Asia Digital TV News

TCL to sell IDTV with Beijing Gehua CATV
Apr 15, 2009 – TCL (Shenzhen:000100) has announced that it has teamed up with Beijing Gehua CATV Network Co. Ltd. to sell an integrated digital television (IDTV) in Beijing.
News categories: TCL Corp, Gehua Cable, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Smart TV

Australia plans National Broadband Network
Apr 7, 2009 – The Australian Government has announced the establishment of a new company to build and operate a new super fast National Broadband Network to connect 90 percent of Australian homes, schools and workplaces with broadband at speeds up to 100Mbps.
News categories: Australia, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV

Asia Pacific pay TV to be worth more than USD40 billion by 2014
Apr 7, 2009 – New research, recently published by Informa Telecoms & Media, shows that 44% of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2014, up from just 17% at the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Telekom Malaysia IPTV in Q4 this year
Apr 4, 2009 – Telekom Malaysia (TM) is preparing to launch IPTV in the fourth quarter of this year, under the Hypp.TV brand name. TM already has a trial version of the service in Kulim involving 10,000 households.
News categories: Telekom Malaysia, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Malaysia

Magnetic Nanoparticles to Shrink 1-Seg Antennae
Apr 1, 2009 – A research group in Japan has developed a magnetic material for antenna elements, using Fe-Ni alloy nanoparticles, which has about five times the sensitivity of a ceramic dielectric of the same volume.
News categories: Sumitomo Osaka Cement, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile

Malaysia DTT spectrum tender in Q3
Apr 1, 2009 – The Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will call for tender bids in the third quarter for the 470-742 MHz UHF spectrum, paving the way for the country to move into the digital television era.
News categories: MCMC, Digital TV, Malaysia, Terrestrial

NDS Teams Up with HCL to Offer Solutions to India's Cable TV Operators
Mar 31, 2009 – NDS Group has announced a tie-up with HCL Infosystems, India's premier information enabling, ICT system integration company, to enable local cable TV operators to launch digital services and increase their market share.
News categories: NDS Group, HCL Infosystems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, Middleware

SeaChange Rolls Out Products and Services for Smart Digivision's MYWay IPTV
Mar 30, 2009 – India's Smart Digivision MyWay IPTV service is taking advantage of products and services from SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC). Customers of BSNL and MTNL are among the first to enjoy MyWay's on-demand, broadcast and convergence offerings.
News categories: SeaChange, MyWay, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Middleware

Changhong to offer online video with its TVs
Mar 30, 2009 – Changhong (Shanghai: 600839) has announced plans to invest CNY150 million to establish an internet content platform named Lejiao Web. Users who buy Changhong flat-panel TVs in China will be able to login to a website for free download of thousands of TV programs.
News categories: Changhong, China, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming