Thailand Digital TV News

Thailand's DTT broadcasters may be required to provide free set-top boxes
Nov 4, 2012 – Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has proposed that the companies that win DTT licences coming up for auction next year be required to offer 20 million set-top boxes free of charge to customers.
News categories: NBTC, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Thailand

UTStarcom Announces Launch of iTV Media Venture in Thailand
Oct 15, 2012 – UTStarcom (NASDAQ: UTSI) has announced that its partner, iTV Media has begun deploying its MeTV IPTV service in Thailand through a strategic partnership with a leading national telecommunications services provider in Thailand.
News categories: UTStarcom, MeTV, Digital TV, IPTV, Thailand

Asia Pacific Pay TV penetration to reach 67% in 2017
Sep 24, 2012 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the 'Digital TV Asia Pacific 2012' report has been added to its Market Research store. According to the report, Asia Pacific is undergoing a digital TV boom.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Subscribers, Taiwan, Terrestrial, Thailand, Vietnam

Thailand's TrueVisions orders 500,000 HD set-top boxes from PSI
Aug 23, 2012 – According to The Nation, Thailand's TrueVisions (SET: True) has ordered 500,000 high-definition satellite set-top boxes produced by PSI Holding for sale and rent to its pay-TV customers next year.
News categories: TrueVisions, Satellite, Set Top Box, Thailand

Blu-ray Technology on the Rise across Southeast Asia
May 21, 2012 – While other types of video players are experiencing negative growth, GfK findings for Southeast Asia registered a thriving Blu-ray market which expanded at a healthy rate of 51% in volume and 8% in value in the first three months of 2012.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, DVD, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Singapore, Smart TV, Thailand, Vietnam

Asia Pac TV market to pass one billion TV sets in 2012
Apr 24, 2012 – According to Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia Pacific is the world's largest TV market and will pass the one billion TV sets mark this year. The region leads the way in terms of pay-TV subscribers with 394 million households taking pay-TV at the end of 2011.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

TOT IPTV Thailand Launch
Feb 24, 2012 – Select-TV has launched a new IPTV and Connected TV service in Thailand with Thailand's largest telecom operator TOT (Telecom of Thailand). The service named TOT IPTV by CUBIC is a partnership between Select-TV and CUBIC Associates Group in Thailand.
News categories: Select-TV, Telecom of Thailand, CUBIC Associates, Digital TV, IPTV, Thailand

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

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