Asia Digital TV News

KT QOOK TV passes 1 million subscriber mark
Nov 9, 2009 – KT Corporation (KRX:030200/NYSE:KTC) has announced that subscribers to its QOOK TV television service in Korea have passed the 1 million mark.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

DTT penetration reaches 69.5% in Japan
Nov 7, 2009 – Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has estimated that 69.5 percent of Japanese families had acquired TVs or tuners to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting signals as of the end of September, up 8.8 points from March.
News categories: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Market Research, Terrestrial

SK broadband adds 35,000 IPTV subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 6, 2009 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the third quarter of 2009. Subscribers to SK broadband's broad&tv IPTV service increased by 35,000 in the quarter to reach 810,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: SK broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Sky Perfect subscribers down 16k in October
Nov 4, 2009 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Tokyo:9412) has announced the number of subscribers as of the end of October 2009. Subscribers to SKY Perfect JSAT's broadcast services were down 15,918 in October to give a cumulative total of 3,727,352.
News categories: SKY Perfect, IPTV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

UPC adds over 400,000 DVR cable RGUs in the last twelve months
Nov 4, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. In the last twelve months, digital cable RGUs have grown by 42% or 1.9 million, to give a digital penetration of 45%.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

UTStarcom IPTV Contract With Bureau of Radio and Television in Santai County, Sichuan Province
Nov 4, 2009 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a new customer deployment with the Bureau of Radio and Television of Santai County, Sichuan Province to resume their radio and television network capability following last year's traumatic earthquake.
News categories: UTStarcom, SARFT, China, Content Distribution, IPTV

Asia subscription TV figures higher than ROW combined
Nov 4, 2009 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced new data for subscription TV penetration across the Asia Pacific, noting that the region now has 326 million pay-TV, up 26 million homes in 2009.
News categories: CASBAA, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

China to define Infrared Remote Control Coding Standards
Nov 3, 2009 – China's National Audio, Video, and Multimedia Systems and Equipment Standardization Technical Committee (AVMSC) is to create a drafting group for a national Audiovisual and Multimedia Infrared Remote Control Coding Standard.
News categories: Coship, AVMSC, China, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

KT adds 183,000 Qook TV subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 3, 2009 – Korea Telecom (KT) [KRX:030200/NYSE:KTC] has released its 3rd Quarter 2009 results. Mega-TV IPTV subscribers reached 907,000 at the end of September 2009, up 183,000 in the quarter.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers