Digital TV News: Digitimes

China to launch CBHD high-definition disc format
Jul 28, 2008 – Shanghai United Optical Disc has completed its first production line for CBHD (China Blue High-definition Disc), China's self-developed high-definition optical disc format, and will start volume production in the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Blu-ray, China, Digital TV, DVD

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

Skardin delivers ATSC-compliant STBs to NTIA for verification
Dec 19, 2007 – Skardin has sent samples of its ATSC-compliant STBs to the US National Telecommunication & Information Administration (NTIA) for certification, according to sources at the company.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Skardin, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, 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

Zinwell STB shipments to top one million units in 2007
Nov 21, 2007 – Zinwell expects its shipments of set-top boxes (STBs) to top one million units in 2007, accounting for 35-40% of its total revenues, according to sources at the company.
News categories: Zinwell, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DTMB, LNB, SBTVD, Set Top Box

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

Portable entertainment market growth slowing through 2009, Digitimes Research says
Oct 2, 2007 – Although the portable entertainment consumer electronics market will top 500 million units in 2008, growth momentum will wane through 2009, as the mainstream market is maturing fast, according to Digitimes Research.
News categories: Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Tablet

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