Asia Digital TV News

SingTel bringing HDTV content to every home in Singapore
Jan 16, 2007 – MDA has issued a nationwide IPTV licence to SingTel's wholly-owned subsidiary SingNet. Mega Media is to supply High Definition (HD) channels for the IPTV service when it is launched commercially later this year.
News categories: SingTel, Digital TV, IPTV, Singapore

India - Digital TV to be all-pervasive in 11th Plan period
Jan 16, 2007 – All television homes in India may turn digital in the next few years with the government planning to switch over to digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the 11th Plan period (2007-2012).
News categories: Digital TV, India, Terrestrial

MDA launches new licence framework for Singapore IPTV
Jan 15, 2007 – A new two-tier licence framework for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) rolled out by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) today aims to further facilitate the growth of IPTV services in Singapore, leading to tangible benefits for the industry and consumers.
News categories: Media Development Authority, Digital TV, IPTV, Regulation, Singapore

Delphi and DiBcom collaborate to develop automotive ISDB-T receiver
Jan 8, 2007 – Delphi Corporation and DiBcom have announced they are working on a joint development program. Delphi intends to use the new DIB8000 COFDM demodulator chip for ISDB-T application to support OEM vehicle programs in Japan.
News categories: DiBcom, Delphi Corporation, Automotive, CES2025, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Sigma Designs and Tiplay Cooperate In Interactive Entertainment
Jan 8, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) and Beijing Tiplay Networking (Nasdaq: SNDA) announced at CES a cooperation to provide interactive entertainment solutions based on peer to peer (P2P) and consumer electronics platforms.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Shanda Interactive Entertainment, CES2025, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Streaming

S. Korea plans to finalize bill on Internet TV by this month
Jan 5, 2007 – The South Korean government will draw up a bill on Internet broadcasting within this month in a move to accelerate the introduction of the long-awaited convergence service between communications and broadcasting, officials said Friday.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Regulation

Xingqiu To Manufacture Jinshilin IPTV Set-top Boxes
Jan 4, 2007 – TechnoConcepts has announced that its Chinese subsidiary, Jinshilin Techno Ltd., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Changzhou Xingqiu Electronic Co., Ltd. for the manufacture of its IPTV Set-top Boxes.
News categories: Jinshilin, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Hong Kong TV broadcasters adopt mainland digital standard
Jan 4, 2007 – Hong Kong's two terrestrial television broadcasters have decided to adopt the mainland's home-grown digital terrestrial television standard, a government spokesman said yesterday.
News categories: China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Terrestrial

hanarotelecom Posts 200,000 Subscribers for hanaTV
Jan 4, 2007 – hanarotelecom (KOSDAQ: 033630) (NASDAQ: HANA) has announced that it achieved 200,000 subscriber sign-ups for hanaTV, a TV-Portal service that enables subscribers to watch any content they want on TV at their convenience.
News categories: Hanaro, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers