Asia Digital TV News

Thomson Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Feb 15, 2007 – In a strong Q4, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.9 million satellite set-top boxes (4Q05, 2.8 million) and 0.9 million cable STBs (4Q05, 0.3 million). Thomson shipped 11.1 million satellite STBs in 2006 (2005, 10.9 million) and 2.0 million cable STBs (2005, 0.6 million).
News categories: Thomson, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, France, Gateway, Germany, India, Netherlands, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Singapore, UK, USA

Japan Revs Up Digital Television
Feb 15, 2007 – A new organization - The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (DPA) - hopes to achieve the goal of selling 30 million digital TVs in Japan by March 2008, or about 63 percent of its 48 million households.
News categories: Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite

Most Rapid Growth in Digital Satellite TV to Come From Asia
Feb 14, 2007 – Western Europe and North America continue to lead the digital satellite pay-TV market in subscribers and revenue, but the fastest growth over the next several years will come from other areas, especially Asia, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, North America, Satellite, Subscribers

1 in 4 of Australian homes estimated to have Free to view digital TV
Feb 13, 2007 – The estimated number of free to view digital television receivers sold to retailers and installers in the Australian market during the period 1 October to 31 December 2006 reached 302,000 units.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Newport Media Samples ICs for ISDB-T Mobile Digital TV
Feb 12, 2007 – Newport Media has announced that it has begun sampling semiconductor solutions for the mobile version of Japan's ISDB-T digital television standard.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Indonesia - Digital Television Standardization to be Prepared
Feb 10, 2007 – The government is to issue a regulation on terrestrial digital television programs in Indonesia.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Indonesia, Terrestrial

UTStarcom Partners With AKSH Optifibre to Deliver First IPTV Service in India With MTNL
Feb 2, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a three-year contract through its partnership with AKSH Optifibre Ltd. to deploy its RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in India.
News categories: UTStarcom, AKSH Optifibre, MTNL, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV

Taiwan - Launch of a DVB-H trial
Feb 2, 2007 – A technical DVB-H trial has been launched in Taichung City. The project is headed by ChungHwa Wideband Best Network, Innoxius Technologies and GIGABYTE Communications. More: Taiwan – Launch of a DVB-H trial (DigiTAG)
News categories: GIGABYTE Communications, Innoxius Technologies, Digital TV, Mobile, Taiwan

Japan - 2006 Domestic shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers
Feb 1, 2007 – Total shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers for 2006 reached 8,925,000 units. Cumulative sales of these devices exceeded 17 million units, reaching 17,286,000 units by the end of December 2006.
News categories: DiBEG, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial