China (中国) Digital TV News

Half the world's homes to have digital TV by 2013
Sep 8, 2008 – Digital TV growth continues apace, with Informa Telecoms and Media forecasting 67 million households to be added in 2008. This figure from Informa's Global Digital TV 8th edition report will bring the worldwide total to 343 million.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA

Zoran Announces New SupraTV® 260 Processor Family Optimized for Pay Satellite and Cable Set-Top Box Markets
Sep 8, 2008 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its new SupraTV® 260 family of processors for pay cable and satellite set-top boxes is now sampling. The SupraTV® 260 processor is used in a new family of China Cable STBs from DVN (SEHK: 500).
News categories: Zoran, DVN, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

From 26.3 Million Mobile TV Users in 2007 to 51.6 Million at the End of 2008
Sep 4, 2008 – On the basis of monthly adoption data for all commercial broadcast Mobile TV networks, Issue No 5 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service calculates that the end 2008 Mobile TV user count will be 51.6 million.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Austria, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Switzerland, USA

Nagravision Selected by SARFT as Official CAS Vendor for Chinese National Mobile TV Service first Launched for the Beijing Olympic Games
Sep 2, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced its selection by CSM, a company held under the Administrative Bureau of China's SARFT, as the conditional access provider for a nationwide Mobile TV service that was launched in time for the Olympic Games.
News categories: Nagravision, SARFT, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile

Kudelski Group 1st half 2008 - migration to service mode on track
Aug 29, 2008 – The Kudelski Group (SWX: KUD.VX) has announced results for its first half year ended June 30, 2008. In the first half 2008, Nagravision expanded its global reach with 92.3 million active devices for conditional access.
News categories: Nagravision, Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Iraq, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

China - Six More CMMB Terminals Certified By SARFT
Aug 28, 2008 – China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) has released the results of its second round of certification for China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) terminals.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation

Legend Silicon and TCL Jointly Promote iDTV With High-Definition Experience for Olympic Fans in Beijing
Aug 26, 2008 – Legend Silicon has announced that it joined forces with TCL (Shenzhen:000100) to demonstrate integrated digital television (iDTV) technology in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games.
News categories: Legend Silicon, TCL Corp, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

China Telecom announces IPTV preferred suppliers
Aug 25, 2008 – China Telecom (NYSE:CHA; Hong Kong:0728) has announced its preferred suppliers for IPTV 2.0 platform and terminal equipment procurement.
News categories: China Telecom, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

PCCW (now TV) reports interim results for 2008
Aug 21, 2008 – PCCW (Hong Kong:0008) has reported continued double-digit growth in its core business performance in the first half of 2008. now TV's installed subscriber base climbed to 927,000 at the end of June 2008, an increase of 13% from a year earlier.
News categories: PCCW, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial