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

Australian adoption of free to view digital television continues to rise
Jun 17, 2007 – The estimated number of free to view digital television receivers sold in the Australian market from 1 January to 31 March 2007 reached 247,000 units; raising the cumulative figure since digital television transmissions began to over 2,547,000. More …
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial

New Zealand - Free digital TV breaks Sky monopoly
May 2, 2007 – Sky Television's monopoly on digital broadcasting in New Zealand has finally been broken with the launch of a new service, Freeview.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite

New Zealand - Set-top box firms launch price war for Freeview
Apr 28, 2007 – Consumers dipping their toes in the world of digital free-to-air TV will need to stump up anything from $160 to $650 depending on whether they buy an official Freeview set-top box and need to have a satellite dish installed.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

New Zealand - Kordia tests cellphone TV
Apr 16, 2007 – State-owned enterprise Kordia has carried out the first trial in New Zealand of DVB-H, an emerging technology that could bring mobile TV to the masses by delivering television to mobile phones and handheld TVs at no cost to viewers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, New Zealand

ACMA extends datacasting trial and approves new mobile television trial in Sydney on channels A and B
Mar 28, 2007 – ACMA has approved an application by Irdeto Access to conduct a digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H) mobile television trial in Sydney. Using channel 29, this trial will be for a 'one-off' three month period commencing early April.
News categories: ACMA, Irdeto, Australia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile

1 in 4 of Australian homes estimated to have Free to view digital TV
Feb 13, 2007 – The estimated number of free to view digital television receivers sold to retailers and installers in the Australian market during the period 1 October to 31 December 2006 reached 302,000 units.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Exponential Broadband Growth and Demand for Interactive Services Fuels IPTV Market in Asia-Pac
Dec 21, 2006 – Dwindling wireline revenues, consumer demand for greater control over viewing preferences, and the explosion of broadband in various high growth markets across Asia-Pacific represent the impetus for the development of IPTV in the region.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Asia, Australia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand

Sky New Zealand And Vodafone Launch Sky Mobile TV
Dec 19, 2006 – SKY Television and Vodafone have announced the launch of a new TV service, SKY Mobile TV. The new mobile service, for customers of Vodafone with 3G handsets, will revolutionise how people will be able to view television in New Zealand.
News categories: SKY New Zealand, Vodafone New Zealand, 5G, Mobile, New Zealand