Asia Digital TV News

China - Cable DTV Achieves Rapid Development in 2007
Apr 11, 2008 – CCID Consulting (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235) has released the 2007-2008 China's DTV Industry Annual Report. In 2007, there were 13.052 million new DTV subscribers, increasing the quantity of China's DTV subscribers to 27.186 million.
News categories: CCID Consulting, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DTMB, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

High-definition viewing to reach 44 million homes by year-end
Apr 10, 2008 – According to an Informa Telecoms & Media report 'Global HDTV Forecasts 3rd Edition,' only 4% of global homes will actively watch HD programming by the end of this year. However, this means nearly 44 million active HD households.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Australia - Majority of households still to turn to digital free-to-air television
Apr 9, 2008 – Research released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority indicates only just over two out of five Australian households - 42 per cent - are watching digital television over the airwaves.
News categories: ACMA, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Digital TV Mobile Phone Shipments Top 25M Units in Japan
Apr 9, 2008 – Cumulative shipments in Japan of mobile phones capable of receiving digital terrestrial television broadcasts topped 25 million units in February, an industry group said Wednesday.
News categories: JEITA, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

India - Mobile TV prospects entice Qualcomm
Apr 7, 2008 – US-based Qualcomm plans to enter the Indian mobile TV market as soon as the service is launched in the country.
News categories: Qualcomm, Digital TV, India, Mobile, Smart TV

SARFT Dismisses T-MMB as National Mobile TV Standard
Apr 7, 2008 – The Mobile TV / Mobile Multimedia National Standard Expert Evaluation Group has chosen Nufront's T-MMB format as the national standard for mobile TV in China.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation

YoMo, an abbreviation for Your Mobile
Apr 1, 2008 – From noon April 1st YoMo will begin bluetooth broadcasting to a national network of exclusively held locations around Australia.
News categories: YoMo, Australia, Digital TV, Mobile

Terrestrial Digital TV Tuners for PCs to Be Authorized in Japan
Mar 31, 2008 – The broadcasting industry has confirmed its plans to authorize the sale of standalone terrestrial/BS/CS digital tuners that are externally attached to PCs.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Terrestrial

Korea - Telecom Firms to Spend W1.6 Trillion in IPTV
Mar 28, 2008 – Korean telecom firms are to invest around 1.57 trillion won ($15.8 billion) on Internet-protocol TV (IPTV) services this year, the Broadcasting and Communications Commission (BCC) has reported.
News categories: Broadcasting and Communications Commission (BCC), Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Market Research, Set Top Box