Taiwan Digital TV News

Cheertek returns to profitability on strong sales of STB and digital photo frame chips
Sep 5, 2007 – Taiwan-based IC design house Cheertek returned to profitability in August for the first time in 11 months, thanks to increased sales in the higher-margin set-top-box (STB) and digital photo frame segments.
News categories: Cheertek, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Taiwan - PTS kicks off mobile TV trial broadcast
Sep 4, 2007 – Public Television Service (PTS) has announced the commencement of trial broadcasts of DVB-H mobile TV service in the northern region of Taiwan, with the trial scheduled to be completed at the end of 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Taiwan

Portable Video Playback On The Rise Across Asia; GfK Asia Expects Asian Consumers to Purchase More than 10 Million Portable Video Players in 2007
Aug 24, 2007 – GfK Asia releases its 2007 Half Year Pan Asian Consumer Electronics Data Summary, highlighting the trends in the region's consumer electronics sector.
News categories: Asia, Australia, Cambodia, Camcorder, China, Digital TV, DVD, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Optical Disc Recorder, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Taiwanese Satellite STB Shipments to Reach 5.6 Million in 2007
Jul 27, 2007 – According to MIC, Taiwanese digital satellite set-top box shipment volume is expected to reach 3.2 million units in the second half of 2007. In the full-year, volume is expected to amount to 5.6 million units, up 20% in comparison with 2006.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan

TTV Selects Zentek's DVB-MHP Set Top Box in Taiwan
Jun 22, 2007 – Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) has selected Zentek as its preferred provider for the first DVB-MHP Set Top Box. Taiwan terrestrial broadcasters have adopted DVB-MHP as the transmission standard for terrestrial broadcast. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Nokia N77 multimedia computer starts shipping
Jun 12, 2007 – Finland is the first to experience optimized mobile TV with the Nokia N77 multimedia computer. Later this month also Vietnam and India will start shipments of the Nokia N77. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Finland, India, Mobile, Taiwan, Vietnam

Intrinsyc Software Secures MDTV/GPS Phone Design Win
Jun 9, 2007 – Intrinsyc Software (TSX: ICS) has announced that it has signed an agreement to license its Soleus(TM) software platform to a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of computer hardware and consumer electronics products. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Taiwan

Alliance aims to standardize Taiwan's mobile TV
Jun 8, 2007 – Stepping up efforts to drive the standardization of mobile TV in Taiwan, Nokia, China Television and Cyberlink announced recently that they would be conducting a mobile tv commercial trial for the third quarter of 2007 in the country. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Taiwan

Telco IPTV Subscribers Grow 13% in 1Q07
Jun 5, 2007 – According to DITTBERNER's recently released report "1Q07 Global Broadband Subscriber Survey", Telco IPTV subscribers grew 13% to 5.4 Million in 1Q07.
News categories: DITTBERNER, Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan