China (中国) Digital TV News

China Mobile Invites Bids for TD-SCDMA/CMMB Handsets
Jul 7, 2008 – China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) has began soliciting bids for 40,000 TD-SCDMA handsets embedded with CMMB technology.
News categories: China Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile

Hong Kong - OFTA prepares for launch of DTT second phase
Jul 6, 2008 – The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) is preparing for the launch of the second phase of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in early August involving six additional transmission stations.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Terrestrial

China Digital TV Chosen as Mobile TV Solution Developer by State Administration of Radio Film and Television
Jul 2, 2008 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that the Company has been designated as a mobile TV solution developer by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), China's regulatory body on broadcasting.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, SARFT, China, Middleware, Mobile

China brings one-legged mobile TV standard to Olympics
Jul 1, 2008 – When the Beijing Olympic Games start in August, China's much-touted mobile TV broadcast service will have to crawl before it can walk--because it's missing one leg.
News categories: China, Mobile

China Telecom has 940,000 IPTV subscribers
Jul 1, 2008 – At the opening of a new IPTV laboratory in Shanghai, China Telecom announced that it had 940,000 IPTV subscribers at the end of May 2008.
News categories: China Telecom, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

China Drafting Standard for Terrestrial Digital Televisions
Jun 30, 2008 – The China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) has revealed that a draft standard for terrestrial digital television sets is circulating among related enterprises and municipal broadcasting bureaus.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Smart TV, Terrestrial

CMMB to Be Combined with TD-SCDMA
Jun 27, 2008 – The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT)'s Administrative Bureau of Radio Stations has revealed that SARFT and China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) are conducting joint research on the combination of CMMB and TD-SCDMA modules.
News categories: SARFT, China, Mobile

Analysys International Says China DTV Subscribers Reached 30 mln in Q1 2008
Jun 25, 2008 – Analysys International says in its recently released report China DTV Market Quarterly Tracker Q1 2008, that China DTV subscribers have reached 30.04 million increasing 22% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: Analysys International, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research

Siano Launches Integrated Receiver Chip for Chinese Mobile TV
Jun 25, 2008 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the official launch of its new Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) receiver chip, the SMS118X, targeting China's domestic mobile TV market. The chip supports the Chinese MDTV standard - CMMB.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor