China (中国) Digital TV News

Newport Media Announces Mass Production of World's First 65nm SoC for CMMB Mobile TV
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media has announced that it has commenced mass production of the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, China, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

China Digital TV Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
Feb 10, 2010 – China Digital TV Holding Co.(NYSE: STV) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. China Digital TV shipped 2.36 million smart cards during the quarter, compared to 2.66 million shipped during the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Results

Wuhan Starts HD Bi-Directional TV Services
Feb 8, 2010 – Wuhan Broadcasting Corporation has officially began broadcasts over its high-definition interactive next-generation television broadcasting (NGB) platform.
News categories: Wuhan Broadcasting, Cable TV, China, Middleware

Asia-Pac to Show 12% Annual Growth in Set-Top Box Shipments through 2014
Feb 4, 2010 – Set-top boxes are set to reach Asian consumers at an ever-increasing rate, according to new STB market data published by ABI Research with overall STB shipments in the region approaching 111 million in 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

CBC Targets 10 Million CMMB Users in 2010
Jan 29, 2010 – China Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) [formerly CSMBC] has announced that its goal is to attract 10 million users in 2010, with a target of 100 million mobile TV subscribers over the next five years.
News categories: China Broadcasting Corp, China, Mobile, Subscribers

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions to surpass half a billion mark in 2010
Jan 21, 2010 – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed-broadband subscription numbers will reach half a billion this year, driven by continued growth in emerging markets.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA

Hong Kong Digital TV penetration rate up 40%
Jan 20, 2010 – About 46.5% of Hong Kong families, or 1.06 million households, receive digital terrestrial television services according to a December survey, showing the penetration rate has grown more than 40% since the end of 2008.
News categories: DTMB, Hong Kong, Market Research, Terrestrial

PCCW to apply for free-to-air TV license
Jan 18, 2010 – PCCW notes that the Government is accepting ad hoc requests for free-to-air (FTA) TV licenses. PCCW has decided to apply for a FTA TV license.
News categories: PCCW, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Terrestrial

Digital cable subscribers reach 62 million in China
Jan 15, 2010 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has announced that the total number of digital cable TV subscribers in the country reached 61.99 million at the end of 2009.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers