Asia Digital TV News

Macau - Digital broadcasting to be available by local Cable TV
Dec 30, 2007 – Macau Cable TV will be offering digital high-definition broadcasting service starting from New Year Day, Tuesday which will cover the majority areas of the peninsula and the entire Taipa island.
News categories: Macau Cable TV, Cable TV, China, Digital TV

Jiangsu Converts 1.3 mln DTV Subs in 2007
Dec 28, 2007 – Jiangsu province converted an additional 1.3 mln cable users to digital in 2007, the second year in which conversions have stood at over one million.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

TRAI has forwarded the Report on Digitalization and Introduction of Voluntary CAS to Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Dec 27, 2007 – The Group recommends that the date of roll out of CAS should be mandated for 55 cities in the country i.e. all state capitals, and all other cities with a population of one million and above, in phases beginning with October 2008, and ending with September 2011.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India

Digital TV Penetration Rate Will Be 43% in 2012
Dec 27, 2007 – According to the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), the proportion of digital TV subscribers in the world is expected to exceed 40% by 2012.
News categories: Korea Information Society Development Institute, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, India, IPTV, Japan, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA

Yunnan DTV Subs Reach 990,000
Dec 27, 2007 – Yunnan Broadcasting Information Transmission chairman and GM Wang Bo said the province currently has four million cable TV users and 990,000 digital TV subscribers.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

MediaTek to Offer TV Chips for Mainland China
Dec 26, 2007 – An industry insider has revealed that MediaTek has won chipset orders from Chinese LCD manufacturers Hisense (600060.SH) and Konka (2016.SZ), with products due on the markets in H1 2008.
News categories: MediaTek, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

China - National Handset Mobile TV Standard Selection Resumed
Dec 26, 2007 – Previously halted testing for China's national mobile TV standard has resumed, and will last one month.
News categories: Standardization Administration of China, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile

Innofidei Starts Mass Production of CMMB Handset Chip
Dec 21, 2007 – CMMB chipset manufacturer Innofidei announced December 21 that it has started mass production of its proprietary CMMB decoder chip, the IF101.
News categories: Innofidei, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

Telepath Released CMMB Demod Chip Together with Infineon and SMIC
Dec 21, 2007 – Telepath Technologies has unveiled irs TP3001 demodulator chip. The TP3001 enables access to mobile multimedia broadcasting via mobile handhelds, personal media players as well as other portable electronic devices.
News categories: Telepath Technologies, Infineon, SMIC, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet