AB IPBox 910HD - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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y offering content owned by SK Group, which has several media affiliates.<br />
KT’s IPTV service, dubbed Mega TV, has 800.000 subscribers, while SK<br />
Broadband’s Broad & TV has 780.000 and LG Dacom’s myLGtv has 65.000.<br />
TAIWAN<br />
CHT MOD ENDS 2008 WITH 600.000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS<br />
Taiwan’s largest telecommunications company, Chunghwa Telecom<br />
(CHT), closed 2008 with over 600.000 subscribers for its IPTV service,<br />
which launched in 2005. CHT’s MOD is provided via its ADSL network,<br />
subscribers are provided with rental set-top boxes to select and<br />
receive programs. In addition to broadcast TV channels, CHT MOD<br />
offers on-demand services for movies, TV series and anime titles.<br />
VIETNAM<br />
VTC LAUNCHES HDTV CHANNELS VIA SATELLITE<br />
The Viet Nam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) launched the second generation<br />
digital television receiver and the first ever HDTV channels in Vietnam<br />
during January. All channels are broadcast through the national <strong>satellite</strong><br />
VINASAT-1, which was launched in April 2008. The new product services,<br />
which were researched and produced by VTC, will serve the demands of<br />
Vietnamese people nationwide with 40 special digital television channels,<br />
including 8-HDTV channels and 32 SDTV channels. The <strong>satellite</strong>’s footprint<br />
covers Viet Nam, Laos, East Asia, India and Australia. HDTV receivers are<br />
now sold on the domestic market for over VND3.5 million (US$ 205.8) each.<br />
A U S T R A L I A & P A C I F I C<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
MYKP TO TRIAL IPTV SERVICES<br />
Sydney-based ISP myKP plans to start trialling IPTV services, according<br />
to local media reports, quoting company director George Kaloudis.<br />
No planned start date was given for the trials, but Kaloudis added that<br />
the ISP is “in discussions with several international content suppliers<br />
working through licensing agreements”. The company is expected to<br />
focus particularly on rural areas which lack a variety of media outlets.<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
SKY SELLS 54.000 HD BOXES IN 2008<br />
Sky Television surpassed its sales target for the MySky HDi high definition<br />
<strong>satellite</strong> TV receivers. Although the company projected to sell around<br />
40.000 units it ended 2008 by selling 54.000, putting it neck and neck<br />
with free, state-funded rival Freeview, which boasts sales of just over<br />
52.500. As a result, Sky is well on track to reach the 80,000 first year sales<br />
projection, if not exceed it. The company attributes the success of the HD<br />
launch to the penetration of HD capable sets, competition with Freeview<br />
raising HD awareness and the recession keeping people at home.<br />
A F R I C A<br />
INTELSAT TO LAUNCH NEW DAWN IN 2010<br />
A US$ 250 million telecommunications <strong>satellite</strong> dedicated to supplying<br />
telecommunications services to Africa is to be built over the next two years<br />
and launched in the fourth quarter of 2010. Over half of the capacity of the<br />
new <strong>satellite</strong> has already been sold to major clients, including Gateway<br />
Communications, Gilat Satcom, Vodacom and Zain Nigeria. Named New<br />
Dawn, the <strong>satellite</strong> will be operated by Intelsat in a joint venture with a<br />
consortium of African investors, led by South Africa’s Convergence Partners<br />
and Altirah Telecoms. New Dawn will be equipped with 52 equivalent 36<br />
MHz transponder units, divided into 28 C-Band and 24 Ku-Band units.<br />
Africa’s first dedicated telecommunications <strong>satellite</strong>, Nigerian owned and<br />
operated NigComSat-1 in November 2008 after only 22 months in orbit.<br />
W O R L D<br />
HDTV INTEROPER<strong>AB</strong>ILITY TESTS TO START IN JUNE<br />
The World Broadcasting Unions <strong>International</strong> Satellite Operations Group<br />
(WBU-ISOG) and 11 vendors of HDTV MPEG-4 decoders/encoders<br />
have agreed to begin interoperability testing to ensure that HD<br />
video feeds are transmitted seamlessly. Formal tests will begin on 8<br />
June 2009 and will be conducted by Telesat in Canada. The 11 vendors<br />
are ATEME, Comtech TV, Evertz Microsystems, Fujitsu, Harmonic,<br />
<strong>International</strong> DataCasting, NTT Electronics Corporation, Scopus<br />
Video Networks, Sencore, Tandberg Television and Thomson.