Asia Digital TV News

Japan to Start ISDB-Tmm Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting in Spring 2012
Nov 30, 2010 – Multimedia Broadcasting, Inc. has been commissioned as the sole carriage operator providing nationwide multimedia broadcasting services for mobile devices scheduled to start following the termination of analog broadcasting in Japan.
News categories: ISDB-T Multimedia Forum, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile

Rovi G-Guide and Connected Platform Integrated in Buffalo's New Digital TV Tuner
Nov 29, 2010 – Rovi Corporation has announced that the company's G-Guide Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and media networking solution, Connected Platform, have been incorporated in Buffalo's new DTV-X900 multi-functional digital TV tuner.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Buffalo, ISDB-T, Japan, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial

Web-Enabled TV Sets in China to Ship in Excess of 15 Million Units by 2014
Nov 23, 2010 – China's web TV market kicked off in 2009, with over 2 million web TV set shipments and about 1/4 million web TV set top box (STB) shipments. In-Stat forecasts web-enabled TV shipments to exceed 15 million units by 2014.
News categories: In-Stat, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Siano Launches Integrated Receiver Chip for Latin America Digital TV Market
Nov 23, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new product targeting the digital TV markets of Latin America and Japan. The SMS2270 supports the ISDB-T high definition DTV technology, also known as ISDB-T 'full-segment'.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Hong Kong leads the way in the Asia Pacific IPTV market
Nov 23, 2010 – Hong Kong has sealed its place as the leading IPTV market in the Asia Pacific region with just over 51.1% of homes receiving IPTV services at end-June this year, according to latest figures from Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Singapore, Taiwan, Video Exchange

Trident Dominates Fast-Growing TV Chip Market in 2010
Nov 17, 2010 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) in 2010 has stormed into the leadership position in the fast-growing market for television video processing chips, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

FarEasTone launches mobile TV for smartphones and tablets
Nov 17, 2010 – Taiwanese mobile operator Far Eastone Telecommunications (Taipei: 4904) has announced the launch of a mobile TV service for smartphones and tablet PCs. The service consists of 20 channels and is priced at NT$168 (US$5.5) per month.
News categories: FarEasTone, 5G, Mobile, Taiwan

BesTV Broadcasts Dolby Digital Plus Audio for Next-Generation HDTV Service in China
Nov 17, 2010 – Dolby Labs (NYSE:DLB) has announced that BesTV is using Dolby® Digital Plus technology to deliver home theater-quality multichannel audio in Guangdong Province, and plans to do so in other areas of China in the future.
News categories: Dolby, BesTV, China, IPTV

Asia Pacific LTE Connections to Surpass 120 Million by 2015
Nov 16, 2010 – The number of LTE connections in Asia Pacific will exceed 120 million by 2015, according to new data released today by Wireless Intelligence. This aggressive growth will be spearheaded by China.
News categories: Wireless Intelligence, 5G, Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Mobile, Philippines, Taiwan