Asia Digital TV News

India - DishTV, Tata Sky plan to launch DVRs
Oct 13, 2008 – With competition hotting up in the direct-to-home television segment after the entry of Reliance Big TV and Bharti Airtel DTH, market leader DishTV and Tata Sky are planning to introduce DVR technology around Diwali time to stay a step ahead.
News categories: DishTV, Tata Sky, Digital TV, DVR, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

China Broadcasting & TV Industry 2007 Market Review
Oct 13, 2008 – According to HC360, in 2007 the development of Chinese digital CATV sped up further, with 68 cities having completed conversion to digital CATV. During the year, broadcasting and TV groups obtained licenses to explore the business of mobile TV.
News categories: HC360, Cable TV, China, Hong Kong, Market Research, Mobile, Terrestrial

NDS Partners with Alcatel-Lucent to Protect and Power MediaCorp, MobileOne (M1), SingTel and StarHub Mobile TV Trial
Oct 13, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it is providing the core conditional access (CA) infrastructure for the world's first commercial trial of the new OMA BCAST SCP standard, an emerging key standard for mobile TV content protection, in Singapore.
News categories: NDS, Alcatel-Lucent, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Singapore

iPanel and Amlogic agree STB IC partnership
Oct 10, 2008 – iPanel and Amlogic have reached an agreement to jointly promote their respective set-top box solutions. Under the agreement, the iPanel 3.0 browser will be pre-integrated with Amlogic's new AML8218 and 8217 digital TV set-top box chips.
News categories: iPanel, Amlogic, China, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

China - Cable DTV Subscribers Reach 40 million
Oct 9, 2008 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has said that 33 cities and regions had completed DTV conversion projects as of August, bringing the number of digital cable subscribers nationwide to more than 40 million.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

22.4 million IPTV subscribers expected in Asia-Pac by 2013
Oct 8, 2008 – New analysis from Frost & Sullivan reveals that the IPTV subscriber base in Asia-Pacific reached 4.1 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach 22.4 million by end-2013, at a compound annual growth rate of 32.7 percent (2007-2013).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Asia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

India - Airtel makes its satellite television debut
Oct 7, 2008 – Bharti Airtel (Bombay: BRTI) has announced the launch of Airtel digital TV, its Direct To Home (DTH) satellite TV service. The service will be available to customers through 21,000 retail points in 62 cities across the country starting October 9, 2008.
News categories: Bharti Airtel, Digital TV, DVB-S2, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

New Zealand - Freeview powers past the 160,000 mark
Oct 6, 2008 – Freeview continues its strong growth as the ever expanding channel and HD line-up attracts more New Zealanders. At the end of September 160,496 receivers had been sold, with an additional 37,980 receivers added in the July to September quarter.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Mirics adds ISDB-T reception to its FlexiTV™ solution for TV on a PC
Sep 30, 2008 – Mirics Semiconductor will showcase an enhanced version of its Mirics FlexiTV™ broadcast receiver - a complete RF, host interface and software demodulation solution for the notebook PC platform - at CEATEC Japan.
News categories: Mirics, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Software