Exhibit 23.2

[American Appraisal China Limited Letterhead]

June 18, 2008

Mr. Liang Xu

Chief Financial Officer

China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd.

Jingmeng High-Tech Building B, 4/F

No. 5 Shangdi East Road,

Haidian District, Beijing 100085

People’s Republic of China

Subject: WRITTEN CONSENT OF AMERICAN APPRAISAL CHINA LIMITED

Dear Mr. Xu:

We hereby consent to the references to our name and our final appraisal report, dated January 2, 2007, and addressed to the board of directors of China Digital TV Technology Co., Ltd., and to the references to our valuation methodologies, assumptions and conclusions associated with such report, in the annual reports on Form 20-F of China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. and any amendments thereto (the “Reports”) filed or to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We further consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Reports.

In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder (the “Act”); nor do we admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Reports within the meaning of the term “experts” as used in the Act.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ American Appraisal China Limited

AMERICAN APPRAISAL CHINA LIMITED