Asia Digital TV News

Toshiba's CH-DVD to Hit Market in March
Jan 16, 2008 – The difference between Toshiba's "Chinese CH-DVD format" and HD-DVD lies mainly in the updating of the format's guiding system to use the Chinese-developed AVS audiovisual standard.
News categories: Toshiba, China, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces December 2007 Subscriber Figures
Jan 16, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of December 31, 2007 served by J:COM's 22 managed franchises reached 2.77 million, up 150,500, or 5.7% since December 31, 2006.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

Top Ten IPTV Carriers
Jan 14, 2008 – Light Reading has looked around the world and identified the operators that have the most IPTV subscribers and then ranked them in order.
News categories: Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan

Boeing Awarded Contract for Direct-to-Home Entertainment Satellite
Jan 14, 2008 – The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a contract to build a commercial satellite for ProtoStar Ltd. The 601 HP-model spacecraft will deliver direct-to-home satellite television programming and broadband Internet access throughout Asia.
News categories: ProtoStar, Boeing, Asia, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

CMMB Satellite Launch Delayed
Jan 11, 2008 – An informed source has disclosed that the CMMB satellite which was originally scheduled for launch this June has been postponed.
News categories: China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite

MediaCorp, M1 to trial launch DVB-H technology mobile TV service
Jan 11, 2008 – The trial service, based on Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) technology, is slated for a mid-year launch.
News categories: MediaCorp, M1, Digital TV, Mobile, Singapore

OpenTV Selected by TrueVisions UBC for PVR Launch
Jan 10, 2008 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced today that TrueVisions UBC, Thailand's leading digital pay-TV operator, has selected OpenTV's middleware solution to enable and power their new PVR services.
News categories: OpenTV, TrueVisions UBC, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Thailand

ViXS and Legend Silicon Collaborate on GB20600-2006 DTTV Tuner Card for Growing Chinese Market
Jan 10, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced a low-cost, feature-rich digital terrestrial TV tuner card reference design for the rapidly growing GB20600-2006 market in China.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Legend Silicon, CES2025, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Blu-ray Disc Movie Titles Outsold HD DVD by Nearly 2-to-1 in the United States and Nearly 3-to-1 in Europe During 2007; Blu-ray Totally Dominates Japanese Market
Jan 8, 2008 – Blu-ray Disc movie titles outsold HD DVD in the United States by a nearly 2-to-1 margin last year, according to sales figures from Home Media Research, an independent market research firm.
News categories: Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Europe, HD-DVD, Japan, Market Research, USA