Asia Digital TV News

Korea cable TV plans big digital push
Sep 2, 2009 – According to the Korea Cable TV Association (KCTA), there are 15.3 million cable TV subscribers in the country, of which 2.3 million, or 15%, were digital at the end of June 2009.
News categories: Korea Cable TV Association, Cable TV, Digital TV, Korea, Subscribers

Telecom New Zealand launches XT Mobile TV
Sep 2, 2009 – XT Mobile Network customers can enjoy drama, comedy or news for free until 30 November 2009 with Telecom's new Mobile TV service. XT Mobile Network is the 3G mobile network run by Telecom New Zealand (NZX:TEL).
News categories: Telecom New Zealand, 5G, Mobile, New Zealand

Canal+ converts 240,000 to digital in 1st half 2009
Sep 1, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) has released results for the first half of 2009. Canal+'s migration of analog subscribers accelerated over the past six months with nearly 240,000 upgrades to digital since January 2009, ahead of targets.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, SFR, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Vietnam

Sri Lanka allocates money for DVB-T transition
Aug 28, 2009 – Plans are being made by Sri Lanka's Mass Media and Information Ministry to introduce DTT in the country next year. Money has been allocated to both the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corp. (SLRC) and Independent Television Network (ITN) in the 2010 budget.
News categories: Mass Media and Information Ministry, Rupavahini, Independent Television Network, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Sri Lanka, Terrestrial

Kudelski completes transition of CA to a service model
Aug 28, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced its half year 2009 results. During this period, the Group started to reap the fruits of the migration of a significant share of its digital TV conditional access deployed base to the service model.
News categories: Kudelski, Advertising, Brazil, Cable TV, CAM, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Germany, IBCShow, IPTV, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA, Vietnam

Australia passes key digital TV milestone
Aug 28, 2009 – More than half of all Australian households have now made the switch to digital television, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has announced.
News categories: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Chunghwa Telecom Multimedia-on-Demand subscribers down 26k in 2Q09
Aug 27, 2009 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported results for the first six months of 2009. At the end of the quarter, Chunghwa had 660,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, a 29.7% y-o-y increase, though down 26,000 on end-March 2009.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

TiVo subscribers down 146 thousand in quarter to end-July 2009
Aug 26, 2009 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2009. TiVo lost 42,000 direct subscribers and 104,000 subscribers through MSOs/broadcasters, to leave a total of 3.05 million at the end of the period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, New Zealand, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Vimicro Signs Agreement with Leadcore for TD-SCDMA 3G Market
Aug 25, 2009 – Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC) and Leadcore (Shanghai: 600198) have agreed to cooperate on developing 3G mobile phone technologies for China Mobile. Vimicro will provide mobile multimedia technologies and solutions, including mobile TV technology.
News categories: Vimicro, Leadcore, China Mobile, 5G, China, Mobile, Semiconductor