Asia Digital TV News

Dalian DTV Conversion 98% Complete
Dec 10, 2007 – The number of digital cable TV subscribers in Dalian has reached 920,000 to date.
News categories: Dalian, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Chinese digital terrestrial TV operators flounder in over-competitive market
Dec 7, 2007 – Chinese digital terrestrial TV operators are facing increasingly difficult market conditions rather than benefiting from the approaching Beijing 2008 Olympics, a local digital terrestrial TV official has told Interfax at the third Digital New Media Annual Forum held in Beijing.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial

CMMB Trials to Expand to 37 Cities
Dec 6, 2007 – An executive from a local radio and television group has revealed that CMMB is building upon its current foundation of the six Olympics cities plus Guangzhou and Shenzhen to begin major, nationwide expansion.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Mobile

ZTE to Build World's First AVS-IPTV Commercial Network with China Netcom Group
Dec 5, 2007 – ZTE Corporation has won the world's first AVS-IPTV commercial network development bid offered by the China Netcom Group. Under the contract, ZTE will be the sole provider of IPTV network solutions for the project.
News categories: ZTE, China Netcom, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Shanghai IPTV Subscribers Exceed 180,000
Dec 5, 2007 – Li Anmin, director of the China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute revealed that by the end of October, IPTV users in Shanghai had risen to over 180,000.
News categories: China Telecom, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Cisco® Announces Comprehensive IPTV Strategy for Asia Pacific
Dec 5, 2007 – Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced its strategy to help service providers in Asia Pacific deliver end-to-end Internet Protocol television (IPTV). The solution will be demonstrated at its booth at the IPTV World Forum Asia 2007.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Asia, Content Distribution, IPTV, Video Exchange

TANDBERG Television MPEG-4 AVC to Power Delivery of New Zealand Digital Terrestrial TV
Dec 4, 2007 – TANDBERG Television has announced that Kordia™ and TVWorks have selected its industry leading digital terrestrial television (DTT) head-end system for the delivery of the Freeview New Zealand DTT service.
News categories: TANDBERG Television, Kordia, TVWorks, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial

SiTV National DTV Platform Boasts 9 mln Premium Subs
Dec 4, 2007 – SiTV, a subsidiary of the Shanghai Media Group (SMG) announced yesterday that by the end of November, it had over 9 mln premium DTV subscribers, an 80% increase from last years 5 mln.
News categories: Shanghai Media Group, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Topbroad Develops New Video Decoding Chip
Dec 4, 2007 – Following the successful production of its "Beijing-1" high-definition set-top box core chip, Tianjin Topbroad Microelectronics, a subsidiary of Tianjin Communication and Broadcasting Group, has developed its TBM5028 video decoder chip.
News categories: Tianjin Communication and Broadcasting, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor