Asia Digital TV News

ANZ Teleport & Broadcast Launches DTH Platform with Intelsat
Jun 21, 2007 – Intelsat has announced that New Zealand-based ANZ Teleport & Broadcast Ltd. selected the Intelsat platform on which to launch a new direct-to-home television service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite

ASEAN to define guidelines for adoption of digital TV by 2008
Jun 21, 2007 – ASEAN countries are looking to set up a list of criteria to encourage the adoption of digital TV in the region by 2008.
News categories: Asia, Brunei, Cambodia, Digital TV, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Set Top Box, Singapore, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Thailand, Vietnam

New Zealand Freeview launches with MHEG-5 Technology from S&T
Jun 19, 2007 – Strategy & Technology (S&T), specialists in interactive TV playout systems and MHEG-5 middleware, is pleased to confirm the successful launch of its EPG application on the new Freeview digital satellite service in New Zealand.
News categories: S&T, Freeview NZ, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Satellite, TV Services

Dream Satellite TV Selects Envivio Encoders for First Commercial DVB-H Mobile TV Service in the Philippines
Jun 19, 2007 – Envivio has announced its 4Caster M2 encoders were selected by Dream Satellite TV, a brand of Philippine Multimedia Systems Incorporated (PMSI), for the first commercial deployment of DVB-H mobile TV services in the Philippines.
News categories: Envivio, Dream Satellite TV, BroadcastAsia, Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

PCCW Teams with QUALCOMM to Explore Mobile Broadcasting Opportunity
Jun 19, 2007 – QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) and PCCW have announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement to conduct a technical trial of QUALCOMM’s MediaFLO(TM) technology in Hong Kong. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile, Smart TV

Expway ESG solution selected by PMSI for Mobile TV in Philippines
Jun 19, 2007 – Expway has announced that PMSI (Philippine Multi-Media System Inc.) has selected Expway FastESG™ for the PMSI Mobile TV launch in Manila.
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Philippines

Philippines DVB-H Mobile TV Services with PMSI and UDcast
Jun 18, 2007 – UDcast and Philippine Multi-media System (PMSI) have announced that test broadcasts of mobile TV services in the Philippines using the DVB-H standard have been successful and will be commercially launched in 2007.
News categories: UDcast, Philippine Multi-media System, Inc. (PMSI), BroadcastAsia, Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

Sun TV to use Irdeto's Digital TV Security Solution in Launch of Direct-to-Home Satellite Broadcasts Across India
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has announced at CommunicAsia that it has signed an agreement with India's Sun Direct TV to protect Sun TV's new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service.
News categories: Irdeto, Sun TV, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Satellite

Irdeto Conducts Sydney DVB-H trial
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has partnered with Broadcast Australia, and head-end systems vendor Thomson in a DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) trial in Sydney, Australia.
News categories: Australia, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile