Asia Digital TV News

UTStarcom Rolls Out IPTV Set-Top Boxes With Zi Corporation's eZiText Predictive Text Solution
Aug 21, 2008 – Zi Corporation (TSX:ZIC)(NASDAQ:ZICA) has announced that UTStarcom (NASDAQ:UTSI) has begun shipping Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) set-top-boxes in China featuring predictive text input solution eZiText™ in English and Chinese.
News categories: UTStarcom, Zi Corporation, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Alcatel-Lucent supports launch of world's first commercial trial of mobile TV service based on the Open Mobile Alliance's BCAST Smartcard Profile
Aug 20, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced its support for the world's first commercial trial of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)'s new BCAST Smartcard Profile by MobileOne (M1) and MediaCorp in Singapore.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, MobileOne, MediaCorp, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, Mobile, Singapore

Japan - Over 70% of new mobile phones One-Seg enabled
Aug 20, 2008 – 3.738 million phones capable of One-Seg mobile TV reception were shipped in Japan in June, representing 73.5 percent of phones shipped - the first time that One-Seg penetration has exceeded 70 percent.
News categories: JEITA, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

CCTV.com Uses Envivio Video Encoders to Launch Beijing IPTV Service In Time for 2008 Olympics
Aug 19, 2008 – Envivio has announced that the new media platform of China's largest television network, China Central Television (CCTV), has launched its IPTV service pilot in Beijing in time for the start of the Olympic Games using 80 Envivio 4Caster encoders.
News categories: Envivio, CCTV, China, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV

China digital cable TV users grow 110 pct year-on-year in first half of 2008
Aug 19, 2008 – China's digital cable TV user base grew to 36.27 million in the first six months of 2008, up 109.77 percent year-on-year, local media reported recently.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

India - Reliance Communications launches Big TV DTH service
Aug 19, 2008 – Reliance Communications has today started nationwide commercial operations of its satellite pay TV 'Big TV DTH Service'. The company also plans to launch IPTV in two to three months.
News categories: Reliance Communications, Big TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Satellite

Thailand - True (TrueVisions) posts quarterly results
Aug 15, 2008 – True Corporation (SET: TRUE) posted soft Q2 quarterly results although convergence uptake was strong. TrueVisions net adds were slightly softer Q-on-Q at 68,000. Total subscribers rose to almost 1.2 million.
News categories: TrueVisions, True Corporation, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces July 2008 Subscriber Figures
Aug 15, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of July 31, 2008 served by J:COM's 19 managed franchises reached approximately 2.89 million, up 179,600, or 6.6% since July 31, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

Latens Partners with Skyworth to Offer Cost Effective Solutions for the Asian Pay-TV market
Aug 14, 2008 – Latens has announced that Skyworth Digital (Hong Kong: 0751) has successfully integrated the company's BCAS product with a new range of digital video broadcast cable (DVB-C) set-top boxes (STBs) for emerging markets.
News categories: Latens, Skyworth, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, India, MHEG-5, Set Top Box