Last update: Monday 22 April 2013 [13 news items]
Taiwan market: kbro plans to procure 400,000 STBs in 2013, 800,000 units in 2014
Apr 22, 15:41
kbro, an MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, plans to procure 400,000 set-top boxes (STBs) in 2013 and 800,000 units in 2014 in line with the progress of digitizing...
Taiwan market: TWM Broadband, kbro cut Internet-access prices
Apr 18, 15:22
TWM Broadband and kbro, two MSOs (multi-system operators of cable TV) in Taiwan, on April 17 lowered charges for their cable-modem Internet-access services to follow Chunghwa Telecom's...
Taiwan market: Kbro to procure two-way STBs for MSO user behavior surveys
Mar 5, 15:44
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...
Nov 9, 15:59
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and kbro, an MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, on November 8 respectively announced contract-bundled sales of a 60-inch LED-backlit Full HD...
Taiwan market: CatchPlay to cooperate with TWM, CHT, kbro
Oct 23, 15:10
CatchPlay, an operator of online digital entertainment services in Taiwan, will expand the utilization of its licensed movies to increase revenues through cooperation with telecom...
Taiwan market: kbro aims to digitize 25% of cable TV users by end of 2012
Aug 10, 16:05
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...
Taiwan market: Cable TV operator to launch 100Mbps Internet-access service
Jan 31, 11:05
As Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to launch 100Mbps FTTx access to the Internet in the Taiwan market in March-April 2012, kbro, a local MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV), is capable...
Taiwan market: NCC consents to Fubon buying 80% stake in kbro from Carlyle
Nov 18, 16:41
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...
Taiwan market: FTC conditionally consents to TWM's acquisition of MSO kbro from Carlyle
Dec 3, 14:07
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on December 2 gave the green light to Taiwan Mobile's (TWM) acquisition of kbro, a local MSO (multi-system cable TV operator), from the Carlyle...
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to take up MSO kbro from Carlyle
Sep 17, 14:19
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) on September 16 announced that it will spend about NT$56.84 billion (US$1.73 billion) to take up 12 local cable TV networks, as well as other channel operating...
Nagravision to enter Taiwan cable TV market
Apr 17, 15:15
Nagravision, a Switzerland-based provider of access control and content protection solutions, will team up with three Taiwan-based cable TV MSOs (multi-system operators) China Network...
Taiwan market: kbro to spend NT$1.7 billion digitizing cable TV networks in 2009
Mar 17, 16:51
One of five main MSOs (multi-system operators of cable TV service) in Taiwan, kbro, has announced a capital expenditure (capex) outlay of NT$1.7 billion (US$49.4 million) for digitizing...
Taiwan market: TFN Media introduces DOCSIS 3.0 for cable access to Internet
Jan 20, 16:59
TFN Media, a MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, on January 19 announced the introduction of DOCSIS (data over cable service interface specification) 3.0 to its network,...
AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
Displays | 11h 54min ago
US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
Bits + chips | May 23, 21:44
Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
Green energy | May 23, 21:42
Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
Mobile + telecom | May 23, 21:39
Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
Before Going to Press | May 23, 21:29
Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
Before Going to Press | May 23, 21:01
Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs at Computex 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:38
UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:31
Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:30
IC suppliers expect PC demand to hit bottom in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:29
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:28
AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:59
Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:57
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:37
Asia set to be largest 4G LTE market, says Nokia Siemens executive
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:36
Unity Opto expects orders to increase from June to September
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:06
CSOT showcases 110-inch Ultra HD TV panel at 2013 SID Display Week
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:59
TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$11 million
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:38
Lenovo aims to surpass Samsung in global smartphone market share, says paper
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:26
AMD unveils Temash, Kabini SoC APUs
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:25
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
- Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
- UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
- E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
- China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
- E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
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- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
23-May-2013 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 8237.83 | -161.01 | -1.92% |
| TSE electronic | 311.32 | -6.23 | -1.96% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 119.35 | -1.36 | -1.13% |
| OTC electronic | 144.06 | -1.58 | -1.08% |
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.