Mobile TV News

SmarDTV MicroSD Card With Nagra Security Complies With New CEA Standard
Apr 11, 2011 – Nagra (SIX.KUD.S) in collaboration with its sister company SmarDTV, has announced that the SmarDTV microSD removable security card embedding the latest Nagra security system is now compliant with the newly introduced CEA-2040 standard.
News categories: SmarDTV, Nagra, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, NABShow, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Tablet, USA

LG to demonstrate 'Glasses Free' 3D via ATSC Mobile DTV at NAB2011
Apr 11, 2011 – LG Electronics will show that the digital TV broadcasting system used to deliver today's information and entertainment programming to mobile devices can also deliver social networking updates, engaging 3D telecasts, and electronic coupons.
News categories: LG Electronics, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Metaverse, Mobile, Semiconductor, USA

New Mobile Digital TV Technologies, Innovative Demos Show Bright Future for America's TV Broadcasters
Apr 11, 2011 – During the 2011 NAB Show, broadcast industry executives will get their first glimpse at the latest Mobile DTV products now reaching retail stores as well as pioneering demonstrations of the flexible broadcast standard's future capabilities.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Advanced Television Systems Committee, Mobile, NABShow, USA

TI to acquire National Semiconductor
Apr 4, 2011 – Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) have announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which TI will acquire National for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion.
News categories: Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor, MandA, Mobile, Semiconductor

Cablevision's New Optimum App Delivers the Full Cable Television Experience to an iPad in the Home
Apr 2, 2011 – Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has announced the launch of the Optimum App for iPad, which allows its cable television customers to experience iO TV digital cable - including access to hundreds of channels and video on demand (VOD) - on an iPad in the home.
News categories: Cablevision, Apps, Cable TV, Tablet, USA

Spain ends 2010 with 4.8 million pay TV subscribers
Apr 1, 2011 – Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has published telecommunications statistics for the country for 2010. Total TV (satellite, cable, IPTV, DTT and mobile) subscribers surpassed the 4.8 million mark in the final quarter.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

KPN to withdraw DVB-H mobile TV service
Mar 30, 2011 – KPN (Amsterdam:KPN) of the Netherlands plans to discontinue its MobielTV DVB-H mobile television service from June 1st, owing to lack of demand.
News categories: KPN, Digital TV, Mobile, Netherlands

Unique Broadband Systems Partners with CMMB America to Expand CMMB Services Worldwide
Mar 29, 2011 – Unique Broadband Systems (UBS) has announced that CMMB America will exclusively use UBS CMMB equipment during all trials, demonstrations and commercial roll out in the USA and Canada. The first trial was successfully completed in Denver on March 14.
News categories: Unique Broadband System, CMMB America, Content Distribution, Mobile

European Digital Television market continues to be dynamic: more platforms, channels and HD
Mar 28, 2011 – Information in the MAVISE database, created for the European Commission by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows that more than 400 HD channels were operating in the EU in December 2010.
News categories: MAVISE, European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK