Asia Digital TV News

Bharti Airtel Selects NDS To Protect and Power New Digital Satellite Service
Oct 28, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has been selected by Bharti Airtel to provide a suite of digital broadcasting solutions for the launch of the company's digital satellite service.
News categories: NDS Group, Bharti Airtel, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite

Philippines Mobile TV Service May Be Scrapped
Oct 28, 2007 – Regulators have ordered the country's biggest telephone company and its subsidiaries to justify its continued offer of mobile television service to subscribers amid opposition from cable providers.
News categories: Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA), Cable TV, Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

India to have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011
Oct 27, 2007 – India will have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011 but for it to succeed companies need to get their act together in the areas of access, content and technology.
News categories: Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Asia-Pacific has 78 percent of mobile TV viewers says Berg Insight
Oct 26, 2007 – According to a new report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, Asia-Pacific is leading the adoption of mobile TV broadcasting. About 38 million viewers - almost 78 percent of the total mobile TV audience - was found in Japan and South Korea in mid-2007.
News categories: Berg Insight, Report Overview, Asia, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers

Jupiter Telecommunications Financial Results For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007
Oct 26, 2007 – Cable television subscribers increased by 381,700 households from September 30, 2006 to 2,159,700 households as of September 30, 2007. The digital conversion rate as of September 30, 2007 was 63%, an increase from 47% as of September 30, 2006.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Results, Subscribers

HKSTP, ASTRI, TVB, ATV and Rohde and Schwarz to Establish Hong Kong Digital Terrestrial Television Local Testing Group for New DTV Standard
Oct 24, 2007 – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has signed an MOU to establish the Hong Kong Digital Terrestrial Television Local Testing Group (DTTG) with the Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), Television Broadcast Limited (TVB), Asia Television Limited (ATV), and Rohde and Schwarz (R&S).
News categories: HKSTP, ASTRI, Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Asia Television Limited (ATV), Rohde and Schwarz (R&S), Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Taiwan tie-up for PCCW's Now TV
Oct 24, 2007 – PCCW (0008) will introduce its Now TV platform for broadband television to the Taiwan market by the end of this year through a tie-up with Chunghwa Telecom, according to an industry source.
News categories: PCCW, Chunghwa Telecom, Digital TV, Finance, Hong Kong, IPTV, Taiwan

NDS Announces VideoGuard Express™ Now Available for the Indian Cable Market
Oct 23, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has launched a new solution for the Indian cable TV market. NDS VideoGuard Express™ delivers robust CAS security at a competitive price. The system has been pre-integrated with a set-top box and electronic programme guide (EPG) ready for fast deployment.
News categories: NDS Group, SCaT India, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Set Top Box

Chipidea and PLM Unveil New Chip Design Allowing Billions of People to Enjoy HD Content on CRT TVs
Oct 23, 2007 – Chipidea, the Analog Business Group of MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS), and PowerLayer Microsystems (PLM) have announced the release of an innovative video television chip called the PLM1000, that allows CRT televisions to receive HDTV content ranging from camcorder video to high-definition video games and broadcasts.
News categories: Chipidea, PowerLayer, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV