Digital TV News: Shanghai Media Group

BesTV and Microsoft to bring Xbox One to China in September
Apr 30, 2014 – Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced that in partnership with BesTV New Media (SHA: 600637), a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group, Xbox One will launch into China in September of this year.
News categories: Microsoft, BesTV, Yusuf Mehdi, Dazhong Zhang, Zhu Yonglei, Enwei Xie, China, Digital TV, Gaming, Set Top Box, Streaming

VIA Platform to Power Lenovo and BesTV Smart TV Solution
Jan 5, 2012 – VIA Technologies has announced that BesTV New Media, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Lenovo Group in Shanghai have adopted the VIA Nano processor to power the Lenovo A30 Internet TV Set Top Box.
News categories: VIA Technologies, SMG, Lenovo, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Lenovo announces launch of own-brand connected TVs
Mar 17, 2011 – Lenovo has announced that it will launch its own brand of connected televisions by the end of this year. Lenovo also announced a joint venture with Shanghai Media Group (SMG) on mobile internet and digital home products.
News categories: Lenovo, SMG, China, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming

Orange and BesTV New Media to collaborate on the development of multimedia content services
Jan 15, 2010 – China's BesTV and Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) have signed an agreement with a view to collaborating over three-screen convergence services. The companies have agreed to work together to develop convergent services for TV, mobile phones and PCs.
News categories: Orange, BesTV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Informa Announces Digital TV World Summit 2009
Aug 14, 2009 – This November 2009 Informa Telecoms and Media continues its strong tradition of delivering high-quality speakers, topical debate and unrivalled networking opportunities at the Digital TV World Summit, 17th-18th November, London.
News categories: Digital TV World Summit, Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Show, Streaming, Terrestrial

Jiangsu Province sees sharp rise in IPTV subscribers
Oct 15, 2008 – The number of IPTV subscribers in Jiangsu Province rose by 471 percent in the first nine months of 2008, to over 200,000 at the end of September 2008, the sharpest rise in IPTV use in the country.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Intel, SMG Cooperate on Terrestrial DTV
Mar 10, 2008 – In a joint announcement, Intel (INTC) and the Shanghai Media Group (SMG) have announced that the two companies would join forces to promote wireless DTV.
News categories: Intel Corp, Shanghai Media Group, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Smart Home, Streaming, Terrestrial

SiTV National DTV Platform Boasts 9 mln Premium Subs
Dec 4, 2007 – SiTV, a subsidiary of the Shanghai Media Group (SMG) announced yesterday that by the end of November, it had over 9 mln premium DTV subscribers, an 80% increase from last years 5 mln.
News categories: Shanghai Media Group, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

UTStarcom RollingStream IPTV Solution Tops 310,500 Live Commercial Subscribers in China
Aug 7, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that the company's award-winning RollingStream(TM) end-to-end IPTV solution currently supports more than 310,500 live subscribers in 19 commercial deployments with both China Telecom and China Netcom with a total system capacity of nearly 625,000 subscribers between the two operators.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers