Philippines Digital TV News

Philippines - NTC reviews guidelines on digital TV
Jul 30, 2007 – Companies planning to broadcast digital programs to TV sets or mobile devices cannot go commercial yet, as the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said it was revisiting its guidelines on digital TV programming.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines, Terrestrial

Philippines - Smart and 360media launch myTV
Jul 24, 2007 – Mobile service provider Smart and broadcast company 360media have launched the first commercial mobile TV service in the country. Branded myTV, the service enables mobile phone users to watch their favorite television programs anytime, anywhere.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

ASEAN to define guidelines for adoption of digital TV by 2008
Jun 21, 2007 – ASEAN countries are looking to set up a list of criteria to encourage the adoption of digital TV in the region by 2008.
News categories: Asia, Brunei, Cambodia, Digital TV, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Set Top Box, Singapore, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Thailand, Vietnam

Dream Satellite TV Selects Envivio Encoders for First Commercial DVB-H Mobile TV Service in the Philippines
Jun 19, 2007 – Envivio has announced its 4Caster M2 encoders were selected by Dream Satellite TV, a brand of Philippine Multimedia Systems Incorporated (PMSI), for the first commercial deployment of DVB-H mobile TV services in the Philippines.
News categories: Envivio, Dream Satellite TV, BroadcastAsia, Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

Expway ESG solution selected by PMSI for Mobile TV in Philippines
Jun 19, 2007 – Expway has announced that PMSI (Philippine Multi-Media System Inc.) has selected Expway FastESG™ for the PMSI Mobile TV launch in Manila.
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Philippines

Philippines DVB-H Mobile TV Services with PMSI and UDcast
Jun 18, 2007 – UDcast and Philippine Multi-media System (PMSI) have announced that test broadcasts of mobile TV services in the Philippines using the DVB-H standard have been successful and will be commercially launched in 2007.
News categories: UDcast, Philippine Multi-media System, Inc. (PMSI), BroadcastAsia, Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

Ninth Conference of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information concludes
May 24, 2007 – The Ministers endorsed DVB-T as the common digital terrestrial television broadcasting standard for ASEAN and took note of the proposal by some ASEAN Member Countries for ASEAN to work towards 2015 as a common switch-off date.
News categories: Asia, Brunei, Cambodia, Digital TV, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Terrestrial, Thailand, Vietnam

Philippines - Telco eyes satellite mobile TV foray
May 10, 2007 – GV Broadcasting System Inc., which Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is eyeing to acquire, will venture into satellite mobile television (TV). More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines, Satellite

Philippines - Smart expands mobile TV infrastructure
Apr 27, 2007 – Mobile operator Smart Communications Inc. is expanding its infrastructure that supports its forthcoming mobile TV service in key cities in Southern Philippines. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines