Automotive (In-Vehicle, In-Car) TV News

Latin American mobile TV viewers to reach 21.3M in 2013
Sep 29, 2008 – According to a new TVTelco Latam report, Latin America will have 21.3 million mobile digital TV handsets in use in 2013, mostly phones, but also portable MP4 players, cars and buses, and USB for notebooks.
News categories: TV Telco Latam, Argentina, Automotive, Brazil, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Tablet, Uruguay

Legend Silicon Introduces Diversity Demodulator to Dramatically Improve Reception of Weak and Noisy Television Signals in China
Sep 16, 2008 – Legend Silicon has introduced the LGS-8G78, a demodulator designed, by employing diversity, to significantly improve reception of the digital terrestrial television broadcast (DTTB) signals defined by China's GB20600-2006 standard.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Automotive, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor

Qualcomm Showcases Value-added Services Enabled by MediaFLO Broadcast Mobile TV Platform at IBC 2008
Sep 12, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced its live, over-the-air demonstrations of the MediaFLO™ interactive broadcast mobile TV platform at IBC 2008, which will feature audio, video and data applications delivered over both UHF and L-Band frequencies.
News categories: Qualcomm, MediaFLO, Automotive, IBCShow, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart Home, Smart TV

Coship Launches Personal Navigation Device with Mobile TV Powered by Siano
Sep 11, 2008 – Coship (Shenzhen:002052) has announced the launch of a new member, the CPND-4303A, to its GPS product line, with DVB-T mobile TV capability, powered by Siano Mobile Silicon's SMS1130 multi-standard receiver chip.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Coship, Automotive, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

AvMap Selects Siano as Mobile TV Enabler For Connected GPS Devices
Sep 10, 2008 – Mobile TV chip maker Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that it has been selected by AvMap to provide mobile TV functionality for its Geosat 6. The first customer for the mobile TV enabled Geosat 6 device is the Peugeot 207 Energie Sport car model.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, AvMap, Automotive, Digital TV, IBCShow, Italy, Mobile, Semiconductor

Multiconn and DiBcom partner to offer an enhanced in-car TV receiver
Sep 4, 2008 – DiBcom is pleased to announce that the Italian company MTC Multiconn will be the first to implement DiBcom's 'diversity-4' technology in their in-car digital TV receiver.
News categories: DiBcom, Multiconn, Automotive, Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

CEA to discuss standards for portable and handheld devices
Aug 4, 2008 – The CEA has announced the formation of a discussion group to weigh interest in establishing industry technical standards for portable and handheld devices. CEA will hold a Discovery Group meeting at its Industry Forum on Tuesday, October 21, 2008.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, Automotive, Mobile, Portable, Smart Home, USA

Korea - DMB receiver sales reach 13.69 million
Aug 3, 2008 – The number of DMB-enabled receivers sold in Korea reached 13.69 million in June - there were six million T-DMB mobile-phones and 1.31 million S-DMB receivers. The rest are split between in-car navigation systems, PMPs, USB devices, and laptops.
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Tablet

MatrixStream to Revolutionize In-Vehicle Entertainment with High Definition IPTV
Jun 16, 2008 – MatrixStream is partnering with motor vehicle manufacturers to bring consumers the new MX2 wireless terminal touch screen IPTV platform codename MX-Drive.
News categories: MatrixStream, Automotive, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming