Asia Digital TV News

REDtone to launch Chinese-centric IPTV in Malaysia
Jan 21, 2010 – REDtone International (KUL:REDTONE) is set to launch Malaysia's first Chinese-centric Internet-based TV. The service, called DETV, is managed by REDtone subsidiary DE Multimedia Sdn Bhd.
News categories: REDtone, DETV, Digital TV, IPTV, Malaysia

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions to surpass half a billion mark in 2010
Jan 21, 2010 – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed-broadband subscription numbers will reach half a billion this year, driven by continued growth in emerging markets.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA

Hong Kong Digital TV penetration rate up 40%
Jan 20, 2010 – About 46.5% of Hong Kong families, or 1.06 million households, receive digital terrestrial television services according to a December survey, showing the penetration rate has grown more than 40% since the end of 2008.
News categories: DTMB, Hong Kong, Market Research, Terrestrial

J:COM ends 2009 with 2,348,400 digital cable subscribers
Jan 19, 2010 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of December 31, 2009 served by J:COM's 23 consolidated franchises reached 3.27 million, up 107,400 or 3.4% since December 31, 2008.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

Net Insight receives DTT network order from Dialog Telekom
Jan 19, 2010 – Net Insight has received an order from Dialog Telekom for a Digital Terrestrial TV network in Sri Lanka. Dialog Telekom will implement a first phase of Net Insight's Nimbra platform in a distribution network from headend to four transmitter sites.
News categories: Dialog Telekom, Net Insight, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Sri Lanka, Terrestrial

PCCW to apply for free-to-air TV license
Jan 18, 2010 – PCCW notes that the Government is accepting ad hoc requests for free-to-air (FTA) TV licenses. PCCW has decided to apply for a FTA TV license.
News categories: PCCW, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Terrestrial

Advertising As You Fast Forward Coming To Freeview Australia
Jan 17, 2010 – Commercial TV stations in Australia are set to start selling 'fast forward' advertising in Freeview-certified devices, including set-top boxes, the Sony PS3, Freeview certified TVs and any device that has the new Freeview MHEG 5 processor built in.
News categories: Freeview Australia, Advertising, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Digital cable subscribers reach 62 million in China
Jan 15, 2010 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has announced that the total number of digital cable TV subscribers in the country reached 61.99 million at the end of 2009.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Orange and BesTV New Media to collaborate on the development of multimedia content services
Jan 15, 2010 – China's BesTV and Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) have signed an agreement with a view to collaborating over three-screen convergence services. The companies have agreed to work together to develop convergent services for TV, mobile phones and PCs.
News categories: Orange, BesTV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming