Last update: Monday 25 March 2013 [31 news items]
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom talking about cooperation with TV vendors for MOD
Mar 25, 14:12
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest fixed-line telecom carrier in Taiwan, is talking with local LCD TV vendors including Sampo, Tatung and Amtran Technology about cooperation to build...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom cooperates with Dreamland to offer Fanily on MOD
Dec 28, 10:23
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on December 27 announced cooperation with Dreamland Image, a Taiwan-based soap opera producer, to launch the latter's Fanily (fans + families) service on CHT's...
Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2012 target MOD user base, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 3, 15:55
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has downward adjusted the target number of its MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers in 2012 from 1.5 million originally to 1.3 million because the number...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims at revenues of NT$80 million from MOD advertising in 2012
Sep 19, 15:25
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) aims to generate revenues of NT$80 million (US$2.7 million) from advertising services on its MOD (multimedia on demand) platform in 2012, according to company...
Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2012 target user bases for fixed-line broadband access to Internet, MOD
Aug 31, 14:17
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has downward adjusted the 2012 target number of subscribers for its fixed-line Internet-access services from five million to 4.75 million, and that for its...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom reaches 1 million MOD users
Nov 11, 11:32
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 10 announced that the number of its subscribers to its MOD service has increased to one million and it has set a goal of increasing the number to...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom expects to reach 1 million MOD users in November
Oct 31, 11:26
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) saw the number of subscribers of its MOD platform increase to 980,000 at the end of September 2011 and expects the number to reach one million in November,...
Taiwan pre-recorded disc makers facing risk of weakening gross margin
May 5, 01:30
Taiwan-based pre-recorded DVD makers in 2011 are facing strong pressure from increasing raw material costs, with related end sales significantly impacted by online multimedia sharing...
Taiwan market: TWM to launch converged digital multimedia services
Dec 28, 02:10
Taiwan Mobile, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will launch converged digital multimedia services through integrating four screens, namely, TV, handset,...
CHT to upgrade MOD for smart TV business opportunities
Oct 22, 11:56
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), in light of the market potential of smart TVs, will upgrade its MOD platform from a closed platform currently to closed and open platforms in parallel, according...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom procures thin-client IP STBs for MOD
Aug 19, 11:31
Taiwan-based carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will procure 19,000 thin-client IP set-top boxes (STBs) from open-bid winner HwaCom Systems in combination with Pegatron Technology for...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom offers incentives to promote MOD
Apr 21, 14:52
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 20 announced the launch of its family pack, a price-cut scheme, to promote its MOD service, aiming to increase the number of subscribers from 670,000...
Taiwan market: CHT to offer 3D content at MOD in 3Q10
Feb 5, 17:01
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to start offering 3D TV programs through its MOD service in the third quarter of 2010, and also aims to increase subscribers to the service to one million...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims at one million MOD users by end of 2010
Dec 7, 14:02
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) expects the number of its MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers to reach 700,000 at the end of 2009 and increase to one million by the end of 2010, according...
Chunghwa Telecom capex tops NT$16.5 billion in Jan-Sep 2009
Nov 2, 10:22
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recorded a capex of NT$16.56 billion (US$505 million) for January-September 2009, 79.8% of which went on fixed-line and Internet infrastructure and 17.8% on...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to introduce TV content from Hong-Kong-based TVB
Sep 30, 16:13
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on September 29 signed a strategic alliance with the Hong Kong-based Television Broadcasts (TVB) Group to deliver TVB-produced dramas on its MOD, according...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom may not reach 2009 MOD target
Jun 17, 14:44
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will possibly fail to attain the goal of one million subscribers of its MOD (multimedia on demand) by the end of 2009, for the number of subscribers has increased...
Chunghwa Telecom plans to promote MOD through subsidized LCD TVs with built-in STBs
May 25, 14:57
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to promote its MOD (multimedia on demand) service by offer new subscribers the chance to purchase LCD TVs equipped with built-in set-top boxes (STBs)...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom promoting karaoke service
Mar 27, 16:01
Chunghwa Teleocm has had about 600 subscribers of its karaoke on demand (KOD) service launched in the Taiwan market in February 2009, and aims at 5,000 subscribers by the end of the...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom works with Warner Music to set up online store
Mar 24, 12:18
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced the cooperation with Warner Music Taiwan to establish an online retail channel for downloading DRM (digital rights management)-free music titles...
Taiwan market: CHT to acquire 30% stake in So-net Entertainment subsidiary
Mar 19, 12:07
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on March 18 signed with So-net Entertainment Taiwan to take an about 30% stake in the subsidiary of So-net Entertainment Corporation under the Sony Group, according...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom's MOD revenues spike during Lunar New Year
Feb 3, 14:26
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) brought in revenues of NT$10.2 million (US$305,000) from VOD (video on demand) delivered through its MOD (multimedia on demand) platform during the one-week...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom introduces Gonzo Rosso animation titles for MOD
Jan 22, 11:25
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on January 22 announced the cooperation with Gonzo Rosso, a Japan-based animation producer, to launch the latter's animation titles at CHT's MOD (multimedia...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2008 target user base for MOD
Oct 22, 16:39
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has downward adjusted the target number of its MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers for the end of 2008 from 800,000 to 700,000, according to the company.
Taiwan market: Fox International Channels joins CHT's MOD platform
Oct 8, 17:00
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced that Fox International Channels (FIC) recently began operating three channels – Baby TV, FX and FoxCrime – on CHT's broadband digital...
Taiwan market: CHT may fall short of 2008 target for MOD user base
Sep 9, 12:20
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) early this year set a goal of increasing the number of its MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers from 400,000 at the end of 2007 to one million by the end...
Chunghwa Telecom's planned adoption of MSTV for MOD not a given
Newswatch - Jul 24, 11:01
While Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is apparently inclined to adopt MSTV, the Microsoft-developed IPTV system, in place of OPM (open media platform) developed by Alcatel-Lucent for its MOD...
Jul 23, 11:57
Chunghwa Telecom, in response to National Communications Commission's (NCC) decision that CHT should not directly operate live broadcast of the Beijing Olympic Games through its open...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom tripped up as it looks to provide Olympic Game coverage
Jul 18, 17:03
While Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has obtained the Taiwan exclusive rights to live broadcast events of the Beijing Olympic Games using an IPTV service that would run on its MOD (multimedia...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom cooperates with MSN, PChome for Olympics coverage
Jul 9, 11:54
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 8 announced its cooperation with two local web portals, MSN Taiwan and PChome Online, for joint broadcast events from the Beijing Olympic Games.
Taiwan market: CHT adjusts down 2008 MOD user base target
Jul 7, 16:10
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has adjusted its target number of MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers at the end of 2008 from one million to 800,000, according to the company.

- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- 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
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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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...
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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...
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