Asia Digital TV News

ARM Sees Demand For HD Mobile Media And Entertainment Grow
Jul 29, 2009 – ARM (LSE:ARM; Nasdaq:ARMH) has announced that it is seeing demand for mobile devices offering an HD entertainment and browsing experience increasing in Asia, as two more licensing agreements for its GPUs are made, with Rockchip and Telechips.
News categories: ARM, Telechips, Rockchip, China, Korea, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Samung and LG get together to make digital TV ICs
Jul 28, 2009 – Samsung Electronics (Seoul: 005930) and LG Electronics (Seoul: 066570) have signed a memorandum of understanding with other small and mid-sized companies to co-develop digital TV chips to cover all global standards.
News categories: Samsung, LG Electronics, Digital TV, Korea, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Mirics targets ARM processor-based smartphones with FlexiTV™
Jul 27, 2009 – Mirics has announced that it is developing mobile TV and radio solutions for smartphone applications by migrating its FlexiTV™ platform to the ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) Cortex™-A8 and Cortex-A9 applications processors.
News categories: Mirics, ARM, Japan, Korea, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Software

CBHD More Popular than Blu-Ray in China?
Jul 27, 2009 – According to a media report, movies in China Blue High-definition Disc (CBHD) format command 3% of the Chinese market, well ahead of the share held by Blu-ray.
News categories: Blu-ray, China, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research

Siano Debuts Ultra-Integrated CMMB Receiver Chip
Jul 27, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of the newest product in its CMMB TV receiver chip family - the SMS1186. The IC includes the secure 'root-of-trust' hardware (known as UAM) that adheres to China Mobile's latest data security requirements.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Mobile TV Device Volumes Will Not Decline in 2009
Jul 23, 2009 – TeleAnalytics has calculated that the end-2009 Mobile TV user count will be in the 80.8 million to 81.9 million range. Mobile TV device sales will at worst remain flat, but an increase of up to 2% may be witnessed with respect to the 2008 sales total.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers, USA

Asia/Pacific Region Lifts Sagging Satellite Set Top Box Market
Jul 21, 2009 – Thanks to remarkable shipment growth in Asia/Pacific the worldwide satellite set top box market chalked up growth in 2008, reports In-Stat. However, outside of Asia/Pacific and Latin America, regional markets remain sluggish or even negative.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Digital TV, DVR, India, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Outlook for the Chinese Domestic STB Market
Jul 21, 2009 – According to IMS Research, the Chinese domestic set-top box (STB) market has not been negatively influenced by the current financial crisis, although exports of Chinese STBs have been somewhat affected.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Freeview Australia selects MHEG-5 as its middleware
Jul 20, 2009 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has announced that Freeview Australia has selected MHEG-5 as the interactive TV middleware for the suite of free-to-air DTT channels that operate under the brand.
News categories: IMPALA, Freeview Australia, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial