Digital TV News: SARFT

STMicroelectronics Demonstrates Strategic Approach To Consumer Electronics at CCBN
Mar 22, 2010 – At CCBN, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is aiming to paint a picture of digital consumer life in the future with the demonstration of a range of DTV and STB products, technologies and solutions under the theme 'High on Entertainment, Low on Power.'
News categories: STMicroelectronics, CCBN, China, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Broadcom Announces Low Cost HD Cable Converter Box SoC with Integrated DVB-C Tuner
Mar 22, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a low cost, HD, DVB-C digital cable converter box system-on-a-chip (SoC) featuring an integrated DVB-C tuner and QAM demodulator, and HD advanced video coding (AVC) support covering MPEG2, VC-1 and China's AVS.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

SARFT Cracks Down on Direct-Broadcast Satellite Products
Mar 16, 2010 – The Department of Science and Technology at China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has ordered several companies to cease production and sale of illegal chips and set-top boxes.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Siano Launches Ultra Low Cost CMMB Mobile TV Chip with Enhanced Features
Mar 1, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of the newest product in its CMMB TV receiver chip family - the SMS1184. The SMS1184 addresses the 'Qingcai' - the mobile TV service provided by CBC - China's Broadcast Corporation.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Digital cable subscribers reach 62 million in China
Jan 15, 2010 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has announced that the total number of digital cable TV subscribers in the country reached 61.99 million at the end of 2009.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Global and China Digital STB (Set-top Box) Market Report, 2009
Jan 12, 2010 – In 2009, the overall conversion to digital TV was completed in 177 cities across China, and cable TV subscribers reached 19.9 million. In the cable set-top box (STB) chip market, STMicroelectronics enjoyed the biggest market share.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DTMB, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Vimicro Announces Strategic Development Agreement with CSMBC for CMMB Mobile TV
Nov 9, 2009 – Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC) has announced a strategic development partnership with China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMBC) to advance the development of mobile TV under the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard.
News categories: Vimicro, CSMBC, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

UTStarcom IPTV Contract With Bureau of Radio and Television in Santai County, Sichuan Province
Nov 4, 2009 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a new customer deployment with the Bureau of Radio and Television of Santai County, Sichuan Province to resume their radio and television network capability following last year's traumatic earthquake.
News categories: UTStarcom, SARFT, China, Content Distribution, IPTV

Q2-09 was a Record-Setting Mobile TV Quarter
Oct 28, 2009 – Issue No. 10 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service (TMTS) quantitatively substantiates the position taken back in Q3-08 that the worldwide Mobile TV adoption/sales would not be much upset by the financial crisis.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, 5G, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, ISDB-T, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, SBTVD, USA