Asia Digital TV News

Portable Video Playback On The Rise Across Asia; GfK Asia Expects Asian Consumers to Purchase More than 10 Million Portable Video Players in 2007
Aug 24, 2007 – GfK Asia releases its 2007 Half Year Pan Asian Consumer Electronics Data Summary, highlighting the trends in the region's consumer electronics sector.
News categories: Asia, Australia, Cambodia, Camcorder, China, Digital TV, DVD, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Optical Disc Recorder, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Set-top Box Exports Will Exceed 1 trillion KRW This Year
Aug 23, 2007 – Korea's set-top box producers are going to record 1 trillion KRW in exports this year for the first time.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Korea, Satellite, Set Top Box

Analysys International Says UTStarcom Led China IPTV Market in Q2 2007
Aug 22, 2007 – Analysys International says in a recently released report that the total number of IPTV users in China reached 736,000 in the second quarter of 2007, increasing 20.3% quarter-on-quarter.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

KDDI 'One Seg' Mobile Phones Exceed 5 Million
Aug 21, 2007 – KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to announce that users of 'one seg' compatible au mobile phones exceeded 5 million on August 16, 2007.
News categories: KDDI, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Subscribers

Australia - Mobilesoft Appoints Administrators
Aug 21, 2007 – Roderick Mackay Sutherland and I, Sule Amautovic were appointed joint and several Administrators of Mobilesoft Limited and Mobilesoft (Aust) Pty Limited.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Finance, Set Top Box

AGWL Selects NDS VideoGuard to Secure Its New Digital Cable Business
Aug 18, 2007 – NDS has announced that Anhui Radio and Television Information Network Comp., Ltd (AGWL), has selected NDS VideoGuard® conditional access for the launch of digital cable TV services for its subscribers in Anhui.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV

New Zealand - SKY Television Announces 2007 Annual Result
Aug 17, 2007 – SKY's subscriber base grew by 43,941 (6.6%) subscribers over the previous year, to a new high of 711,211. The subscriber base comprises 529,830 residential digital subscribers (74%), 53,679 residential UHF subscribers (8%), 113,961 wholesale subscribers (16%) and 13,741 (2%) commercial and other subscribers. SKY is now in 44.5% of New Zealand homes.
News categories: Sky Television, Digital TV, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

CCID Consulting: Domestic Video MP3 Brands Seized First Opportunity in China First Half of 2007
Aug 17, 2007 – CCID Consulting's latest research report for July 2007 shows that thanks to continuous price drops, active promotion by all major firms and rising product performances, China's video MP3 player market continued to maintain a healthy growth momentum in the first half of 2007.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Market Research, Tablet

Legend Silicon and Texas Instruments to co-develop innovative China DTTB solutions for PMP manufacturers
Aug 16, 2007 – Legend Silicon (LS) and Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) have announced that the two companies will form a strategic technology engagement to develop custom DTTB solutions for PMP (Portable Media Player) devices.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Texas Instruments, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial