Taiwan Digital TV News

More than 2 million 6MHz DVB-T receivers with NTSC output now deployed in Taiwan
Dec 12, 2007 – The most recent figures from the Taiwan DTV Committee indicate that sales of DVB-T receivers have now passed the 2 million mark in that country.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital Television Committee, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial, TV Services

IPTV subscriber numbers in seventh heaven
Dec 12, 2007 – Significant growth will result in 38.4 million IPTV homes by 2012 - or more than seven times as much as the end-2006 figure, according to a new research report published by Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, IPTV (3rd edition), China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Norway, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Taiwan - Some STBs below government standard
Dec 11, 2007 – Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has tested the reception performance of 10 sampled digital TV set-top box (STB) models produced by 10 Taiwan-based makers and as many as five of the devices failed government standards.
News categories: Digital TV, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Asia-Pacific Pay-TV piracy tops US$1.5 billion for 2007
Nov 2, 2007 – In the latest survey of revenue leakage over the last 12 months to the regional pay-TV industry, conducted by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and Standard Chartered Bank, the losses are conservatively estimated to stand at US$1.54 billion, as compared to US$1.13 billion in 2006.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Content Protection, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, TV Services, Vietnam

Taiwan tie-up for PCCW's Now TV
Oct 24, 2007 – PCCW (0008) will introduce its Now TV platform for broadband television to the Taiwan market by the end of this year through a tie-up with Chunghwa Telecom, according to an industry source.
News categories: PCCW, Chunghwa Telecom, Digital TV, Finance, Hong Kong, IPTV, Taiwan

NDS Partners with ITRI to Demonstrate Live WiMAX TV
Oct 21, 2007 – NDS (Nasdaq:NNDS) and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan have announced that they are partnering to demonstrate the secure live transmission of TV content over mobile WiMAX.
News categories: NDS Group, Industrial Technology Research Institute, WiMAX Forum Showcase and Conference, Broadband, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming, Taiwan

Streaming21 Revitalize Karaoke-on-Demand Service for CHT
Oct 18, 2007 – Streaming21 has announced the success of its new Karaoke-on-Demand (KOD) service for Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT). Due to its enhanced and intuitive user interface, new personalization features and abundant selection of popular karaoke songs, CHT has achieved significant growth with its new KOD service.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, Streaming21, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Taiwan

Taiwan - Cable TV operator CNS plans to invest NT$10 billion to promote Triple Play services
Oct 16, 2007 – China Network Systems (CNS) plans to invest NT$10 billion (US$307 million) to procure digital TV set-top boxes (STBs) and upgrade its cable TV network for two-way transmission in an attempt to promote Triple Play services.
News categories: China Network Systems (CNS), Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Synovate PAX media survey shows non-traditional television platforms are taking hold across Asia Pacific
Oct 4, 2007 – Synovate has released results from its PAX media survey showing that four in ten affluent Asians are watching television on the move: be it via their personal computers, mobile phones, MP4 players, while outdoors, or even in their cars.
News categories: Synovate, Asia, Australia, Automotive, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Mobile, Philippines, Singapore, Streaming, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand