Asia Digital TV News

Malaysia Issues Requirements for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)
Sep 25, 2007 – Notification: SRSP 521 DTT, Requirements for Digital Terrestrial Television (including digital terrestrial sound) (DTT) Service Operating in the Frequency Bands 174 MHz to 230 MHz AND 470 MHz TO 742 MHz
News categories: MCMC, Digital TV, Malaysia, Terrestrial, TV Services

Direct-to-home TV draws Shin Satellite
Sep 25, 2007 – Shin Satellite Plc is jumping onto the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television bandwagon in Southeast and South Asia through government partnerships.
News categories: Thaicom, Asia, Digital TV, Satellite, Thailand

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) Selects MIPS32® M4K® Core for Next-Generation Video Processing
Sep 24, 2007 – MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) has licensed the low-power MIPS32® M4K® processor core for the development of advanced H.264 video processing applications.
News categories: Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, MIPS Technologies, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Hangzhou to launch first digital terrestrial TV service based on two homegrown standards
Sep 21, 2007 – A digital TV operator in Hangzhou is about to launch the first digital terrestial TV service in China to be based on the government-approved digital terrestrial TV transmission standard and the Audio Video coding Standard (AVS).
News categories: Audio and Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China (AVS Workgroup), China, Digital TV, DTMB, Terrestrial, TV Services

Japan - August 2007 Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment
Sep 21, 2007 – Japan Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (August 2007) - TVs (Plasma, LCD TV), DVD players/Recorders, Tuners for satellite broadcasting, ...
News categories: JEITA, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Broadcast Australia guides Thailand's DTV switchover
Sep 21, 2007 – It has been decided that Thailand's fixed terrestrial DTV network will be based on the digital video broadcasting - terrestrial (DVB-T) standard.
News categories: Broadcast Australia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial, Thailand, TV Services

China Digital TV Files for Initial Public Offering
Sep 21, 2007 – China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. is offering 12,000,000 American depositary shares, or ADSs, each representing one ordinary share and anticipates that the initial public offering price of the ADSs will be between $11 and $13 per ADS.
News categories: China Digital TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPO

India Pay TV market may go up to $10bn by 2010
Sep 20, 2007 – According to a survey conducted by Hong Kong-based independent organisation, Media Partners Asia (MPA), over 90% of the TV homes in India will be enjoying pay TV by 2015, of which 37% will have digital set-top boxes (STB).
News categories: Media Partners Asia (MPA), Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

MPEG LA Issues ATSC Patent Portfolio License
Sep 20, 2007 – MPEG LA has announced the availability of the ATSC Patent Portfolio License. The joint license includes patents that are essential to the digital television standard developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and used in digital TVs sold in the United States, South Korea, Mexico, Canada and other countries.
News categories: MPEG LA, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, Korea, Licensing, Mexico, Patent, Terrestrial, USA