Asia Digital TV News

Live 4K DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 transmission on show at ABU DBS in KL
Feb 28, 2014 – A live demonstration of a satellite and terrestrial hybrid 4K transmission system is in the works for the upcoming ABU DBS 2014 Exhibition in Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
News categories: MEASAT, Village Island, Aviindos, Jonathan Triboulet, Naveendran Murthy, Michael Van Dorpe, Raj Malik, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVB-T2, Malaysia

Armenia sets date for transition to DTT broadcasting
Feb 27, 2014 – Armenia's government has set June 1, 2015 as the date for the completion of the country's transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting.
News categories: Armenia, Digital TV, Terrestrial

PCCW adds 54 thousand now TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 27, 2014 – PCCW (SEHK: 0008) has announced results for the year to December 31, 2013. During the year, now TV recorded a net gain of 54,000 customers with the total installed subscriber base reaching 1,237,000 at year-end.
News categories: PCCW, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

SkyLife chooses Alticast for Cloud PVR Service
Feb 26, 2014 – Alticast has announced that its Alticast Media Cloud Platform has enabled Korean Telecom (KT) SkyLife to launch its 'SkyLife on Demand' service, the world's first large-scale deployment of a Cloud-based PVR service.
News categories: Alticast, SkyLife, Ji-Woong Kim, Thomas Jung, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Korea, Middleware, Satellite, TV Everywhere

Hong Kong's TVB.COM selects Verimatrix for subscription-VOD service
Feb 26, 2014 – Verimatrix has announced that Hong Kong's TVB.COM has selected the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) architecture to provide revenue security for its subscription-based VOD Service.
News categories: Verimatrix, TVB.COM, Kenneth Wong, Steve Oetegenn, Content Protection, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile, Streaming

India's set-top box market CAGR to be 29.3% to 2015
Feb 24, 2014 – The introduction of HD channels and Smart TVs in India has led to an increase in digital TV viewing which in turn will hike the growth of the Set top box (STB) market according to Frost & Sullivan.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Niju V, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Foxtel Presto OTT service to launch on March 13th
Feb 24, 2014 – Presto is an online entertainment service from Foxtel in Australia that offers a monthly subscription to stream Foxtel Movies live and on demand.
News categories: Foxtel, Presto, Australia, Digital TV, Streaming

Elemental video processing powers service expansion for TrueVisions
Feb 17, 2014 – Elemental Technologies has announced that TrueVisions, Thailand’s pay TV leader and one of the largest cable operators in South Asia, is enlarging its Elemental installation to power the expansion of its HD and multiscreen services.
News categories: Elemental Technologies, TrueVisions, Vichai Sernvongsat, David Godfrey, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Mobile, Thailand, TV Everywhere

India's DTH subscribers passed 60 million in 3Q 2013
Feb 14, 2014 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released statistics for the quarter ending September 30, 2013. At that date, 60.71 million subscribers were registered with the country's 6 private DTH operators.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, India, Satellite, Subscribers