Toshiba's XD-E500 upscaling DVD player lands in Singapore
by Darren Murph 
posted Nov 21st 2008 at 8:02PM
Singapore posts
Singapore's StarHub rolls out HubStation HD DVR
by Darren Murph posted Nov 16th 2008 at 2:05AM
[Via CNET]
Voom HD & Infinite Frameworks collab on HD programming
by Richard Lawler posted Oct 15th 2008 at 5:58PM
The biggest knock on Voom HD's package of channels has been a lack of original content, but a partnership with Singapore government-backed producer Infinite Frameworks should supply new programming over the next few years. Following up on a previous agreement with the Media Development Authority of Singapore, each side will contribute $10 million to producing HD sport, art, lifestyle and fashion content, with post production done in Singapore over the next five years. We were surprised the network was still hanging on three years ago, but a lot has changed since then, we'll see if they make it the entire five years.StarHub adds another HD channel in Singapore, aims for more
by Darren Murph posted Jul 18th 2008 at 4:05AM
Singapore's StarHub picks up MediaCorp HD5
by Darren Murph posted Jun 20th 2008 at 4:02AM
BBC HD heads to Taiwan on Chunghwa Telecom
by Darren Murph posted Apr 5th 2008 at 11:21PM
BBC HD is about to head east -- way east. This month, the channel will make its Taiwanese debut via an SVOD (subscription video-on-demand) service on Chunghwa Telecom. Viewers who tune in will reportedly be able to select from "ten three-hour multiple genre blocks of programs at any one time," which will feature "drama, comedy, documentary, natural history, music and arts programming." Of note, the channel will be shown in English with traditional Chinese subtitles added on, but there will be "program promos and navigational menus in traditional Chinese."[Via Variety]
Singapore's StarHub kills seven more analog channels in digital migration
by Darren Murph posted Feb 12th 2008 at 10:39AM
Sony brings 4K SRX-R220 digital cinema systems to two Singapore theaters
by Darren Murph posted Dec 11th 2007 at 10:28AM
[Via DCinemaToday]
Southeast Asia's first HD channel, HD5 launches Nov 11
by Richard Lawler posted Oct 15th 2007 at 4:16PM
Southeast Asia is finally ready to officially launch its first HD channel, when MediaCorp rolls out HD5 in 1080i on November 11. The channel will be a simulcast of Singapore's existing channel 5, and will only be in HD about 30% of the time to start. MediaCorp has already made deals with Voom and others for HD content, and plans to increase that number to 50% during prime time over the next 18 months. About 10,000 homes are already testing HDTV via SingTel's IPTV service, along with the 1,000 households previously testing the service.Singapore to get VOOM HD, Sling HD via SingTel's IPTV service
by Darren Murph posted Jan 17th 2007 at 9:33PM
While we've mentioned Singapore getting a little HDTV love in the past, it now seems that the nation will be getting a whole lot more when SingTel's IPTV service launches commercially "later this year." On deck is the entire suite of VOOM HD channels as well as the first Singapore-created HD channel, dubbed Sling HD, which will showcase "computer gaming and extreme sports." Singapore's Mega Media and Rainbow Media have joined forces to deliver the high definition content, and current testing on IPTV technical trials have proved successful. Unfortunately, there's no set timeframe in which to expect the service to leave testing and go mainstream, but at least you Singaporeans have a good bit of HD action to look forward to in 2007.STMicroelectronics powering Singapore's HDTV trials
by Matt Burns posted Aug 9th 2006 at 11:15AM
We already knew that Singapore had launched their HDTV trials but we didn't know to much about it and we like to know everything that concerns high-def. It turns out that STmicroelectronics is provide the decoder for six-month trial and they choose their state-of-the-art Sti710x chip. This decoder was the first single-chip H.264/AVC and VC-1 decoder when it launch in 2005. It is a high-intergrated design that allowed StarHub to choose the SC-3800C for Singapores first pay-TV HDTV service. Currently there are around a 1,000 users of this box that is helping Singapore jump feet first into the high-def age.
HDTV launches in Singapore
by Richard Lawler posted Jun 19th 2006 at 2:27PM
Finally, HDTV broadcasts are available in Southeast Asia as Singapore began testing OTA transmissions yesterday. It appears there will be about 14 hours of HD content aired each week during the six-month trial, including episodes of Smallville, CSI and The OC, plus the final three World Cup games. With high-definition TVs already in many households in the region, they are very ready for this. All we can say is we hope they include CSI: Miami, as it is the best looking of the series, and that they know how to put on a World Cup presentation.HDTV coming to Singapore
by Matt Burns posted May 31st 2006 at 11:16AM
Singapore is set to launch their first HDTV signals come June. This is going to be a trial run for six months and conducted by Singapore's only cable TV operator, StarHub. There is going to have six terrestrial channels available for the tests. Apparently this is the right time for Singapore to do this as they already have ample content and there are tons of HDTVs in households. There is an estimated 200,000 high-def TVs across the Asian country which works out to be one in every five households.
