Asia Digital TV News

World's Largest IPTV Operator Expands into Connected VOD Services With ATEME Transcoders
Mar 17, 2011 – BesTV New Media, the largest IPTV service provider in China and the world, is providing connected Video On Demand (VOD) services over the Internet with the help of software based transcoders from ATEME.
News categories: ATEME, BesTV, China, Content Distribution, IPTV

Videocon d2h presents India's first HD DVR with 3D
Mar 16, 2011 – Videocon d2h has announced the launch of India's first High Definition - Digital Video Recorder with 3D. Now its customers will be able to enjoy 3D content and experience a new world of Digital Entertainment.
News categories: d2h, Digital TV, DVR, India, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box

Bharti airtel launches airtel broadband TV
Mar 14, 2011 – Bharti airtel has announced the launch of 'airtel broadband TV'. Customers can now watch TV without having to buy an extra TV set or cable connection/set top box or an air antenna by simply subscribing to airtel broadband TV.
News categories: airtel, Digital TV, India, Streaming

CYMTV signs Hanelcom deal to create IPTV service in Vietnam
Mar 11, 2011 – CYMTV has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam's Hanelcom to jointly build a new IP-based television service for Vietnam. CYMTV and Hanelcom will also co-operate on the future DVB-T2 platform that is set to be launched in 2012.
News categories: CYMTV, Hanelcom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Vietnam

Australia releases Q4 2010 Digital Tracker survey
Mar 4, 2011 – Across Australia, 77 per cent of households had converted to digital TV during the quarter. Darwin and Tasmania lead the nation in the take-up of digital TV, with a conversion rate of 88 per cent by the end of 2010.
News categories: Australia, Market Research, Terrestrial

Fujitsu Semiconductor Launches AVS Interactive STB Decoder
Mar 3, 2011 – Fujitsu Semiconductor has announced the release of its MB86H06, a new generation of interactive Set Top Box (STB) MPEG2/H.264 decoder solution capable of supporting China's AVS format too.
News categories: Fujitsu, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

10 million subscribers for CMMB in China
Mar 1, 2011 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has said that China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL; Hong Kong: 0941) CMMB mobile phone TV service, available in 331 cities across the country, has a user base approaching 10 million.
News categories: SARFT, China Mobile, China, Mobile, Subscribers

Pay-TV in Indonesia to Double By 2015
Feb 28, 2011 – There is enormous room for growth on the pay-TV front in Indonesia, with segment service revenue growing at an 18.3 percent CAGR between 2010 and 2015, reaching $778 million by the end of the period, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Cable TV, Indonesia, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

MHEG Features As Part Of Asian DVB-T2 Transmission Trial
Feb 28, 2011 – IMPALA has announced that MHEG is forming a key part of the DVB-T2 technology workshop and transmission trial immediately prior to Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Digital Broadcasting Symposium in Malaysia.
News categories: IMPALA, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, DVB-T2, Malaysia, MHEG-5, Middleware, Terrestrial