Asia Digital TV News

Chinese Satellite Market to Generate 5.3% Rate of Growth Despite Regulatory and Business Hurdles
Jul 15, 2008 – NSR has released a new market survey and forecast report offering the most in-depth and detailed assessment of commercial C- and Ku-band transponder demand in China.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, China, Content Distribution, Hong Kong, Market Research, Satellite

TRAI releases draft Recommendations on Restructuring of Cable TV Sector
Jul 15, 2008 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued draft recommendations on the 'Restructuring of Cable TV Services'.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Regulation

Set-top box to cut energy consumption
Jul 15, 2008 – AUSTRALIAN researchers are developing a consumer-friendly set-top box to reduce energy consumption by data centres.
News categories: Australia, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Streaming

Latens to Protect Digicable's 12 Million Subscribers
Jul 15, 2008 – Latens has announced that it has been awarded the contract to provide its Latens BCAS next generation conditional access system to Digicable Network (India) to protect and enable a national broadcast cable Pay-TV network.
News categories: Latens, Digicable Network, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, India

UTStarcom Continues IPTV Momentum in India With Aksh Optifibre Contract
Jul 14, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has signed a new contract with Aksh Optifibre (BOM: 532351) that expands the operator's deployment of the industry-leading RollingStream® Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution.
News categories: UTStarcom, Aksh Optifibre, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Set Top Box

SkyLife Broadens Relationship with NDS by Selecting VideoGuard® and MediaHighway® for New HD Service
Jul 14, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting (SkyLife) has extended its relationship with NDS by selecting NDS' VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) and MediaHighway® middleware for its new HDTV service.
News categories: NDS Group, SkyLife, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Korea, Middleware, Satellite

New Zealand - Freeview Take-Up Tracking Strongly
Jul 11, 2008 – Freeview continues to prove attractive to New Zealanders. At the end of June 2008 123,903 receivers had been sold. That equates to 7.8% of New Zealand homes having access to the service, or 300,000 Kiwis.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sun Direct DTH Crosses 1 Million Subscriber Mark in 200 Days
Jul 7, 2008 – Sun Direct TV, one of the leading DTH service providers in India, has announced the achievement of 1 Million DTH subscribers in 200 days. The one million subscriber base comes from only 4 southern states.
News categories: Sun Direct, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

China Mobile Invites Bids for TD-SCDMA/CMMB Handsets
Jul 7, 2008 – China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) has began soliciting bids for 40,000 TD-SCDMA handsets embedded with CMMB technology.
News categories: China Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile