Asia Digital TV News

India's KCCL selects Conax security for digitization of its cable TV operations
Apr 21, 2012 – Conax has announced that it has agreed a contract with Kerela Communicators Cable Limited (KCCL) to supply the organization's 200 cable TV operators with content security. KCCL operators represent 70% of cable TV services in Kerela.
News categories: Conax, KCCL, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, India

MStar launches Android 4.0 smart TV SoC
Apr 19, 2012 – MStar Semiconductor has unveiled a smart TV System-on-chip (SoC) with Android 4.0 embedded, for the China market. The SoC is equipped with a 1GHz dual-core processor, 1080p high definition decoding, and MStar proprietary set-top-box technologies.
News categories: MStar Semi, Android TV, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Introduces Affordable Cable Set-Top Box Technology to Accelerate India TV Digitization Initiative
Apr 18, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced the BCM7014, the industry's most integrated single chip standard definition MPEG-2 cable set-top box system-on-a-chip. Broadcom's platform is designed to accelerate India's cable TV digitization initiative.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, India, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

J:COM subscribing households up 6.6% since March 31, 2011
Apr 18, 2012 – Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM, JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of March 31, 2012 served by J:COM's 16 consolidated franchises reached 3.64 million, up 226,500 or 6.6% from March 31, 2011.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

Telairity Encoders for Sichuan DTV Broadcasting and China Telecom IPTV
Apr 17, 2012 – Telairity has announced the sale of its multi-channel SD 7000 series encoders for a DTT network being installed in Sichuan Province; and the sale of its ultra-low bitrate SD/mobile 9000 series encoders for China Telecom's nationwide IPTV system.
News categories: Telairity, China, Content Distribution, DTMB, IPTV, Terrestrial

SICMicro Selects MIPS Technologies' Processor IP for New Set-top Box Chip
Apr 17, 2012 – MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that SICMicro has selected its MIPS32® processor cores for the new generation of its highly-secure decoder SoCs for China's rapidly-growing ABS-S set-top box market.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, SICMicro, China, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

Japanese 'NOTTV' Mobile TV Powered by Expway Mobile Broadcast Middleware and NTT Data MSE Embedded Development Services
Apr 17, 2012 – NTT DATA MSE and Expway have announced that their solution powers the NOTTV mobile TV service in Japan. The solution is being integrated in tens of Android mobile devices this year and is expected to be in 50 million devices over the next 5 years.
News categories: Expway, NTT DATA MSE, NOTTV, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Mobile, NABShow

Sony To Launch 'Nasne' Networked Recorder And Media Storage Device
Apr 17, 2012 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) has announced that it will launch 'nasne™', a networked recorder and media storage device with built in 500GB hard disk drive (HDD) and digital terrestrial and satellite broadcast tuners.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Japan, Satellite, Smart Home, Terrestrial

StarHub Partners Western Digital® For Recording Capabilities On HD Interactive Set-Top Box
Apr 16, 2012 – StarHub TV customers using HD Interactive set-top boxes will soon have recording options thanks to StarHub's new Value-Added Service (VAS) - Smart TV™, and the introduction of an external hard drive to enable recording capabilities.
News categories: StarHub, Western Digital, Cable TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Singapore