Asia Digital TV News

Singapore - StarHub launches HubStation
Jul 20, 2007 – With HubStation, consumers can enjoy the capabilities of a digital video recorder with full Smart TV recording features for StarHub Digital Cable and Free-to-Air channels, free broadband Internet, and access to StarHub's Digital Voice service.
News categories: StarHub, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Singapore

Hitachi prepares 1080p Blu-Ray camcorder
Jul 20, 2007 – The Japanese division of Hitachi is preparing what should be the world's first camcorder to record directly to Blu-Ray.
News categories: Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Japan

now TV launches Hong Kong's first HD broadcasts
Jul 19, 2007 – PCCW has announced the launch of High Definition (HD) programming on now TV. Starting in August 2007, customers can pre-register for now TV's HD service and enjoy Barclays Premier League (BPL) matches in spectacular style.
News categories: PCCW, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV

China Telecom to Offer IPTV Services in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Powered By UTStarcom's RollingStream End-to-End IPTV System
Jul 18, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that the company won a bid to deploy its RollingStream(TM) end-to-end IPTV solution with China Telecom (CTC) for a new commercial IPTV network in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
News categories: UTStarcom, China Telecom, China, Digital TV, IPTV

Japan - New Sony PSP To Have "1-Seg" Tuner Option
Jul 17, 2007 – Sony (SCEI) has announced that it will launch a new slimmer and lighter PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-2000) in Japan on September 20th, 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, Japan, Mobile

Complicated Mobile Video Market in Europe, North America and Asia
Jul 16, 2007 – While Mobile Video Services are a hot topic with great potential, the market is very complicated, and will take quite a few more years to completely sort itself out, reports In-Stat.
News categories: Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Mobile, North America, Smart TV

China's CMMB to be tested in five Olympic host cities this October
Jul 16, 2007 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (SARFT) will set up testing networks using China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting, a Chinese mobile TV standard, this October in five host cities of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

China mobile TV spec gains strong backers
Jul 16, 2007 – Key support from two pioneering chip design houses may help a fledgling mobile TV spec pull ahead of the field of competitors vying to become China's national standard.
News categories: China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile, Semiconductor

Agis, BNS and Toshiba to launch mobile TV in Indonesia
Jul 16, 2007 – Indonesia's leading electronics company PT Agis Tbk, IPTV and mobile TV systems integrator BNS and mobile TV pioneer Toshiba have announced a partnership to jointly build a broadcast-based, nationwide mobile TV network in Indonesia.
News categories: Digital TV, Indonesia, Mobile