| Wireless firm targets to bridge WiMAX, LTE
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2008-09-18 |
| Continuous Computing Inc. has unveiled a hardware and software suite to allow network operators to upgrade from 3G to 4G wireless broadband. |
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| DTV standard challenges mobile TV spec in China
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2008-09-18 |
| Fabless chip company Legend Silicon is rolling out three new digital TV chips based on China's terrestrial DTV broadcast standard called GB20600-2006 |
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| Mobile TV leaves handset operators behind
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2008-09-17 |
| A host of mobile TV chip companies demonstrated devices that are designed to turn popular consumer devices such as the Apple's iPod, Sony's PlayStation 3 and portable GPS navigation units into terrestrial digital TV receivers |
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| IIC-Taiwan encompasses entire design value chain
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2008-09-15 |
| IIC-Taiwan opened at Taipei World Trade Center on Sept. 9 with a new identity, extending its reach to full semiconductor design value chain. |
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| Web content on TV is just a click away
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2008-09-15 |
| The long-awaited invasion of the living-room TV set by Internet content is finally here, according to a panel of search-engine wizards at the first day of the International Broadcast Convention (IBC |
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| Analysis: The long road to mobile TV
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2008-09-11 |
| Enabling consumers to watch digital TV broadcasts on cellphones has never been compared to rocket science. Today, however, long after the technology became feasible, its success as a business is beginning to look as far away as a moon landing |
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| Mobile video tackles HD challenge
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2008-09-01 |
| For the mobile video market to move beyond the early adopter phase, device manufacturers must push the limits of today's technology and embrace the future of high-definition (HD) mobile multimedia. This vision includes cellphones that can record and playback HD videos |
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| IIC-Taiwan kicks off innovation
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2008-09-01 |
| What is the next trend that design engineers in Taiwan must grasp? Despite the impact of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis and soaring oil prices on the global economy, there is still good news. According to a report from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, the global semiconductor market will achieve considerable growth in 2008. |
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| Will Canmore finally bring Internet TV to reality
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2008-08-28 |
| The marriage of TV and the Internet has tickled the fancy of engineers and marketers at consumer electronics and computer companies for more than 15 years. The concept is intuitive, yet everyone's still waiting for the first Internet TV product to take the consumer market by storm |
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| Buzz: Intel to drive stereo 3D to TVs
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2008-08-22 |
| Though details remain unclear, early reviews hold that Intel has taken a "great leap ahead" in extending its x86 jewel into consumer electronics. |
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| iSuppli: Cooperation is key to resolve AMOLED issues
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2008-08-20 |
| The worldwide AMOLED market will grow to 185.2 million units by 2014, up from 2.6 million units in 2007. iSuppli recommends that display makers should work together to accomplish these goals. |
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| Blu-ray victory fizzles out
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2008-08-18 |
| How will the spoils of the format war compare with the bounty that Blu-ray's predecessor, standard-definition (SD) DVD, enjoyed during its reign as the video optical-disc format king? |
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| Perform virtual field tests on DVB-T receivers
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2008-08-18 |
| Virtual field testing solves the huge problem in validating the RF-performance of receivers in any organization. A variety of DVB-T transmissions across Europe's 45 countries makes in-depth field testing a major undertaking. Because of this, the Digital TV Labs Virtual Field Test Suite enables comprehensive and speedy validation of RF front-end performance |
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| Fix mobile video woes with adaptive display
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2008-08-18 |
| Displaying high-quality imagery and video has become an essential feature of mobile handset design. To provide true mobility, the user's viewing experience must be satisfactory under ambient light conditions. It requires display settings that should be adjustable. Ideally, the handset itself will adapt its display to accommodate changes in ambient lighting when the user is moving |
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| Mobile TV marches on
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2008-08-18 |
| The deployment of DVB-T for mobile TV has already started in Europe, China and in other parts of Asia despite the higher power consumption. Recently, a new and fast emerging segment that is taking traction is in-car mobile TV. This application requires multiple antennas to support diversity in ensuring consistently good picture quality |
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| ODM brings new free-to-air mobile TV experience
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2008-08-15 |
| Telegent has announced that Arima chose Telegent's mobile TV solution for the free-to-air TV feature in selected handset models |
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| ZTE Mobile taps Telegent for free-to-air mobile TV solution
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2008-08-12 |
| Telegent Systems has been selected by Shenzhen ZTE Mobile Telecom Co. Ltd to provide free-to-air mobile TV solution for selected ZTE mobile handsets |
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| Trio collaborates on mobile TV chip for Olympics
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2008-08-07 |
| SMIC announced that Telepath Technologies Co. Ltd successfully integrated its demodulator chip, TP3001, in a majority of mobile TV phones distributed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics |
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| Now showing: Olympics on analog TV
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2008-08-06 |
| How many people in China will watch the Beijing Olympic Games on mobile phones? Plenty, but most will not tune in to China's fledgling digital mobile TV broadcasts. Instead, they will use the old-school analog signals |
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| Lenovo, Spreadtrum readies TD-SCDMA handsets for Olympics
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2008-08-04 |
| Volunteers and staff members of the upcoming Beijing Olympics will be receiving Lenovo Mobile's TD900, the latest digital mobile TV-equipped TD-SCDMA handsets |
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| Hollywood to bring 3D viewing to TVs
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2008-07-23 |
| The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is forming a task force that will set the stage for an effort to define a stereo 3D mastering standard for content viewed in the home. |
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| Sony seeks alliance toward standardized UWB tech
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2008-07-21 |
| Sony has rallied a group of 14 companies—mainly large Japanese consumer electronics firms—around an ad hoc effort to standardize proprietary UWB technology it first demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. |
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| Bountiful future seen for OLED, mini-note PC panels
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2008-07-18 |
| DisplaySearch has released the Q2 08 Worldwide Flat Panel Forecast Report showing what applications will grow the fastest over the next eight years. |
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| Survey: Mobile TV, Wi-Fi, games turn off handset users
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2008-07-16 |
| A survey conducted by ABI Research found that mobile phone users are not too keen to have Wi-Fi, mobile TV or games on their handsets |
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| Will China mobile TV take off in time for Olympics
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2008-07-03 |
| Looks like China's much much-touted mobile TV broadcast service will crawl its way to the Beijing Olympic Games in August, as it is missing one leg |
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| LCD, plasma successors make headway
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2008-07-01 |
| LCDs and plasma screens may be the dominant choice for TV sets today, and LCDs the displays of choice for almost every other application, but a pair of upstart technologies is vying to replace them |
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| FST, Arphic combine tech for next-gen GUI devices
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2008-06-30 |
| Fluffy Spider Technologies (FST) and Taiwan-based Arphic Technology have signed of a memorandum of understanding for a joint research, development and marketing alliance for GUI devices. |
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| Group pushes common framework to manage connected apps
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2008-06-26 |
| A new industry group is forming to define what standards are needed to manage the ballooning number of connected devices in both the business networks and the digital home. |
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| Alcatel-Lucent-SpeedCast to collaborate on hosted DVB-H mobile TV
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2008-06-24 |
| Alcatel-Lucent and SpeedCast Ltd have announced plans to jointly market, deploy and operate a shared, hosted DVB-H platform for mobile TV operators in Asia |
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| TI, Qualcomm set to dominate MID sector
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2008-06-17 |
| The market for integrated circuits for inclusion in mobile Internet devices is set to grow from $29 million in 2008 to $2.6 billion in 2012, with Texas Instruments and Qualcomm as leading suppliers of silicon, according to Forward Concepts |
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