphi Corporation and DiBcom have announced they are working on a joint development program. Delphi intends to use the new DIB8000 COFDM demodulator chip for ISDB-T application to support OEM vehicle programs in Japan.
News categories: DiBcom, Delphi Corporation, Automotive, CES2025, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor