Singapore Digital TV News

StarHub TV launches Catch Up feature on HubStation
May 11, 2009 – StarHub TV customers can now catch up on programmes they have missed with two HubStation services: On Demand Channels for catching up on completed shows, and a 'Start Over' feature that allows the re-start of a programme during its first telecast.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Singapore

StarHub digital TV subscribers up 13k in Q1
May 7, 2009 – StarHub (Singapore: CC3) has reported results for the first quarter of 2009. StarHub's pay TV customer base increased 4% to 527,000. Digital customers now constitute 98% of the total pay TV customer base.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

MPA Sees Strong Asia Pacific Pay-TV Subs Growth
Apr 22, 2009 – Against the background of a poor global macroeconomic environment, media owners and investors focused on Asia Pacific can take comfort from the defensive nature of the region's pay-TV and broadband industries, according to a Media Partners Asia report.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

StarHub TV to go into full digital mode
Feb 17, 2009 – From 30th June 2009, all StarHub TV customers will enjoy digital-quality reception of TV programmes and a suite of interactive services on TV as StarHub goes into full digital mode with the cessation of all analogue transmissions.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Singapore

StarHub Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
Feb 10, 2009 – StarHub (Singapore: CC3) pay TV revenue jumped 17% to S$398 million from S$342 million. The number of customers on the digital platform increased 24% to 504,000 households with digital customers making up 96% of the total customer base.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

SingTel Group's results for the third quarter and nine months ended 31 December 2008
Feb 10, 2009 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced its unaudited results for the third quarter and nine months ended 31 December 2008. In the quarter, 13,000 new customers signed up for mio TV, bringing its total customer base to 59,000.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Encouraging weekly trends in Asian Flat Panel TV market
Jan 26, 2009 – Despite the ongoing global economic crisis, GfK Asia measured increasing flat panel television retail sales volumes during the December festive period and beyond in both Hong Kong and Singapore. In Taiwan retail promotions spured on November sales.
News categories: GfK, Hong Kong, Market Research, Singapore, Smart TV, Taiwan

LG Adopts Xceive Silicon Tuner for 2009 LCD and Plasma TVs
Jan 8, 2009 – Xceive has announced that LG has selected the XC5000 silicon tuner for its new lines of high-end flat panel TVs. Xceive's XC5000 is the first silicon TV tuner IC accepted into mainstream TV production for worldwide markets.
News categories: Xceive, LG Electronics, Australia, Digital TV, Europe, Korea, New Zealand, Semiconductor, Singapore, Smart TV, Taiwan, USA

StarHub launches HubStation HD
Nov 13, 2008 – StarHub has announced that it will launch a new High Definition (HD) Digital Video Recorder (DVR) - HubStation HD on 15 November 2008. This integrated device enables customers to watch and record both Standard Definition (SD) and HD programmes.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Singapore