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Hong Kong - Digital terrestrial TV to launch Dec 31
Nov 26, 2007 – Hong Kong's two domestic free television stations, Asia Television Limited and Television Broadcasts Limited, will phase in digital terrestrial television services from December 31.
News categories: Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Terrestrial, TV Services

FDC1101 DMB-TH Demodulator Chip and Solutions Launched
Nov 22, 2007 – The mass-produced FDC1101 chip, a joint venture between Tsinghua University, Fudan University and Fudan Microelectronics, has been unveiled, along with products and solutions based on the chip.
News categories: Shanghai Fudan Micronano Electronics, FDC1101, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Zinwell STB shipments to top one million units in 2007
Nov 21, 2007 – Zinwell expects its shipments of set-top boxes (STBs) to top one million units in 2007, accounting for 35-40% of its total revenues, according to sources at the company.
News categories: Zinwell, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DTMB, LNB, SBTVD, Set Top Box

SAC to set China's national mobile TV standard by year's end
Nov 5, 2007 – The Standardization Administration of China (SAC) will test five domestically developed mobile TV standards this month and is expected to announce a national mobile TV standard before the end of this year.
News categories: Standardization Administration of China, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile

CCID Consulting Analyzes the Mobile TV Industry in China
Oct 31, 2007 – At present, the digital mobile TV industry is confronted with three problems. Firstly, there is no uniform operating procedures. Secondly, there are still technical bottlenecks. Thirdly is its content.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile

HKSTP, ASTRI, TVB, ATV and Rohde and Schwarz to Establish Hong Kong Digital Terrestrial Television Local Testing Group for New DTV Standard
Oct 24, 2007 – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has signed an MOU to establish the Hong Kong Digital Terrestrial Television Local Testing Group (DTTG) with the Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), Television Broadcast Limited (TVB), Asia Television Limited (ATV), and Rohde and Schwarz (R&S).
News categories: HKSTP, ASTRI, Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Asia Television Limited (ATV), Rohde and Schwarz (R&S), Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Shenzhen begins digital broadcasting based on national standard
Oct 15, 2007 – Shenzhen has launched a trial of digital broadcasting services based on China's national terrestrial digital television broadcasting standard.
News categories: Tsinghua Tongfang Legend Silicon Tech., National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China, Digital TV, DTMB, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Four Key Difficulties on the Road to Mobile TV Development
Sep 27, 2007 – Mobile TV is still in its infancy in China. CCID Consulting thinks that here are four speed bumps on the way to a steady stage of growth: national standards, lack of a solid profit model, low-quality user experience and terminal bottlenecks.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile

Hangzhou to launch first digital terrestrial TV service based on two homegrown standards
Sep 21, 2007 – A digital TV operator in Hangzhou is about to launch the first digital terrestial TV service in China to be based on the government-approved digital terrestrial TV transmission standard and the Audio Video coding Standard (AVS).
News categories: Audio and Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China (AVS Workgroup), China, Digital TV, DTMB, Terrestrial, TV Services