Taiwan Digital TV News

TiVo Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2008
Mar 5, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO)-owned subscription gross additions for the fourth quarter were 109,000, compared to 163,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-owned subscriptions increased slightly from the prior quarter to 1.75 million.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Earnings Release, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Taiwan cable MSOs could buy 1 million STBs in 2008
Feb 27, 2008 – Taiwan set-top box (STB) makers such could do well as the five leading Taiwan cable TV multi-system operators (MSOs) purchase up to one million low-end cable STBs in 2008.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Asia-Pacific will Outpace Europe in IPTV Market
Feb 5, 2008 – A comprehensive market research report by RNCOS has found that the global IPTV market is currently dominated by Europe but it is expected that Asia will emerge as a stronger competitor to Europe in the coming years.
News categories: RNCOS, Asia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Europe, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan

Taiwanese IP STB Industry Expected to See Continued Growth in 2008
Feb 4, 2008 – According to MIC, high growth of the Taiwanese IP Set-Top-Box industry is expected to continue, boosting the industry's global shipment share, due to the influx of contract-production orders from major branded vendors and more orders from US and European telecom carriers.
News categories: Market Intelligence Center, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Nortel Ethernet Solutions Power IPTV Network for Vastar Cable TV
Jan 29, 2008 – More than half a million customers will experience IPTV and other interactive multimedia services through Vastar Cable TV System's new network, powered by Ethernet solutions from Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT).
News categories: Nortel, Vastar Cable TV System, Broadband, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Taiwan

Taiwan - PTS successfully trials DVB-H services
Jan 23, 2008 – The public service broadcaster PTS has completed its year long DVB-H trial with its partners mobile operators Chunghua Telecom, Taiwan Mobile and FarEasTone, manufacturers Motorola and BenQ and software vendor Cyberlink.
News categories: Taiwan Public Television Service, Digital TV, Mobile, Taiwan

Top Ten IPTV Carriers
Jan 14, 2008 – Light Reading has looked around the world and identified the operators that have the most IPTV subscribers and then ranked them in order.
News categories: Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan

UTStarcom's RollingStream IPTV Solution Continues to Build Momentum With Third Contract Awarded in Asia by Markwell in Taiwan
Dec 20, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has signed a contract with Markwell Industrial Co., Ltd. to deploy its industry-leading RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution in Taiwan.
News categories: UTStarcom, Markwell Industrial, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Streaming21 Joins Digital Home Alliance with Microsoft Home Server Team
Dec 13, 2007 – Streaming21, along with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), WNC (TSE:6285), Sampo (TSE:1604), Gigabyte (TSE:2376) and Chenbro (8210.TWO) have announced the formation of the Digital Home Alliance at Microsoft Windows Home Server product launch press conference.
News categories: Streaming21, Digital Home Alliance, Wistron NeWeb Corporation (WNC), Sampo, GIGABYTE, Digital TV, Gateway, Home Server, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Taiwan