Asia Digital TV News

Cypress and Legend Silicon Debut World's First USB TV Dongle Reference Design to Bring High-Resolution TV to PCs and Laptops
Dec 16, 2008 – Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY) and Legend Silicon have introduced a reference design for a DTMB USB PC-TV dongle. It leverages Cypress's EZ-USB® FX2LP high-speed USB controller to drive Legend Silicon's LGS-8GL5/LGS-8G75 demodulator.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Cypress Semiconductor, China, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Bharti Airtel Launches Its Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV Service in India Powered by Broadcom® Technology
Dec 16, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Bharti Airtel has selected Broadcom's highly integrated satellite set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions to power its direct-to-home (DTH) TV services - Airtel digital TV.
News categories: Broadcom, Bharti Airtel, Digital TV, DVB-S2, India, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Tata Sky Achieves 3 Million Connections in India on End-to-End NDS Platform
Dec 16, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has acknowledged that Tata Sky has achieved another major milestone in reaching 3 million subscribers within a period of just 27 months. The latest 1 million subscribers were gained in just seven months.
News categories: NDS Group, Tata Sky, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, India, Middleware, Satellite, Subscribers

Astro announces Quarterly Financial Results Q3 FY2009
Dec 15, 2008 – Malaysia's ASTRO All Asia Networks (Kuala Lumpur:ASTRO) has announced its unaudited consolidated results for the third quarter ended 31 October 2008. Astro TV subscribers increased by 96 thousand to 2.565 million at the end of the quarter.
News categories: ASTRO All Asia Networks, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Wipro Delivers Middleware for In-Car TV Tuner to Hirschmann Car Communication
Dec 15, 2008 – Wipro Technologies (NYSE:WIT) has announced that it has delivered its ISDB-T stack to Hirschmann Car Communication. The stack is to be used for developing In-Car TV solutions for Hirschmann's Tier-1 car customers targeting the Japanese market.
News categories: Wipro, Hirschmann Car Communication, Automotive, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Middleware, Terrestrial

Qualcomm Conducts Drive Test of MediaFLO Broadcast Mobile TV Platform in Collaboration with Toyota
Dec 15, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced the first MediaFLO™ drive test in collaboration with Toyota (Tokyo:7203; NYSE:TM). Live televised programming was transmitted to a vehicle equipped with a MediaFLO phone connected to in-car video displays.
News categories: Qualcomm, Toyota, Automotive, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV

NEC Electronics Introduces System-on-Chip for Tuners That Enable Viewing of Digital Terrestrial Broadcasts on Analog Televisions
Dec 12, 2008 – NEC (Tokyo: 6723) has introduced the EMMATM2TS system-on-chip (SoC) for tuners that enable digital terrestrial broadcasts to be viewed on current analog televisions. The new product is compliant with the Japan's 'simplified DTT tuner' specifications.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

IPTV Sub. Growth Expected to Continue Despite Economic Downturn, Benefiting Taiwan's IP STB Industry
Dec 10, 2008 – According to statistics of the ITIS project shipment volume of the Taiwanese IP Set-top Box industry is expected to reach 1.75 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 1.84 million units in the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Market Intelligence Center, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Blu-ray sales accelerate to record levels in Japan
Dec 9, 2008 – Latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan figures have revealed that in the first week of November 2008, Blu-ray Disc Recorders have surpassed a 50% market share for DVD Recorders in unit terms.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder