Australia Digital TV News

Asia-Pacific Pay-TV piracy tops US$1.5 billion for 2007
Nov 2, 2007 – In the latest survey of revenue leakage over the last 12 months to the regional pay-TV industry, conducted by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and Standard Chartered Bank, the losses are conservatively estimated to stand at US$1.54 billion, as compared to US$1.13 billion in 2006.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Content Protection, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, TV Services, Vietnam

Seven launches Australia's first new commercial TV network in four decades. And it's in digital high definition
Oct 16, 2007 – The Seven Network has launched a new channel. Seven - with the first broadcast last night (Monday) - is the first commercial network to move into digital multichannelling.
News categories: Seven Network, Australia, Digital TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Triple-Play Bundles Work, but Quadruple-Play Packages are not yet Proven, says Analysys
Oct 8, 2007 – Experience demonstrates that triple-play bundles of TV, voice and broadband services have proven themselves as a means of increasing market share. Incumbent operators have used quadruple-play services as a defence against competitors' TV-based triple-play bundles, but without noticeable success.
News categories: Analysys, Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Sweden, UK, USA

Synovate PAX media survey shows non-traditional television platforms are taking hold across Asia Pacific
Oct 4, 2007 – Synovate has released results from its PAX media survey showing that four in ten affluent Asians are watching television on the move: be it via their personal computers, mobile phones, MP4 players, while outdoors, or even in their cars.
News categories: Synovate, Asia, Australia, Automotive, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Mobile, Philippines, Singapore, Streaming, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand

TiVo Announces Results for Second Quarter Ended July 31, 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 31, 2007. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the second quarter were 41,000, compared to 74,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-Owned subscriptions totaled 1.71 million, up 136,000 on an annual basis compared to the year ago-period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA

Portable Video Playback On The Rise Across Asia; GfK Asia Expects Asian Consumers to Purchase More than 10 Million Portable Video Players in 2007
Aug 24, 2007 – GfK Asia releases its 2007 Half Year Pan Asian Consumer Electronics Data Summary, highlighting the trends in the region's consumer electronics sector.
News categories: Asia, Australia, Cambodia, Camcorder, China, Digital TV, DVD, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Optical Disc Recorder, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Australia - Mobilesoft Appoints Administrators
Aug 21, 2007 – Roderick Mackay Sutherland and I, Sule Amautovic were appointed joint and several Administrators of Mobilesoft Limited and Mobilesoft (Aust) Pty Limited.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Finance, Set Top Box

3 Takes Australia's First Peek at New Mobile TV Technology with Ericsson
Aug 15, 2007 – In the first of its kind in Australia, 3 has been trialling new mobile TV technology with Ericsson which could see an expanded, higher quality mobile TV service on 3. The new technology is called MBMS - Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service.
News categories: 5G, Australia, Digital TV, Mobile

FOXTEL Accelerates Growth in Subscribers and Profits To Record Highs
Aug 9, 2007 – FOXTEL has announced that it has achieved record high growth across all key metrics in the year ended 30 June 2007. At 30 June 2007, FOXTEL had 1,292,000 direct subscribers (including the sales queue), an increase of 13.1% since 30 June 2006. The net increase of 150,000 subscribers represents a 36% increase on the net additions in the previous year. FOXTEL's total subscriber base, including wholesale customers, grew to 1,443,000 an increase of 12.4% over the 12 month period.
News categories: Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers