Oceania (Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) Digital TV News

Australian Government releases talking set-top box
Sep 22, 2011 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced the commercial release of talking set-top boxes to help people who are vision impaired make the switch to digital-only television.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Internode debuts fetchtv IPTV service over Australia's NBN
Sep 7, 2011 – Although the multicast service that's typically used to provide IPTV is not scheduled for release on the National Broadband Network (NBN) until mid-2012, Internode has designed a delivery system that allows it to provide fetchtv today.
News categories: Internode, Australia, Broadband, IPTV

Australian households embrace digital TV
Sep 1, 2011 – An average of 82 per cent of households across the nation are already converted to digital TV, Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has said.
News categories: Australia, Market Research, Terrestrial

Hawaiian Telcom wins cable franchise for O'ahu
Jun 25, 2011 – Hawaii's Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) has granted Hawaiian Telcom (OTC: HWLT) a non-exclusive cable franchise for cable television services on the island of O'ahu.
News categories: Hawaiian Telcom, DCCA, Cable TV, Oceania, Regulation, USA

GTA TeleGuam: More Guam TV Homes Switching to Digital Television
Jun 22, 2011 – GTA TeleGuam has attracted more than 7,000 customers to its advanced digital television service in less than three years since launching GUdTV. This number represents more than 20 percent of the 32,000 households with TVs in Guam.
News categories: GTA TeleGuam, IPTV, Micronesia, Subscribers

New Zealand confirms digital switchover dates
Jun 10, 2011 – The final dates for New Zealand television going digital have been announced by New Zealand's Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman. The switchover will occur in four stages.
News categories: Going Digital, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial

Asia Pacific to add 400 million digital TV homes
Jun 6, 2011 – Asia Pacific is undergoing a digital TV boom that will see penetration increase from 29% in 2010 to 73% in 2016 - or up by nearly 400 million homes, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, Terrestrial, Thailand, Vietnam

Optus partners with FetchTV to develop multi-device IPTV service
May 9, 2011 – Optus has announced that it is partnering with FetchTV to jointly develop an IPTV service with integrated mobile functionality for smartphones and tablet devices. The service is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2011.
News categories: Optus, FetchTV, Australia, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile

Consumers of all Ages are Going 'Over-the-Top'
Apr 11, 2011 – The majority of consumers of all ages in seven major markets around the world are choosing to watch video content over the Internet via their televisions, PCs, smartphones and other electronic devices, according to Accenture (NYSE:ACN).
News categories: Accenture, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Streaming, UK, USA