ISDB-Tmm Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting News

MPEG Surround Licensing Program Addresses New ARIB Multi-Channel Audio Standard for Mobile Broadcasting
Apr 16, 2012 — Via Licensing has announced a patent licensing program for MPEG Surround, the only surround sound format specified by the Japanese Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) for mobile broadcasting systems.
News categories: Via Licensing, ISDB, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, Licensing, Mobile, Patent

Siano Launches New Products for Japanese Mobile DTV Market
Mar 12, 2012 — Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that is also rolling out a family of new receiver chips designed to serve Japan’s mobile and portable DTV markets, as well as the ISDB-Tmm market, Japan's new mobile Pay-TV initiative.
News categories: Siano, DoCoMo, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

DOCOMO Unveils Japan’s First Two Devices for V-High Multimedia Broadcasting Services
Feb 16, 2012 — NTT DOCOMO (Tokyo:9437) has announced two Android mobiles, Japan's first devices compatible with V-High multimedia broadcasting. Users of the devices will be able to watch 'NOTTV', a mobile multimedia broadcasting station that will begin operating on April 1.
News categories: DOCOMO, NOTTV, Digital TV, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet

EXPWAY and Siano team up to support ATSC-M/H and ISDB-Tmm mobile devices
Dec 15, 2011 — EXPWAY and Siano have announced their partnership to deliver top-quality mobile devices. Pairing Siano’s mobile ATSC silicon with EXPWAY’s middleware enables manufacturers to build their devices faster and to focus on brand-related issues.
News categories: EXPWAY, Siano, ATSC Mobile DTV, CES, Digital TV, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

Smartphone-only TV service to launch in Japan
Oct 4, 2011 — MMBI has announced, at the CEATEC electronics show in Tokyo, its new mobile TV channel to be called 'NOTTV'. The service will only be available on smartphones, and will launch officially in April 2012.
News categories: MMBI, CEATEC, Digital TV, ISDB, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, Mobile, Smartphone

Japan to Start ISDB-Tmm Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting in Spring 2012
Nov 30, 2010 — Multimedia Broadcasting, Inc. has been commissioned as the sole carriage operator providing nationwide multimedia broadcasting services for mobile devices scheduled to start following the termination of analog broadcasting in Japan.
News categories: ISDB-T Multimedia Forum, Digital TV, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, Mobile

Japan favours ISDB-Tmm over MediaFLO for mobile TV
Sep 8, 2010 — A government advisory panel in Japan has selected NTT DoCoMo (Tokyo:9437) who proposed the use of ISDB-Tmm, over KDDI (Tokyo: 9433) whose system is based on MediaFLO, to provide a mobile TV service for the country starting in 2012.
News categories: NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Digital TV, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, MediaFLO, Mobile, Regulation

DoCoMo Unveils Mobile TV Prototype at Expo Comm Wireless Japan 2010
Jul 15, 2010 — At the Expo Comm Wireless Japan 2010 trade show, DoCoMo (Tokyo: 9437) unveiled the prototype of a device that will allow users to watch video via its 'mmbi' broadcasting service. The service is due for launch in spring 2012.
News categories: DoCoMo, mmbi, Digital TV, ISDB-Tmm, Japan, Mobile