Singapore Digital TV News

StarHub Partners Western Digital® For Recording Capabilities On HD Interactive Set-Top Box
Apr 16, 2012 – StarHub TV customers using HD Interactive set-top boxes will soon have recording options thanks to StarHub's new Value-Added Service (VAS) - Smart TV™, and the introduction of an external hard drive to enable recording capabilities.
News categories: StarHub, Western Digital, Cable TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Singapore

4.6 million IDTVs sold in South East Asia in first 8 months of 2011
Nov 4, 2011 – According to GfK Asia, nearly 4.6 million TVs with digital tuners were sold in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines in the first eight months of 2011.
News categories: GfK, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Thailand, Vietnam

MediaCorp selects Oregan Media Browser for delivery of internet video programming and context-relevant applications
Nov 2, 2011 – Oregan Networks has announced that it has been selected by MediaCorp, Singapore's leading media company, as a key enabler of its up-coming Over-the-Top (OTT) interactive TV service on set top boxes.
News categories: Oregan Networks, MediaCorp, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Singapore, Streaming

Consumers in Southeast Asia Bought over 6.3 Million TV Sets in first half of 2011
Aug 8, 2011 – The TV market in Southeast Asia expanded in the first six months of 2011 compared to the same period last year. Sales of Smart TVs are increasing steadily with unit sales in quarter two growing by 20 percent over the previous quarter, according to GfK.
News categories: GfK, IFABerlin, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Thailand, Vietnam

Singapore to launch DVB-T2 trial network in summer 2011
Jun 20, 2011 – MEDIA BROADCAST has been selected by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to conduct a DVB-T2 technical trial in the city state.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH, Media Development Authority, BroadcastAsia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Singapore, 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

SingTel and Portugal Telecom sign collaboration agreement
Dec 13, 2010 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) and SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) have announced the signing of a collaboration agreement to share operational and commercial best practices in fibre optic and IPTV based pay TV services.
News categories: SingTel, Portugal Telecom, IPTV, Portugal, Singapore

Hong Kong leads the way in the Asia Pacific IPTV market
Nov 23, 2010 – Hong Kong has sealed its place as the leading IPTV market in the Asia Pacific region with just over 51.1% of homes receiving IPTV services at end-June this year, according to latest figures from Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Singapore, Taiwan, Video Exchange

M1 launches IPTV in Singapore
Nov 11, 2010 – Singapore's M1 (SIN:B2F) has launched its 1box. Internet, movies, celebrity concerts, exciting games and fun learning modules will be available via high-speed broadband from this multimedia device on the TV screens of M1 Home Broadband customers.
News categories: M1 Limited, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Singapore