Asia Digital TV News

Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
May 5, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company added 216,000 RGUs in the first quarter of 2009, driven by strong growth in advanced services, especially digital cable.
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

Spreadtrum Announces $44 Million of New Financing
May 5, 2009 – Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) has announced that its Chinese subsidiary, Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) has received RMB 300 million (approximately $44 million) of new financing from a Chinese bank in the form of a fixed term loan.
News categories: Spreadtrum, China, Finance, Mobile, Semiconductor

PT Telkom Group Selects Irdeto for DVB-H Mobile TV in Indonesia
Apr 30, 2009 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that it has been chosen to supply the Conditional Access (CA) and DRM solutions based on the DVB-H Mobile TV architecture for PT Telkom Group's mobile subsidiary, Telkomsel.
News categories: Irdeto, PT Telkom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Indonesia, Mobile

Chunghwa has 686,000 Multimedia-On-Demand subscribers
Apr 29, 2009 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported its operating results for the first quarter of 2009. As of the end of the quarter, Chunghwa had 686,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, equivalent to a 57.6% year-over-year increase.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

2.1 million digital TV subscribers for J:COM at end-Q1
Apr 28, 2009 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2009. J:COM TV Digital subscribers rose by 521,800 to 2,085,300 households with 424,500 HDR PVR contracts at the end of the quarter.
News categories: Jupiter Telecom, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers

J:COM exceeds 2 million digital cable TV households
Apr 28, 2009 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the number of J:COM TV Digital subscribers rose by 521,800 to 2,085,300 households in the year to March 31, 2009, accounting for 82% of all cable television subscribers.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers

Videocon soft launches India DTH service
Apr 28, 2009 – Videocon Industries will launch its Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite service in India on May 1st, after a soft launch on April 27th in Macau in front of its 2,500 dealers.
News categories: D2H, Videocon Industries, ARION, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

DOXTV Selects NDS Technology to Bring DVR and push VOD to China
Apr 27, 2009 – NDS has announced that DOXTV, a leading value-added TV service provider in China, has chosen an end-to-end suite of NDS technologies to protect and enhance its business - the first-ever introduction of DVR and push VOD functionality in China.
News categories: NDS Group, DOXTV, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Haier Licenses MIPS32 Cores for DTV and Set-top Box ICs
Apr 27, 2009 – MIPS Technologies (NasdaqGS: MIPS) has announced that Haier (Beijing) IC Design is leveraging high-performance, low-power MIPS32® processor cores to power DTV and set-top box (STB) SoC designs.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Haier, China, Licensing, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV