Philippines Digital TV News

Asia Pacific TV market achieves twin milestones
Jul 7, 2010 – According to the latest figures from Informa Telecoms & Media, the Asia Pacific TV sector passed two significant milestones last month, with the region now exceeding 150 million digital TV homes while, at the same time, surpassing 10 million IPTV households.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Philippines adopts ISDB-T for DTT
Jun 11, 2010 – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of the Philippines has issued a Memorandum Circular announcing that the ISDB-T standard shall be the sole standard in the delivery of DTT services in the country.
News categories: National Telecommunications Commission, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Philippines, Terrestrial

Verimatrix Secures ABS-CBN Pay-TV with Cardless Solution
Mar 15, 2010 – ABS-CBN International has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) on its DVB-S and IPTV networks. This marks the pay-TV industry's first major upgrade to cardless security for separate networks on a single security head-end.
News categories: Verimatrix, ABS-CBN, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Philippines, Satellite

Increased dynamics of mobile broadcast TV around the world in 2009
Mar 1, 2010 – An updated bmcoforum report describes the recent regulatory framework and implementation status as of the beginning of 2010 in countries with existing mobile TV service offers.
News categories: bmcoforum, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mobile, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Smart TV, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, Uruguay, USA

SMART launches internet-on-TV box in the Philippines
Feb 23, 2010 – Smart Broadband of the Philippines has launched Smart Bro SurfTV. Smart Bro SurfTV is a device that connects to a television set to provide Internet access using Smart Bro's nationwide coverage.
News categories: Smart Communications, Broadband, Philippines, Set Top Box, Streaming

Asia-Pac IPTV Subs to Hit 9.4 Million This Year
Nov 25, 2009 – According to Frost & Sullivan, the Asia-Pacific IPTV subscriber base is expected to grow by 51 percent in 2009 to close at 9.4 million users, making the region the second largest IPTV market in the world by the end of this year.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Australia, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Philippine Long Distance Telephone launches online video service
Oct 12, 2009 – The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) [PSE: TEL, NYSE: PHI] has launced an online video service called Watchpad available to its myDSL subscribers in the Philippines.
News categories: PLDT, Watchpad, SyQic, Digital TV, Philippines, Streaming

Mediascape launches 'Cignal' DTH in the Philippines
Jul 16, 2009 – MEDIAQUEST Holdings, the media investment arm of the PLDT Group of Companies, launched its 'Cignal Digital TV' direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service for the Philippines on July 14th. The service consists of 20 SD and 2 HD channels.
News categories: Cignal, Digital TV, Philippines, Satellite

Parasat Cable TV goes digital in Mindanao
Jul 8, 2009 – Mindanao cable television operator, Parasat Cable TV, has launched its digital television platform in Cagayan de Oro City, a first in the Philippines outside Metro Manila.
News categories: Parasat Cable TV, Transparent Video Systems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Philippines