Exhibit 99.1

China Digital TV Announces Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

BEIJING, January 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. (OTC: STVVY) (“China Digital TV” or the “Company”), a leading provider of cloud platforms embedded with gaming and other applications to PRC digital television and telecommunication network operators, today announced that it will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "EGM") at 4/F Jingmeng High-Tech Building B, No. 5 Shangdi East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R.C., at 10:00 am on Friday, March 2, 2018 Beijing time for the purpose of considering and, if approved, passing the following resolution:

Special Resolution at the EGM:

To consider and approve the Board of Directors of the Company (“the Board”) to amend certain provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company.

Holders of record of ordinary shares of the Company at the close of business on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the EGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of the Company's American depositary shares ("ADSs") who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company's ADS program, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

The notice of the EGM, which sets forth the resolution to be submitted for shareholder approval at the EGM, and the proxy form will be available on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at: http://ir.chinadtv.cn.

About China Digital TV

Founded in 2004, China Digital TV is a leading provider of cloud platforms, with gaming and other applications embedded, to PRC digital television and telecommunication network operators, enabling them to bring these applications to household television sets and other mobile devices.

For more information please visit the Investor Relations section of China Digital TV’s website at http://ir.chinadtv.cn.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “may,” “should” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the outlook and comments by management in this announcement about trends in the cloud computing, cable television and related industries in the PRC and China Digital TV’s strategic and operational plans and future market positions. China Digital TV may also make forward-looking statements in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about China Digital TV’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from projections contained or implied in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: competition in the cloud computing, cable television and related industries in the PRC and the impact of such competition on prices, our ability to implement our business strategies, changes in technology, the progress of the television digitalization in the PRC, the structure of the cable television industry or television viewer preferences, changes in PRC laws, regulations or policies with respect to the cloud computing, cable television and related industries, including the extent of non-PRC companies’ participation in such industries, and changes in political, economic, legal and social conditions in the PRC, including the government’s policies with respect to economic growth, foreign exchange and foreign investment.

Further information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties is included in our annual report on Form 20-F and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. China Digital TV does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd.

Investor Relations

Tel: +86-10-6297-1199 x 9780

Email: ir@chinadtv.cn

ICR, Inc.

Bill Zima

Tel: +1 (646) 328-1950

Email: stv@icrinc.com

China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. 6-K