Asia Digital TV News

China Standard Digital Terrestrial Television Transmission Begins
Aug 3, 2007 – August 1 saw the formal implementation of China's first digital television ground transmission standard, which the domestic color television manufacturers say is good for cleansing the color TV market and the development of television technology.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

StarHub Results For The Second Quarter Ended June 2007
Aug 3, 2007 – Year-on-year, the number of customers taking the Digital Cable services went up by 31% to 358,000 households, representing 72% of the total Cable TV customer base. Average monthly churn rate was at 1.2%.
News categories: StarHub, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

AUSTAR delivers record subscribers and profits
Aug 2, 2007 – The Company continues to experience strong subscriber growth, ending the first half of 2007 with a total of 639,128 subscribers. Total television subscribers increased by 38,002 for the half, whilst the second quarter delivered 19,768 subscribers.
News categories: AUSTAR, Earnings Release, Australia, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DVB-T Tuner planned for Sony's PS3
Aug 2, 2007 – "We're hoping next year - about the same time that [New Zealand] Freeview launches its terrestrial broadcasting service (expected to be in March) - to release a digital tuner for the PS3, turning it into a programmable TV recorder."
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, New Zealand, Terrestrial

CMMB Mobile TV to Begin Trial Run at the End of 2007
Aug 1, 2007 – Mobile TV based on the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) standard is currently under research, and will be trialed in six Olympic cities at the end of this year.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Mobile

Zinwell Licenses Highgate MHEG-5 Solution
Jul 31, 2007 – Highgate has announced that Zinwell has licensed its MHEG-5 (v1.06) solution for deployment across its range of MPEG-2 SD STB and iDTV module solutions
News categories: Highgate, Zinwell, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

GCT Semiconductor commercializes S-DMB and T-DMB single-chip
Jul 31, 2007 – GCT Semiconductor has announced the commercialization of its first monolithic single chip, GDM7003, capable of receiving media broadcast from both S-DMB and T-DMB. A major Korean handset maker recently began production with the GDM7003.
News categories: GCT Semiconductor, Digital TV, ICs, Korea, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Korea - Free Mobile Broadcasting Available Nationwide
Jul 30, 2007 – Korea's free cell phone-based video services, called the terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), will expand its service area to across the country this week.
News categories: Digital TV, Korea, Mobile

Philippines - NTC reviews guidelines on digital TV
Jul 30, 2007 – Companies planning to broadcast digital programs to TV sets or mobile devices cannot go commercial yet, as the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said it was revisiting its guidelines on digital TV programming.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines, Terrestrial