Asia Digital TV News

Telairity Brokers Strategic Partnership for Installing National Mobile Digital Network in Thailand
Jan 31, 2011 – Thailand's International Engineering Public Company Limited (IEC), the China Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and Telairity, Inc. will work together to implement and deploy a CMMB mobile broadcasting network throughout Thailand.
News categories: China Broadcasting Corp, International Engineering Public Company, Telairity, Digital TV, Mobile, Thailand

Optus Selects Irdeto's Conditional Access System to Secure Its Viewer Access Satellite Television System (VAST)
Jan 31, 2011 – Irdeto has announced that Optus has selected Irdeto's CA technology for the company's Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) effort, recently implemented by the Australian Government to allow all Australians to enjoy digital TV including HDTV.
News categories: Irdeto, Optus, Australia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Irdeto Secures Shaanxi BC&TV Transition to Digital TV with Cloaked CA
Jan 26, 2011 – Irdeto has announced that Shaanxi BC&TV is starting trials of Irdeto's Cloaked CA, a conditional access technology that is part of a strategy to transition over two million subscribers from analogue to digital services.
News categories: Irdeto, Shaanxi BC&TV, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box

SK Telecom unveils 'Hoppin' VOD smartphone
Jan 24, 2011 – South Korea's largest mobile carrier SK Telecom has said that it will release a version of Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone that can also serve as a set-top box, playing content from its Hoppin video on demand service.
News categories: SK Telecom, Hoppin, IPTV, Korea, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming

Kyrgyztelecom launches IPTV in Kyrgyzstan
Jan 19, 2011 – Kyrgyztelecom has launched an IPTV service. The service is offered free to Kyrgyztelecom ADSL subscribers in the Bishkek and Chuy regions and can be received either on a PC using IP-TV Player software or via the TV using a dedicated set-top box.
News categories: Kyrgyztelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Kyrgyzstan, Set Top Box

China produced 115 million TV sets in 2010
Jan 19, 2011 – According to the China Video Industry Association (CVIA), China produced 114.93 million TV sets in 2010, up 16.1% on the year before.
News categories: China Video Industry Association, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

Verimatrix Secures the First Over-the-Top Video Service in Hong Kong
Jan 19, 2011 – Verimatrix has announced that Hong Kong-based Anyplex is securing its over-the-top (OTT) video on demand service with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Anyplex, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Streaming

Irdeto First in Class to Meet New China CAS Standard
Jan 10, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has been awarded the latest Class A certification from the State Administration for Radio Film and Television (SARFT). Irdeto is the first international technology company to receive this certification.
News categories: Irdeto, SARFT, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Set Top Box

ASTRO, TIME to combine TV and broadband in Malaysia
Dec 21, 2010 – Astro and TIME dotCom Berhad (TIME) have entered into a partnership to jointly bring the best of TV and broadband services for the benefit of customers.
News categories: ASTRO, Time dotCom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Malaysia, Satellite, Set Top Box