Asia Digital TV News

ULDAGE Announces Plan for Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards (ARIB Standards)
Dec 21, 2007 – ULDAGE Inc., a patent license company, has issued a call for patents that are essential to the Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards developed by JCTEA, JCL and ARIB.
News categories: ULDAGE, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Licensing, Patent

Hainan DTV Subs to Reach 400,000 by Year-end
Dec 20, 2007 – According to a statement from China Cable Hainan, by the end of the year the province will have 400,000 DTV users.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

China DTV Subs Reach 23.6 mln, IPTV Subs 1.14 mln
Dec 20, 2007 – China Netmedia, a consulting arm of the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) has revealed that as of November 31, 2007 the number of cable DTV subscribers in China reached 23.65 mln.
News categories: China Netmedia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

UTStarcom's RollingStream IPTV Solution Continues to Build Momentum With Third Contract Awarded in Asia by Markwell in Taiwan
Dec 20, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has signed a contract with Markwell Industrial Co., Ltd. to deploy its industry-leading RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution in Taiwan.
News categories: UTStarcom, Markwell Industrial, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Taiwan

STMicroelectronics Introduces Low-Cost Standard-Definition Set-Top Box Decoder Supporting Leading Security Standards and Multiple Codecs
Dec 20, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a new low-cost STB decoder chip - the STi5202 - intended for standard-definition TV applications, sharing the same architecture as ST's STi7109 single-chip H.264 high-definition (HD) decoder.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Japan, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ningxia DTV Subscribers Reach 380,000
Dec 19, 2007 – Currently, the number of DTV subscribers in the province of Ningxia has reached 380,000, with 79 different channels included in the basic monthly subscription.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

SK Telecom to launch Internet-TV service
Dec 18, 2007 – SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, has said that it plans to launch a video-on-demand (VOD) TV service that can be used through any Internet operator.
News categories: SK Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, Korea, Set Top Box, Streaming

Australia's digital switchover date confirmed
Dec 18, 2007 – Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has confirmed that the first firm steps had been taken on the road to completing switchover by the end of 2013.
News categories: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Wuxi DTV Households Reach 500,000
Dec 17, 2007 – Wuxi, which began DTV conversion in October 2006, has met its target figure of 500,000 subscribers.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers