Digital TV News: SARFT

SARFT Reveals Plans for Digital Terrestrial TV
Aug 21, 2009 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has outlined plans for urban deployment of digital terrestrial TV. SARFT expects that by the end of 2009 over 100 cities will have the service.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Terrestrial

Mobile TV Device Volumes Will Not Decline in 2009
Jul 23, 2009 – TeleAnalytics has calculated that the end-2009 Mobile TV user count will be in the 80.8 million to 81.9 million range. Mobile TV device sales will at worst remain flat, but an increase of up to 2% may be witnessed with respect to the 2008 sales total.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers, USA

ResearchInChina releases China Digital TV Market Report
Jul 13, 2009 – According to ResearchInChina, at the end of 2008 China had almost 400 million TV subscribers, of which 164 million were cable TV users. At the end of Mar 2009, China had 49.86 million DTV users, less than one third of cable TV subscribers.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers

CMMB to be partnered exclusively with TD-SCDMA
May 25, 2009 – China's SARFT has said that CMMB will be partnered exclusively with TD-SCDMA, China's 3G standard, for the next 3-4 years, giving China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, Hong Kong:941) a head start as it is the only operator that supports TD-SCDMA.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation

SARFT and China Mobile to promote TD-SCDMA handsets with CMMB
May 8, 2009 – China's SARFT, through its China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMBC), has signed an agreement with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; Hong Kong:0941) to promote the development of TD-SCDMA handsets with integrated CMMB mobile TV reception.
News categories: SARFT, China Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile

Mirics and Spreadtrum announce availability of embedded CMMB PCTV solution
Apr 7, 2009 – Mirics and Spreadtrum (Nasdaq: SPRD) have announced the availability of an embedded PCTV solution that supports the CMMB mobile digital TV standard. Mirics will demonstrate the solution at the Intel Developers Forum in Beijing on April 8, 2009.
News categories: Mirics, Spreadtrum, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Siano and Cidana launch first CAS enabled Solution for Chinese Mobile TV PC market
Mar 4, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon and Cidana have announced the launch of a CAS solution to receive CMMB broadcast Mobile Digital TV services for PC products in China. The solution is based on a 'Big-Card' (or CI-Module) component and is SARFT-certified.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Cidana, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Major Chinese brands select Siano for CMMB Mobile TV
Jan 14, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that its CMMB receiver chip, the SMS1180, has been selected to power CMMB mobile TV for leading Chinese phone-makers ZTE, Tianyu, CEC Telecom and MP3/4 giant AIGO.
News categories: Siano Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

TVB Starts CMMB Trial in Hong Kong
Dec 30, 2008 – Hong Kong television station TVB has launched CMMB technology tests in Hong Kong, in cooperation with SARFT's Academy of Broadcasting Planning and Beijing-based CMMB equipment manufacturer Wiflare Technology.
News categories: TVB, SARFT, Wiflare Technology, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile