| 2008-09-24 |
Viaccess gets help to secure access to mobile TV |
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Viaccess, a France Telecom company, announces a partnership with LG Electronics, Enensys, Expway and Sagem Orga to secure access to mobile broadcast TV based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile Standard |
| 2008-09-18 |
DTV standard challenges mobile TV spec in China |
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Fabless chip company Legend Silicon is rolling out three new digital TV chips based on China's terrestrial DTV broadcast standard called GB20600-2006 |
| 2008-09-17 |
Mobile TV leaves handset operators behind |
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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 |
| 2008-09-11 |
Analysis: The long road to mobile TV |
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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 |
| 2008-08-18 |
Mobile TV marches on |
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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 |
| 2008-08-15 |
ODM brings new free-to-air mobile TV experience |
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Telegent has announced that Arima chose Telegent's mobile TV solution for the free-to-air TV feature in selected handset models |
| 2008-08-12 |
ZTE Mobile taps Telegent for free-to-air mobile TV solution |
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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 |
| 2008-08-07 |
Trio collaborates on mobile TV chip for Olympics |
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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 |
| 2008-08-06 |
Now showing: Olympics on analog TV |
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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 |
| 2008-08-04 |
Lenovo, Spreadtrum readies TD-SCDMA handsets for Olympics |
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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 |
| 2008-07-16 |
Survey: Mobile TV, Wi-Fi, games turn off handset users |
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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 |
| 2008-07-10 |
Samsung designs 90nm smart card for SIM, mobile TV |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd announced its 90nm smart card IC with high data storage capacity for subscriber identity module cards and mobile TV applications |
| 2008-07-03 |
Will China mobile TV take off in time for Olympics |
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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 |
| 2008-06-24 |
Alcatel-Lucent-SpeedCast to collaborate on hosted DVB-H mobile TV |
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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 |
| 2008-06-19 |
Infineon claims world's first 1.8V broadband LNA |
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Infineon Technologies AG announced the availability of the company's new low-noise amplifier, one of the industry's smallest broadband LNAs for portable and mobile TV applications |
| 2008-06-11 |
Mobile content now showing at your home TV |
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NXP Semiconductors introduces the NXP SAA8510¡ªa mobile multimedia TV-out processor to enable TV-output on any mobile device having a standard LCD interface |
| 2008-05-22 |
Nokia Siemens powers mobile TV service in Singapore |
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SingTel has kicked off its mobile TV service using Nokia Siemens Networks' mobile TV streaming solution |
| 2008-05-20 |
Qualcomm bags prize in U.K. L-Band auction |
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Qualcomm has beaten several other bidders for 40MHz of L-Band radio spectrum in the latest frequency auction of U.K. communications regulator Ofcom, and will most likely use the frequencies for a mobile TV service with partners |
| 2008-05-06 |
Qualcomm demos MediaFLO for in-car mobile TV |
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Qualcomm has demonstrated what it claims to be the first-ever MediaFLO broadcast over the air to an in-vehicle entertainment system. |
| 2008-05-01 |
HDMI goes mobile |
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How to connect to and display high-definition video from portable devices on a large-screen TV without losing image quality is key design challenge facing many OEMs. In response, MIPS Technologies unveiled what it claims is the industry's first 65nm IP offerings for HDMI |
| 2008-05-01 |
Survey: Free-to-air mobile TV is next killer app |
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Telegent's mobile TV survey found that the application has a significant impact on handset sales, with 85 percent of respondents stating that the primary influence driving their handset purchase decision was the built-in free-to-air TV feature |
| 2008-04-15 |
Nokia disappointed over slow mobile TV uptake |
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Finnish handset maker Nokia admitted at a conference last week that its push to promote mobile TV broadcasting did not go as well as it had hoped, Reuters reported |
| 2008-03-31 |
Touchy-feely for Moto's mobile TV device |
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Motorola last week introduced a mobile TV device with a touchscreen user interface and navigation capabilities |
| 2008-03-19 |
DVB-H is Europe's mobile TV standard |
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The EC has added the DVB-H to the EU's list of standards that serve as the basis for encouraging the harmonized provision of telecommunications across the EU. |
| 2008-03-07 |
Will mobile TV in China be in analog |
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Telegent Systems claims that analog¡ªnot digital¡ªwill dominate the mobile TV market, especially in developing countries like China |
| 2008-02-19 |
Optimism stirs in mobile TV market |
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Calling 2007 'a rock-bottom year' for mobile TV, DiBcom CEO Yannick Levy said he is hoping that things will start to get a little better this year |
| 2008-02-18 |
Win the mobile TV design challenge |
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According to Lionel Federspiel of Infineon Technologies: in reviewing mobile TV technology trends, one needs to differentiate between product feature set, packaging, performance, semiconductor processes used and most importantly, the RF receiver performance |
| 2008-02-15 |
65nm mobile TV SoC supports all standards |
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Samsung's S3C4F60, a 65nm mobile TV SoC, supports all worldwide TV standards with respect to frequency range and channel bandwidth |
| 2008-02-15 |
Mobile TV ICs tout high integration, energy efficiency |
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Infineon Technologies has added two highly integrated and power-efficient devices to its mobile TV IC family, the OMNIVIA TUS 9090 and OMNITUNE TUA 9001 |
| 2008-02-14 |
IMEC debuts mobile SDR baseband processor platform |
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A chip-level baseband platform capable of supporting 802.11n, 802.16e, mobile TV and 3GPP-LTE communication standards has been taped out by IMEC |
| 2008-02-13 |
SanDisk, SK Telecom team on card-based mobile TV solution |
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SanDisk and SK Telecom have completed the development of a new solution for mobile TV and mobile personal video recorder capability |
| 2008-02-12 |
Chipset enables HD video, hi-fi music, 3D gaming in mobiles |
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ST's new multimedia chipset enables smart phones and other portable devices to record and share HD video clips, receive mobile TV, playback days of hi-fi music and deliver 3D gaming experience |
| 2008-01-29 |
Nokia Siemens bags mobile TV deal in Indonesia |
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Nokia Siemens Networks has partnered with Global Mediacom to launch a commercial broadcast mobile TV service, based on DVB-H technology, in Indonesia in the first half of 2008 |
| 2008-01-24 |
Single-chip mobile TV receiver works with global standards |
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Telegent Systems offers what it claims is the industry's first single-chip CMOS mobile TV receiver, the TLG1120, which supports worldwide TV broadcast standards |
| 2008-01-21 |
France to tax 'new means of communication' |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced advertising on public TV and radio would cease, and lost revenue would be compensated by an additional tax on new means of communication like Internet access or mobile telephony |
| 2008-01-08 |
Siano extends mobile TV coverage to Japan, Brazil |
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Mobile TV chip vendor Siano Mobile Silicon Ltd has developed a receiver chip called the SMS1100 that extends Siano's multistandard capability to include the Japan and Brazil markets |
| 2008-01-08 |
Motorola PMP delivers mobile TV entertainment |
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Motorola Inc. has introduced the Motorola Mobile TV DVBH compatible DH01 device and mobile TV broadcast solutions portfolio, extending consumer TV experience to anytime and anywhere for live TV |
| 2008-01-04 |
Silicon TV tuners clearing hurdles |
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Although mobile phone and WLAN transceivers made the transition to silicon ICs years ago, solid-state TV tuners have been slower off the starting block. Recently, several companies have started to offer IC-based TV receivers that will replace the traditional "can tuner |
| 2007-12-04 |
EU oks spectrum farming for 3G, cool to DVB-H mandate |
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The proposal to open Europe's 900-1,800MHz radio frequencies to 3G and other mobile phone services has been endorsed by European Union telecommunications ministers, but the proposal to mandate DVB-H for mobile TV in Europe did not get much support |
| 2007-11-23 |
MCU secures mobile payment, mobile TV transactions |
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Atmel Corp. has introduced the AT91SC464384RCU, |
| 2007-11-20 |
UHF TV bandwidth made available to mobile operators |
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After a month-long meeting, the World Radiocommunications Conference has reached a compromise that gives mobile service providers access to bandwidth reserved for TV broadcasts |
| 2007-11-19 |
Infineon exec stays tuned to mobile TV trends |
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Infineon's Guiseppe Calarco disclosed that the company is beefing up its Asian operations and getting ready as China reviews the available mobile TV standards and decides on the standard it'll choose |
| 2007-11-13 |
Single-conversion mobile TV tuner promises 'lowest' BOM |
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Maxim's MAX2165 is a highly integrated, single-conversion tuner for DVB-H mobile TV applications that promises the industry's lowest external BOM |
| 2007-11-01 |
It's a survival race for mobile TV chip suppliers |
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Suppliers of mobile TV technology waiting for the fledgling market to take wing have already entered a race for survival |
| 2007-10-31 |
Card endows PC with DVB-H, HSDPA TV |
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Italy's Onda Communications S.p.a. offers a mobile digital TV PC card that supports both DVB-H and high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) modems for the PC and notebook markets |
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