Asia Digital TV News

IPTV subscribers in China reach 1.5 million
Aug 7, 2008 – According to CCID Consulting, the number of IPTV subscribers in China at the end of June was 1.545 million. They expect that number to reach 5.229 million in 2012.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

ATSC Converter Box Demand in US Drives Growth of Taiwan's Digital Terrestrial STB Industry in 2008
Aug 7, 2008 – According to Taiwan's Market Intelligence Center, owing to ATSC converter box demand in the United States, the Taiwanese digital terrestrial set top box industry's shipment volume is estimated at 1.27 million units in the first half of 2008.
News categories: Market Intelligence Center, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial, USA

Thailand - Jasmine to expand broadband with IPTV
Aug 7, 2008 – Jasmine International (Thailand: JAS) is spearheading its broadband business into the arena of high-definition internet protocol television (IPTV) with a planned commercial launch, through its subsidiary Triple T Broadband, in October.
News categories: Jasmine International, Digital TV, IPTV, Thailand

StarHub Reports 2008 Second Quarter and Half Year Results
Aug 6, 2008 – The second quarter 2008 operating revenue for Starhub (Singapore: CC3) increased 9% to S$531 million from S$489 million year-on-year (YoY). The number of customers on the digital pay TV platform increased 25% to 453,000 households.
News categories: Starhub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Chunghwa Video Services Demand Explodes with Premium HD and Olympics Content Secured By Widevine
Aug 6, 2008 – Widevine Technologies has announced that Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE: CHT) has purchased an additional 450,000 Cypher® Virtual SmartCard™ clients from Widevine to accommodate rapid expansion and in-home network proliferation with existing subscribers.
News categories: Widevine, Chunghwa Telecom, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart Home, Subscribers, Taiwan

ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 Supports DMB-TH, the New Digital TV Broadcast Standard in China
Aug 6, 2008 – ArcSoft has announced that its TotalMedia 3.5, a media hub which combines TV, video recording and editing, media conversion, and more, in one easy-to-use program, now supports Terrestrial Digital Multimedia TV/Handle Broadcasting (DMB-TH).
News categories: ArcSoft, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories

China Digital TV Announces Unaudited Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 6, 2008 – China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) has announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. In the quarter, China Digital TV launched STV-RT10UP, a chip which enables PCs to support DVR and HDTV functions on three channels simultaneously.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for Q2. At June 30, 2008, Liberty Global's 14.7 million video subscriber base consisted of 9.5 million analog cable and MMDS and 5.2 million digital cable and DTH subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

China Netcom Starts IPTV Interoperability Testing
Aug 5, 2008 – China Netcom (HKSE: 0906; NYSE: CN) began testing IPTV set-top box (STB) and system interoperability on July 30.
News categories: China Netcom, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box