Asia Digital TV News

Broadcom Announces Cable Set-Top Box ICs with Integrated DVB-C Tuners
Mar 20, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced two new cable set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions that address the growing demand for digital cable services in China.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom and RaisingSun Deliver 'All-in-One' Digital TV Platform for China
Mar 20, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that, with RaisingSun Digital Video Technology, it has produced an 'all-in-one' digital television (DTV) turnkey solution that supports all Chinese broadcasting standards as well as Internet connectivity.
News categories: Broadcom, iTVware, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Broadcom Expands Hybrid IP Set-Top Box IC Family
Mar 20, 2009 – At CCBN 2009, Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the expansion of its Internet protocol (IP) set-top box (STB) family with a range of highly integrated, system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, including support for China's audio/video standard (AVS).
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

NDS at CCBN 2009: Delivering the Best Security and Enabling New Entertainment Revenues for Chinese Pay-TV Operators
Mar 19, 2009 – NDS Group has announced its line-up of solutions for CCBN 2009, March 21-23, Beijing. NDS will highlight solutions that enable operators and broadcasters to move to digital TV and deliver compelling new services that increase revenues.
News categories: NDS Group, CCBN, China, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Middleware

Digital Entertainment Companies in China to Support Dolby High-Definition Audio Technologies for Blu-ray Disc Format
Mar 19, 2009 – Dolby (NYSE: DLB) has announced that three companies in China - TCL, MIT Technology and Lite-On IT - have agreed to license Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus for future Blu-ray Disc products.
News categories: Dolby, Blu-ray, China

Latens and Pixsan Integrate MHEG-5 open standards middleware platform
Mar 18, 2009 – Latens has partnered with Pixsan to provide an MHEG-5 middleware solution for cable operators. Demonstrated at Convergence India 2009, Latens and Pixsan offer a client solution of software-only Conditional Access (CAS) and MHEG-5 based middleware.
News categories: Latens, Pixsan, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

China Digital TV to Demonstrate New Products at CCBN 2009
Mar 18, 2009 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that it will demonstrate a line of advanced new products and solutions in the upcoming 17th China Content Broadcasting Network Exhibition (CCBN 2009) from March 21 to 23, 2009.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, CCBN, China, Conditional Access

ASTRO 2.6 million subscribers; Sun Direct 2.5 million
Mar 17, 2009 – ASTRO (Kuala Lumpur:ASTRO) has announced full year results for the financial year ended 31 January 2009. Pay-TV subscriber growth in Malaysia was 374,000 net new customers. Sun Direct in India now has over 2.5 million subscribers.
News categories: ASTRO, Sun Direct, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

NXP advances digital switchover with new integrated set-top box platform
Mar 17, 2009 – NXP Semiconductors has unveiled the new STB150 system solution, delivering a complete production-ready platform for the fast growing digital cable TV services market. NXP will be demonstrating the STB150 reference design at the CCBN show in Beijing.
News categories: NXP, iPanel, Cable TV, CCBN, China, DVR, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box