[China Digital TV Announces Appointment of New Independent Director BEIJING, March 4, 2010 -- China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STV), the Company or China Digital TV, the leading provider of conditional access (CA) systems to China's expanding digital television market, today announced the appointment of Dr. Chaoyang Xia as an independent member of its board of directors, effective] [FORM 6-K China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. th Jingmeng High-Tech Building B, 4 No. 5 Shangdi East Road Haidian District, Beijing 100085 People’s Republic of China x o Form 20-F o x Yes Page 99.1 Press release, dated March 4, 2010 4 - 2 - CHINA DIGITAL TV HOLDING CO., LTD.]