China (中国) Digital TV News

Now TV partners with Viaccess-Orca for addressable TV in Hong Kong
Apr 9, 2024 – Viaccess-Orca (VO) has announced that HKT's Now TV is using VO's AI-driven Targeted TV Advertising solution to deliver addressable TV to viewers.
News categories: Viaccess-Orca, HKT, Dokyung Lee, Derek Choi, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, NABShow

Skyworth and China Mobile launch 8K set-top box
Mar 20, 2024 – Skyworth Digital and China Mobile have launched an 8K set-top box in the He Nan province of China, marking the first deployment of a commercial 8K TV service in the telecom market.
News categories: Skyworth, China Mobile, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Now TV launches Hong Kong's first addressable TV advertising service
Feb 14, 2024 – HKT's Now TV [SEHK: 6823] has launched Hong Kong’s first addressable TV advertising service, leveraging its first-party data to enable more precise campaign targeting for enterprises.
News categories: HKT, Now TV, Bruce Lam, Derek Choi, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV

Ateme encoding and transcoding selected by Hubei TV
Dec 14, 2023 – Hubei TV has chosen Ateme for its Master Control Room resource pool project. Ateme's solution enables efficient encoding and transcoding of 4K and HD channels into different bitrates for diverse destinations.
News categories: Ateme, Hubei TV, Xiao Zhang, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV

Telecom and pay-TV revenue in Hong Kong to grow at 1.1% CAGR
Nov 29, 2023 – Total telecom and pay-TV revenue in Hong Kong is expected to increase at a CAGR of 1.1% from $5.8 billion in 2022 to $6.1 billion in 2027, forecasts GlobalData.
News categories: GlobalData, Sarwat Zeeshan, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Market Research, TV Services

Radio Television Hong Kong selects Irdeto multi-DRM solution
Jun 7, 2023 – Irdeto and Mediatech have announced that Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) has selected Irdeto Control as its multi-DRM solution for all of its video streaming platforms.
News categories: Irdeto, Mediatech, RTHK, Andrew Bunten, Raymond Mo, Digital TV, DRM, Hong Kong, Streaming

Chinese brands boost global TV shipments to pre-pandemic levels
May 16, 2023 – TrendForce has found that Chinese brands have pushed global TV shipments in 1Q23 to 43.37 million units. In 2Q23 shipments are expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels at 47.26 million units.
News categories: TrendForce, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

Global SVOD subscriptions to be 400 million higher by 2028
May 15, 2023 – Digital TV Research expects global SVOD subscriptions to increase by 400 million between 2022 and 2028 to reach 1.76 billion, revealing that there is still plenty of SVOD growth left.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

China multiplay revenues to increase at a 1.9% CAGR through 2027
Apr 17, 2023 – Multiplay service revenue in China is set to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.9% from $1.7 billion in 2022 to $1.9 billion in 2027, according to GlobalData.
News categories: GlobalData, Sarwat Zeeshan, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research