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Tuesday 3 September 2013
Taiwan market: kbro expects to reach 100% cable TV digitization in 2015
kbro, a major MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, expects its cable TV networks to be completely digitized in 2015, according to the company.
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Amidst strong competition smart STBs and dongles continue to grow, says ABI Research
The smart set-top box (STB) and dongle market is expected to pass 18 million units in 2013 - higher than originally forecast due to the arrival of Google's Chromecast device. Overall...
Monday 8 July 2013
Taiwan 100Mbps Internet-access deployment, cable TV digitization in 2013 short of targets, says NCC
The Taiwan government originally aimed to have all households covered by a 100Mbps fiber-optic broadband Internet-access network, and to digitize cable TV networks to cover 50% of...
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Taiwan market: Cable TV user base nearly 5 million in March, says NCC
There were 4.9798 million subscribers of cable TV services in Taiwan as of the end of March 2013, taking up 60.70% of households, according to statistics by the National Communications...
Thursday 25 April 2013
Taiwan market: NCC plans to cut cable TV pricing to boost digitization
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 24 proposed a draft plan for a progressive downward adjustment in cable TV charges to drive cable TV digitization in Taiwan,...
Tuesday 5 March 2013
Taiwan market: Kbro to procure two-way STBs for MSO user behavior surveys
Kbro, a MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, will procure 370,000 set-top boxes (STBs) in 2013, with 100,000 units to be two-way models which can collect information...
Friday 1 February 2013
Taiwan market: CNS aims to finish digitization of cable TV networks in 2014
China Network Systems (CNS), a cable TV MSO (multi-system operator) in Taiwan, has digitized its network for 239,000 subscribers, accounting for 21.7% of all subscribers, and aims...
Friday 10 August 2012
Taiwan market: kbro aims to digitize 25% of cable TV users by end of 2012
kbro, a major MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV services) in Taiwan, has 216,000 subscribers to its digital cable TV service, accounting for about 20% of all subscribers, and...
Thursday 2 August 2012
Foxconn refutes rumors about entering Taiwan cable TV channel market
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), commenting on a recent rumor that the company is preparing to enter Taiwan's cable TV channel market, has said it is aiming to work...
Friday 1 June 2012
Taiwan market: TV service providers to procure one million STBs ahead of London Olympics, says newspaper
Three MSOs (multi-system operators of cable TV) and four terrestrial TV broadcasters in Taiwan as well as a multimedia-on- demand (MOD) service provider will procure an estimated...
Monday 12 March 2012
Taiwan market: TBC to deliver free STBs to promote digitization of cable TV, says paper
Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), a multi-system operator of cable TV in Taiwan, will provide 650,000 free set-top boxes (STBs) for use by its subscribers to hike its proportion...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Taiwan forms Cloud & Connect TV Forum
MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) members of the Cable Broadband Institute in Taiwan as well as local digital content providers and hardware makers have formed the Cloud &...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Taiwan's 75% digitization of cable TV in 2015 thought to be difficult target
The Taiwan government has upwardly adjusted the 2015 target proportion of all cable TV subscribers for digitized cable TV users from 50% originally to 75%, and MSOs (multi-system...
Friday 23 September 2011
Taiwan market: TBC to make 5-year investment of NT$2 billion in digital cable TV operation
Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), a MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, will invest NT$2.0 billion (US$67.8 million) in digital cable TV services over the next...
Thursday 18 November 2010
Taiwan market: NCC consents to Fubon buying 80% stake in kbro from Carlyle
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on November 17 approved Dafu Media's acquisition of an 80% stake in kbro, currently the largest MSO (multi-system operator of cable...