Asia Digital TV News

PTCL revolutionizes TV viewing in Pakistan
Aug 13, 2008 – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) (Karachi:PTC) has announced the launch of PTCL Smart TV, a technological breakthrough of the first ever interactive television service in the country.
News categories: PTCL, Smart TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Pakistan

FOXTEL Delivers Subscriber, Profit and TV Viewing Share Growth
Aug 13, 2008 – FOXTEL has announced steady growth in subscribers, improved profitability and solid revenue increases in the year ended 30 June 2008. As at 30 June 2008, FOXTEL had a total of 1.54m direct and wholesale subscribers (including installation queue).
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

SingTel Group's results for the quarter ended 30 June 2008
Aug 12, 2008 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2008. The customer base for mio TV grew nearly 2,000 to more than 45,000 at the end of the quarter from a quarter ago.
News categories: SingTel, 5G, Australia, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Devas Multimedia plans DMB service in India
Aug 11, 2008 – Devas Multimedia plans to deliver video and TV channels via a hybrid satellite-terrestrial (DMB) network to mobile devices. Devas is working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on a service to be launched in 2009-10.
News categories: ISRO, Digital TV, India, MandA, Mobile, Satellite

Sigma Designs' Media Processors Power I-O DATA's New Set-Top Boxes for Japan's Free GyaO TV/internet Service
Aug 11, 2008 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) and I-O DATA have announced that Sigma's industry leading SMP8634LF media processors are being used in I-O DATA's new, updated set-top box models, the AV-LS500L and AV-LS500UL.
News categories: Sigma Designs, I-O DATA, USEN Corp, GyaO NEXT, Digital TV, Japan, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Taiwan Cable Operator KBRO Launches HD Services Highlighting Alticast's MHP Solution
Aug 11, 2008 – Alticast, the primary DVB-MHP provider for kbro, a leading Taiwan cable operator, has announced that it has successfully passed all Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) and is ready to commercially deploy the first MHP set-top boxes in Taiwan.
News categories: Alticast, kbro, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Sri Lanka Telecom group offers Mobile TV
Aug 10, 2008 – With the issuing of a mobile television license to Mobitel, the mobile telephony arm of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) (Colombo: SLTL), the SLT Group is now offering Mobile TV as well as other emerging media such as broadband and IPTV.
News categories: Mobitel, Ministry of Mass Media and Information, Digital TV, Mobile, Sri Lanka

Ocean Blue supports Hong Kong MHEG-5 Profile
Aug 8, 2008 – Ocean Blue has developed support for the Hong Kong MHEG-5 Profile in its middleware for set-top boxes and IDTVs, giving consumer electronics manufacturers a quick route to market.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ULDAGE Releases Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards
Aug 8, 2008 – ULDAGE has announced that the Patent Pool License for Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards is scheduled to be available in October, 2008. The License includes essential patents owned by at least following 13 companies.
News categories: ULDAGE, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Licensing, Patent