China (中国) Digital TV News

Telepath Collaborated with Infineon and SMIC to Successfully Enable Diverse Mobile TV Devices for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
Aug 4, 2008 – SMIC (NYSE:SMI; SEHK:981) has announced that Telepath Technologies has successfully integrated its CMMB demodulator chip, TP3001, in a majority of the mobile TV phones distributed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
News categories: Telepath Technologies, SMIC, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

Lenovo to supply CMMB-enabled TD-SCDMA phones to China Mobile
Jul 31, 2008 – Lenovo Mobile (Hong Kong: 0992) and Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) have jointly presented Lenovo's TD900 to China Mobile (Hong Kong: 0941; NYSE: CHL). The TD900's design is based on Spreadtrum's TD-SCDMA plus CMMB mobile-TV solution.
News categories: Spreadtrum, Lenovo Mobile, China Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

Launch of Hong Kong Interactive TV Platform
Jul 30, 2008 – Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) (Hong Kong: 0511) has announced the launch of its MHEG5-based interactive TV service on 8 August 2008, in time for audience to catch up with the latest news on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
News categories: Television Broadcasts Limited, ASTRI, HKSTP, Digital Living Consortium, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Micronas Launches Digital Terrestrial TV Demodulator for Standard- and High-Definition Broadcast TV in China
Jul 30, 2008 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced the DRX 398yZ family of digital terrestrial demodulators targeted at the rapidly growing digital television market in China. The family demodulates according to China's GB20600-2006 standard.
News categories: Micronas, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

China to launch CBHD high-definition disc format
Jul 28, 2008 – Shanghai United Optical Disc has completed its first production line for CBHD (China Blue High-definition Disc), China's self-developed high-definition optical disc format, and will start volume production in the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Blu-ray, China, Digital TV, DVD

i-Vision China - First To Release CMMB Mobile Multimedia Player on MIDs
Jul 23, 2008 – At the China SARFT CMMB Administrative Bureau press event with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and mobile device manufacturers, i-Vision demonstrated its latest CMMB device software and the various TV applications that it supports on MIDs, Netbooks and UMPCs.
News categories: i-Vision, China, Digital TV, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Tablet

Asia-Pacific Continues to Lead in FTTH Market Penetration
Jul 23, 2008 – Asia consolidated its position as the global leader in next-generation broadband while the United States and Europe also continued to experience robust growth in FTTH, according to the FTTH Councils of Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.
News categories: FTTH Council, Broadband, China, Denmark, Fibre, Hong Kong, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovenia, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan, USA

218,000 DTT receivers in Hong Kong homes
Jul 17, 2008 – According to a survey conducted jointly by the Government with ATV and TVB (Hong Kong: 0511), at end-May about 9.7% of Hong Kong households (approximately 218,000 families) were watching DTT via DTT receivers.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Chinese Satellite Market to Generate 5.3% Rate of Growth Despite Regulatory and Business Hurdles
Jul 15, 2008 – NSR has released a new market survey and forecast report offering the most in-depth and detailed assessment of commercial C- and Ku-band transponder demand in China.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, China, Content Distribution, Hong Kong, Market Research, Satellite