Asia Digital TV News

LG Dacom adds 83,000 IPTV subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 20, 2009 – LG Dacom has announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Dacom added 83,000 myLGtv IPTV subscribers in the quarter to give a total of 248,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: LG Dacom, myLGtv, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

GCT Semiconductor Develops Single-Chip T-DMB Receiver with Integrated DC/DC Converter
Oct 19, 2009 – GCT® Semiconductor has announced its mobile TV receiver, GDM7024, a high performance single-chip receiver with built-in DC/DC converter, specifically developed for the T-DMB market in Korea.
News categories: GCT Semiconductor, Digital TV, ICs, Korea, Mobile, Semiconductor

Two mobile TV licences for Taiwan in 2010
Oct 19, 2009 – The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) in Taiwan is planning to offer two national mobile TV operating licences for the country in 2010. The government will remain neutral on the standard to be used for the broadcasting.
News categories: MOTC, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, Taiwan

Shanghai Telecom at 850,000 IPTV users
Oct 13, 2009 – Shanghai Telecom has said that Shanghai is now home to 850,000 IPTV subscribers, with 70% of Shanghai IPTV subscribers active.
News categories: Shanghai Telecom, China, IPTV, Subscribers

Philippine Long Distance Telephone launches online video service
Oct 12, 2009 – The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) [PSE: TEL, NYSE: PHI] has launced an online video service called Watchpad available to its myDSL subscribers in the Philippines.
News categories: PLDT, Watchpad, SyQic, Digital TV, Philippines, Streaming

Mirics and Shanghai HDIC deliver HD broadcast TV capability to PC users in China
Oct 12, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor and Shanghai HDIC have announced the availability of a digital TV reference design targeting the full range of portable and desktop PC devices. The USB dongle reference design is compliant with China's DTTB standard.
News categories: Mirics, HDIC, China, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

IPTV in Korea reaches 1 million subscribers
Oct 9, 2009 – Nine months after launch, IPTV in Korea has reached one million subscribers, the Korea Digital Media Industry Association (KODIMA) has announced.
News categories: KODIMA, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Market Research, Subscribers

weComm to power miniV mobile TV service in China
Oct 6, 2009 – miniV.tv, the first commercially available interactive mobile video service in China, has been set up to deliver Linear TV streams, Lottery and VOD services through mobile handsets. weComm is providing the applications software platform.
News categories: weComm, miniV.tv, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile

Latens and GoDB Offer Solution for Indian Cable
Oct 6, 2009 – Latens has announced that its software CAS has been successfully integrated with GoDB Tech's middleware platform.
News categories: Latens, GoDB, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, Middleware