Asia Digital TV News

Azerbaijan plans DVB-T set-top box production
Nov 18, 2009 – The KUR computer equipment factory in Azerbaijan is preparing for production of DVB-T set-top boxes according to its Director General, Rizvan Osmanov. Production is expected to start in 2010.
News categories: KÃœR, Azerbaijan, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

OpenTV Powers FOXTEL Next Generation
Nov 16, 2009 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that FOXTEL has launched its next generation platform powered by OpenTV middleware and using OpenTV's latest interactive TV technology.
News categories: OpenTV, FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

TrueVisions of Thailand adds 31k subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 16, 2009 – True Corporation (SET: True) has reported its performance for the three months to September 30, 2009. TrueVisions saw subscriber numbers rise 25.3% from a year ago to 1.64 million.
News categories: True Corp, TrueVisions, Cable TV, MMDS, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

Armenia to move to digital TV broadcasting by 2015
Nov 13, 2009 – Armenia's Economy Minister, Nerses Yeritsyan, has said at a press briefing that the country will completely switch to digital broadcasting by 2015. According to him, the Armenian government has now officially endorsed the scheme.
News categories: Armenia, Digital TV, Terrestrial

MediaFLO Recognized by Japan as an Official Technology for Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting
Nov 12, 2009 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced that Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has recognized MediaFLO™ as one of two official technologies for nationwide mobile multimedia broadcasting services in Japan.
News categories: Qualcomm, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Regulation, Smart TV

SingTel mio TV IPTV adds 25k subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 11, 2009 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced results for its second quarter ending 30 September 2009. During the quarter, mio TV, SingTel's pay TV service, attracted 25,000 new customers to reach 126,000 as at 30 September 2009.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

StarHub adds 7k digital TV subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 10, 2009 – StarHub (Singapore: CC3) has reported 2009 third quarter and year-to-date results. StarHub's pay TV customer base was up 3% year-on-year to 535,000. Digital customers now make up 100% of the total pay TV customer base.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

China Digital TV Announces Unaudited Third Quarter 2009 Results
Nov 10, 2009 – China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) has announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The company shipped approximately 1.96 million smart cards during the quarter, compared to 2.21 million smart cards in the 2008 third quarter.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Results

Vimicro Announces Strategic Development Agreement with CSMBC for CMMB Mobile TV
Nov 9, 2009 – Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC) has announced a strategic development partnership with China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMBC) to advance the development of mobile TV under the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard.
News categories: Vimicro, CSMBC, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor