Asia Digital TV News

Taiwanese Satellite STB Shipments to Reach 5.6 Million in 2007
Jul 27, 2007 – According to MIC, Taiwanese digital satellite set-top box shipment volume is expected to reach 3.2 million units in the second half of 2007. In the full-year, volume is expected to amount to 5.6 million units, up 20% in comparison with 2006.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan

SK Telecom Looking Into IPTV Business
Jul 25, 2007 – SK Telecom, Korea's leading wireless operator, is considering launching an Internet television service.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Korea

Pace Micro Technology plc results for the full year ended 2 June 2007
Jul 24, 2007 – Pace Micro Technology (LSE: PIC) has announced its audited financial results for the full year ended 2 June 2007. Volume shipments increased by 77% to 3.9m set-top boxes (2006: 2.2m)
News categories: Pace Micro Technology, Africa, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Middle-East, North America, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

Philippines - Smart and 360media launch myTV
Jul 24, 2007 – Mobile service provider Smart and broadcast company 360media have launched the first commercial mobile TV service in the country. Branded myTV, the service enables mobile phone users to watch their favorite television programs anytime, anywhere.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

Conexant Secures Cable STB Design-Wins with DareGlobal
Jul 23, 2007 – Conexant Systems (NASDAQ: CNXT) has announced that DareGlobal has chosen the company's SD MPEG-2 decoders for two new cable STB receivers that are currently being deployed by multi-service operators in the provinces of Jiangsu and Shandong in China.
News categories: Conexant, DareGlobal Technologies, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

MoCoBe Study of One-Seg Usage in Japan Shows Opportunities and Risks of Mobile TV
Jul 23, 2007 – Mobile TV services run the significant risk of achieving unprofitable financial returns. In fact, Mobile TV users surveyed appear to be lowering their usage of the most profitable mobile phone services.
News categories: MoCoBe, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

Newport Media Unveils System-on-Chip For ISDB-T in Japan
Jul 23, 2007 – Newport Media has unveiled the world's first single-chip solution for the mobile version of Japan's Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) digital television standard. The SoC supports both One-Seg and Three-Seg modes of operation.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Reliance's Bluemagic to use Measat-3 satellite for DTH
Jul 21, 2007 – Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's Bluemagic will use Measat-3 satellite and is planning to launch its direct-to-home (DTH) service in the last quarter of this year.
News categories: Digital TV, India, Satellite

SingTel to revolutionise home entertainment with the launch of mio TV
Jul 20, 2007 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited, (SingTel) has announced the launch of its much-anticipated pay TV service. Named mio TV, the offering will revolutionise the way Singapore watches TV.
News categories: Singapore Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Singapore