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

SingTel Group's results for the quarter ended 30 June 2008
Aug 12, 2008 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2008. The customer base for mio TV grew nearly 2,000 to more than 45,000 at the end of the quarter from a quarter ago.
News categories: SingTel, 5G, Australia, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for Q2. At June 30, 2008, Liberty Global's 14.7 million video subscriber base consisted of 9.5 million analog cable and MMDS and 5.2 million digital cable and DTH subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

SKY New Zealand Chooses XTV™ and EPG from NDS to Power New High Definition DVR
Jul 31, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that SKY Television, New Zealand's leading subscription television provider, selected NDS XTV™ DVR technology to power its new MYSKY HDi High Definition quad tuner DVR.
News categories: NDS Group, Sky New Zealand, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box

FOXTEL Selects NDS XTV™ to Power New Quad Tuner High Definition DVR
Jul 31, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that FOXTEL has selected NDS XTV™ DVR technology to power its new FOXTEL iQ2 High Definition quad tuner DVR. NDS also developed the EPG for the FOXTEL iQ2 and carried out the systems integration for the launch.
News categories: NDS Group, FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Foxtel launches Australia's first Pay-TV High Definition service using Pace PVRs
Jul 22, 2008 – Pace plc (LSE:PIC) has been selected as the launch partner for FOXTELs high definition (HD) service in Australia. Pace will be supplying cable and satellite HD PVRs (TD-C850NF and TDS850NF) for Australia's leading subscription television provider.
News categories: Pace plc, FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

Freeview to Drive Digital Take-up in Australia
Jul 17, 2008 – Australia's free-to-air commercial television networks together with the nation's public broadcasters have formally announced the establishment of Freeview to help drive take-up of the free-to-air digital television platform in Australia.
News categories: Australian Broadcasting Corp, SBS, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Set-top box to cut energy consumption
Jul 15, 2008 – AUSTRALIAN researchers are developing a consumer-friendly set-top box to reduce energy consumption by data centres.
News categories: Australia, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Streaming

New Zealand - Freeview Take-Up Tracking Strongly
Jul 11, 2008 – Freeview continues to prove attractive to New Zealanders. At the end of June 2008 123,903 receivers had been sold. That equates to 7.8% of New Zealand homes having access to the service, or 300,000 Kiwis.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Seven brings the TiVo HD DVR to Australia
Jul 1, 2008 – Seven Media (ASX: SEV) and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) are to launch TiVo in Australia. Under the agreement, Seven has created the digital platform to enable TiVo's digital video recorder and service, including the award-winning TiVo user interface.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Seven Media Group, Australia, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial