China (中国) Digital TV News

Chip supports China's CMMB mobile TV
Apr 1, 2007 – A Chinese chip company announced that it has developed the first mobile TV chip based on a domestic specification called China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB). More …
News categories: China, Mobile, Semiconductor

PCCW reports Full Year Profit of HK$1,632 million for 2006
Mar 29, 2007 – Revenue in the TV & Content business segment surged 71 percent in 2006 to HK$739 million, driven by the growth of now TV, where the installed base reached 758,000 by the end of December, up 38 percent from a year earlier. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Zoran Powers Xoceco's New Family of China Cable STBs
Mar 28, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced that its SupraTV® processor powers new families of China cable set-top boxes from Xoceco, now shipping in China. More …
News categories: Cable TV, CCBN, China, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

TANDBERG Television Enables Shanghai Oriental Cable Network to Deploy Network PVR Service
Mar 27, 2007 – TANDBERG Television (TAT.OL) has announced that Oriental Cable Network (OCN) has selected its new real-time ingest system to roll-out an nPVR (Network Personal Video Recorder) extension of its video-on-demand (VOD) platform.
News categories: TANDBERG Television, Oriental Cable Network, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV

CCID Report: Cooperation and Innovation Push Up China's IPTV Industry
Mar 24, 2007 – CCID Consulting reviews development of IPTV in China in 2006 and forecasts outlook of the industry, in a report issued by the company. More …
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Cable Set Top Box Market Hits New Highs in 2006
Mar 14, 2007 – Cable TV set top box manufacturers enjoyed a record year in 2006 as cable operators around the world signed up millions of new digital cable subscribers, reports In-Stat. More …
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

Chinese STB makers, MPEG LA face off over patent fees
Mar 13, 2007 – Chinese makers of digital set-top boxes are on a collision course with MPEG-2 patent owners over unpaid royalties, setting the stage for what will likely be intense haggling in coming months. More …
News categories: China, Digital TV, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box

Companies prep for China mobile TV standard
Mar 8, 2007 – Although the China mobile TV standard remains undecided and mobile TV commercial application faces various challenges, the 12th Annual International IC-China Conference & Exhibition (IIC-China) had several chip products targeting mobile TV applications. More …
News categories: China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

China Will Lead the Asia-Pacific Charge to Higher-End STBs
Mar 7, 2007 – Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly opt for higher-end set-top boxes that support personal video recorder (PVR) and high-definition features, according to a new study from ABI Research. More …
News categories: Asia, China, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box