China (中国) Digital TV News

CMMB interactivity to launch this year
Jun 2, 2009 – China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) has said that interactive functionality for CMMB products will be launched in the second half of 2009, with first-generation networks being equipped for commercial trials by July 1.
News categories: SARFT, China, Mobile

Mirics and Shanghai HDIC Announce Strategic Partnership
Jun 2, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor and Shanghai High Definition Digital Technology Industrial Company (HDIC) have announced a strategic partnership to enable high-definition digital TV reception on portable devices using China's DTTB standard.
News categories: Mirics, HDIC, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

China Digital TV Announces Two New Contract Wins
Jun 2, 2009 – China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) has announced that the Company has won contracts to provide conditional access (CA) systems to Jiangxi TV Network, and subscriber management system (SMS) solutions to Zhongguang Movie and TV Satellite.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Content Distribution

More than 50% of Mobile TV Subscribers from APAC by 2013
May 27, 2009 – According to research from RNCOS, the Asia-Pacific region will account for more than 50% of global Mobile TV subscribers by the end of 2013 due to the rapid technological developments in countries like China, Japan, South Korea and India.
News categories: RNCOS, 5G, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Mexico, Mobile, Russia, Spain, UK, USA

CMMB to be partnered exclusively with TD-SCDMA
May 25, 2009 – China's SARFT has said that CMMB will be partnered exclusively with TD-SCDMA, China's 3G standard, for the next 3-4 years, giving China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, Hong Kong:941) a head start as it is the only operator that supports TD-SCDMA.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation

China to Set Up CMMB Patent Pool
May 25, 2009 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) Workgroup is planning the establishment of an industrial alliance to manage CMMB patent licensing.
News categories: SARFT, China, Licensing, Mobile, Patent

Hong Kong reports CMMB trial results
May 13, 2009 – Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has release a report by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) covering its recent Phase 1 CMMB Mobile TV Trial.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Content Distribution, Hong Kong, Mobile

China Digital TV Announces Unaudited First Quarter 2009 Results
May 12, 2009 – China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) has announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company shipped approximately 2.38 million smart cards during the first quarter, an increase of 3.3% from the corresponding period in 2008.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Results

Shanghai has 800,000 IPTV subscribers
May 12, 2009 – Statistics from Shanghai Telecom and Shanghai-based cable TV operator Oriental Cable Network (OCN) show that through the end of 2008 Shanghai had almost 800,000 IPTV subscribers and nearly 600,000 cable DTV subscribers.
News categories: Shanghai Telecom, Oriental Cable Network, Cable TV, China, IPTV, Subscribers