Australia Digital TV News

Australia announces digital TV transition package
Jan 29, 2009 – The Australian Government has announced a pilot package to drive the availability of improved television services as Australia makes the transition to digital. The package includes a new satellite service to extend access to digital TV.
News categories: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Satellite, Terrestrial

Broadcast Mobile TV demonstrated with Sydney Trial
Jan 23, 2009 – The Ai Group's Australian Digital Suppliers Industry Forum (ADSIF) is coordinating a DVB-H mobile TV trial in Sydney with partners including Optus, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, LG, Broadcast Australia and Australian Digital Testing.
News categories: Ai Group, Australia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

LG Adopts Xceive Silicon Tuner for 2009 LCD and Plasma TVs
Jan 8, 2009 – Xceive has announced that LG has selected the XC5000 silicon tuner for its new lines of high-end flat panel TVs. Xceive's XC5000 is the first silicon TV tuner IC accepted into mainstream TV production for worldwide markets.
News categories: Xceive, LG Electronics, Australia, Digital TV, Europe, Korea, New Zealand, Semiconductor, Singapore, Smart TV, Taiwan, USA

TiVo Reports Record Profitability for the Third Quarter Ended October 31, 2008
Nov 25, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2008. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the third quarter were approximately 44,000, compared to 69,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Canada, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Foxtel to add internet download services
Nov 7, 2008 – FOXTEL is planning to offer on-demand programme downloads over the internet to its IQ PVR set-top boxes. A service, called iQ2Go, with downloads to USB memory sticks, for playback on laptops and other devices, is also on its way.
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Streaming

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Digital video, including both cable and DTH, remained the strongest product with 363,000 additions.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

CASBAA hails "digital cushion"
Oct 28, 2008 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced new data for Asia's pay-TV market, showing 71 million digital pay-TV households out of 300 million pay-TV subscriptions across Asia.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Subscribers, Thailand, Vietnam

Australia - Conroy sets Digital TV switchover timetable
Oct 19, 2008 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has released the timetable for the switchover to digital television.
News categories: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

Australia - Legislation and research to advance digital TV switchover
Sep 24, 2008 – The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced milestones in Australia's Digital TV revolution. The 2008 Broadcasting Bill will ensure that a phased approach to analog switch-off is completed in 2013.
News categories: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial