Asia Digital TV News

India - Tax breaks for IPTV hardware in Plan likely
Oct 4, 2007 – Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is all set to get a fillip with the Planning Commission agreeing to include its expansion in the 11th Five Year Plan as part of the government's efforts to achieve complete coverage of digital television by 2012.
News categories: Planning Commission, Government of India, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Set Top Box

Synovate PAX media survey shows non-traditional television platforms are taking hold across Asia Pacific
Oct 4, 2007 – Synovate has released results from its PAX media survey showing that four in ten affluent Asians are watching television on the move: be it via their personal computers, mobile phones, MP4 players, while outdoors, or even in their cars.
News categories: Synovate, Asia, Australia, Automotive, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Mobile, Philippines, Singapore, Streaming, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand

ArcSoft Demonstrates High Definition Solutions at CEATEC Japan
Oct 2, 2007 – ArcSoft, Inc is demonstrating ArcSoft Digital Theatre™ and ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Extreme this week at CEATEC Japan 2007 in cooperation with Jungle, Japan's leading retail software developer and publisher.
News categories: ArcSoft, Jungle, Blu-ray, DVD, HD-DVD, Japan, Media Player, Software, Streaming

Panasonic Unveils Six New DIGA Blu-ray and DVD Recorders at CEATEC JAPAN 2007
Oct 2, 2007 – Panasonic has unveiled three new Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders and three high-definition (HD) DVD recorders at CEATEC JAPAN 2007.
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, Japan, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box

Imagination Technologies launches multi-standard mobile tv receiver core with 1-seg ISDB-T support
Oct 1, 2007 – Imagination Technologies (FTSE:IMG) has announced that it has added support for the Japanese 1seg ISDB-T mobile TV standard to its licensable mobile TV IP Core.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

TVNZ To Go HDTV For Beijing Olympics
Sep 28, 2007 – TVNZ will introduce High Definition TV on the Freeview Digital Terrestrial platform (DTT), which is timed to go live during the first half of next year.
News categories: TVNZ, Freeview NZ, ATSC 3, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial

Sony Adds TV to Video Walkman Players
Sep 27, 2007 – Sony's new video Walkman will be launched on Nov. 17 and will be compatible with Japan's "OneSeg" digital TV system for mobile and portable devices.
News categories: Sony, NW-A910 Press Release (Japanese), Digital TV, Japan, Mobile

Four Key Difficulties on the Road to Mobile TV Development
Sep 27, 2007 – Mobile TV is still in its infancy in China. CCID Consulting thinks that here are four speed bumps on the way to a steady stage of growth: national standards, lack of a solid profit model, low-quality user experience and terminal bottlenecks.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile

Hitachi Unveils 3/4 Inch Thin Next Generation Flat Panel TV at CEATEC 2007
Sep 26, 2007 – Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) has announced that it would present "New Style Visual Life" at the upcoming CEATEC JAPAN 2007, October 2 - 6, 2007.
News categories: Hitachi, Blu-ray, DVD, HD-DVD, IPTV, Japan, Smart TV