Asia Digital TV News

1-seg Mobile Phone Shipments Grow 6 Times YoY
Sep 12, 2007 – Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) has announced Japanese domestic mobile phone shipments increased 54.9% year-on-year (YoY) to 5.108 million units in July 2007.
News categories: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

Hong Kong - Test Transmission of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Signals
Sep 11, 2007 – Field trials of DTT broadcasting will be conducted from now until 25 January 2008 in order to make tests, measurements and demonstrations preparing for the implementation of the DTT broadcasting network.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), Digital TV, Hong Kong, Terrestrial, TV Services

ROK adds Warid Telecom to it's Deployment of Streamed Mobile TV
Sep 11, 2007 – ROK Entertainment Group has announced that it has reached agreement with Pakistan mobile operator, Warid Telecom, to provide streamed mobile TV over Warid's existing 2.5G network.
News categories: ROK Entertainment, Warid Telecom, Mobile, Pakistan

OpenTV Integrated Browser Solution Selected by Jupiter Telecommunications for Video-On-Demand Launch
Sep 10, 2007 – OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced that Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM; JASDAQ: 4817) has selected OpenTV Integrated Browser™ as the standard browser for its next generation Video-on-Demand (VOD) and interactive television services launched in September.
News categories: OpenTV, Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Software

Philippines - ABS-CBN to launch digital TV
Sep 9, 2007 – ABS-CBN is preparing to bring digital TV (DTTV) broadcasting to the Philippines in the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: Digital TV, Philippines, Terrestrial

China narrows final mobile TV spec to CMMB, TDBM
Sep 7, 2007 – Even for those participating in the high-stakes guessing game over China's mobile TV standard, a plethora of specs currently proposed in China seems like a mystery.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile

Foundation of China High Definition DVD Industry Association (CHDA) Heralds New Era of High-Definition Entertainment in China
Sep 7, 2007 – The Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center (OMNERC), a laboratory dedicated to optical disc research in Tsinghua University, has announced CH-DVD (China High Definition DVD), a new generation high definition DVD format developed in collaboration with research institutes and manufacturing enterprises at home and abroad.
News categories: China, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD

Thomson Renews Contract to Supply Cable Set-Top Boxes to Chinese Cable TV Operator Dalian Tiantu
Sep 7, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced the renewal of its contract to supply Chinese cable operator Dalian Tiantu Cable TV with DCI1000E digital cable set top boxes, further to the original agreement concluded via Thomson CITIC Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (TCDT) in August 2006.
News categories: Thomson, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Ubalance partners with MatrixStream to roll out HD 1080p IPTV in South Korea
Sep 7, 2007 – UBalance, a premier IPTV solution provider, has recently partnered with MatrixStream to launch the first Video on Demand (VOD) and live HD 1080p IPTV deployment over a best effort network without QoS (quality of service) in South Korea.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Korea, Set Top Box, Streaming