Asia Digital TV News

Sky New Zealand doubles HDi PVR subscribers in 2009
Feb 18, 2010 – SKY Television (NZX: SKT) has released its interim report for the six months to 31 December 2009. At 31 December 2009, SKY had 144,148 MYSKY HDi subscribers compared to 70,384 in December 2008, an increase of 104.8%.
News categories: SKY Television, DVR, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Nagravision to secure SkyLife HD DTH service in Korea
Feb 16, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced that its NAGRA Media ACCESS conditional access system (CAS) was selected by SkyLife, the sole DTH pay TV service provider in Korea with 2.4 million subscribers, to secure their new HD platform.
News categories: Nagravision, SkyLife, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Korea, Metaverse, Satellite

Newport Media Announces Mass Production of World's First 65nm SoC for CMMB Mobile TV
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media has announced that it has commenced mass production of the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, China, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Newport Media and ALPS Announce Mass Production of ISDB-T Module
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media has announced that ALPS has qualified Newport Media's 65nm CMOS single-chip solution and has begun high-volume, mass production of the modules for Japan's ISDB-T digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, ALPS, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Dialog Telekom ends 2009 with 149,000 DTV subscribers
Feb 12, 2010 – Dialog Telekom (Colombo:DIAL) has announced results for the quarter ended 31st December 2009 and full year 2009. DTV recorded a year-end subscriber base of 149,449, representing a 6% growth relative to Q3 2009 and a 22% growth YoY.
News categories: Dialog Telekom, Results, Satellite, Sri Lanka, Subscribers

Freeview NZ achieves strongest result since launch
Feb 11, 2010 – Freeview NZ has achieved its highest performing quarter since it launched in 2007. The sales figures for the final three months of 2009 put the total number of households able to receive Freeview at 346,116.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

China Digital TV Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
Feb 10, 2010 – China Digital TV Holding Co.(NYSE: STV) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. China Digital TV shipped 2.36 million smart cards during the quarter, compared to 2.66 million shipped during the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Results

LG Dacom adds 73,000 IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 9, 2010 – LG Dacom has announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. Dacom added 73,000 myLGtv IPTV subscribers in the quarter to give a total of 344,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: LG Dacom, myLGtv, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

SingTel mio TV IPTV adds 29k subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 9, 2010 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 December 2009. mio TV had a record quarterly net additions of 29,000 customers, bringing its total customer base to 155,000.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers