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Dish TV India Earnings Release For The Quarter September 30, 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – Dish TV India (Bombay:532839) has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended 30 September 2008. Dish TV's net subscriber base stood at 3.4 million on September 30, 2008. Dish TV added 529,000 subscribers in the quarter.
News categories: Dish TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

China TV to be all-digital by 2015
Oct 22, 2008 – China is planning to switch off its analogue television by 2015, according to Professor Huang Yong, deputy editor-in-chief of China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), speaking at a conference in London.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Growth Period Ahead for Indian Satellite Market
Oct 22, 2008 – NSR has released its latest market research and forecast report: Indian Satellite Markets. The market attracting the most interest from regional satellite operators has been Direct-to-Home in the Ku-band.
News categories: NSR, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite

China Mobile selects Streamezzo to develop and deploy interactive mobile TV offering in time for 2008 Olympics
Oct 21, 2008 – Streamezzo has announced that China Mobile (Hong Kong: 0941; NYSE: CHL) has selected Streamezzo's rich media software platform and professional services to design, develop and deploy its new interactive Mobile TV offering.
News categories: Streamezzo, China Mobile, 5G, China, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile

BIG TV gains 500,000 subscribers within two months of launch to emerge as fastest growing DTH player in India
Oct 20, 2008 – BIG TV (Bombay:532712) has announced that it has touched the magic figure of 500,000 subscribers within two months of its launch. This has put BIG TV DTH in the unique position of being the fastest growing DTH player in India.
News categories: Reliance Communications, BIG TV DTH, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

LG Dacom launches 'myLGtv' triple play
Oct 20, 2008 – LG Dacom (Seoul:015940) has launched its IPTV service in South Korea. The product, branded myLGtv, is bundled with Dacom's broadband and internet telephone services to complete its triple-play offering.
News categories: LG Dacom, myLGtv, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea

Sharp Develops Industry's Smallest Tuner Module for Mobile TVs in China
Oct 20, 2008 – Sharp (Tokyo:6753) has developed the VA3C5CZ933, a mobile TV tuner module that supports China's CMMB and features the industry's smallest package size (9.0 x 9.0 x 1.7 mm). Mass production is slated to begin in December 2008.
News categories: Sharp Corp, China, Mobile

India - Ministry moves on satellite set-top box interoperability
Oct 20, 2008 – The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has asked the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to draft norms for advanced DTH set-top boxes, including related to interoperability of the boxes.
News categories: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Bureau of Indian Standards, India, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box

Pakistan Television considering DTH
Oct 19, 2008 – Encouraged by the success of direct-to-home (DTH) services in India, Pakistan Television Corporation Ltd, the country's national broadcaster, has invited national and international firms to help it set up its own DTH service with 100 channels.
News categories: Pakistan Television Corp, Digital TV, Pakistan, Satellite