Mobile TV News

Vodafone launches Webbox - a plug and play keyboard, bringing internet to your TV
Feb 11, 2011 – Vodafone (LSE: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD) has announced the launch of the Vodafone Webbox, the first device of its kind, bringing affordable internet access to a customer's existing television set, just by plugging in a keyboard.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Set Top Box, South Africa, Streaming

New Interface Standard from ST Enables Seamless Delivery of Full HD Audio and Video Between Smart Mobile Devices and TVs
Feb 11, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) in close cooperation with ST-Ericsson has announced the 'Mobility DisplayPort' (MYDP) interface standard. MYDP enables 1080p/60Hz A/V streaming between smart mobile devices and full HD (1080p) TVs and monitors.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, ST-Ericsson, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

Allot MobileTrends Report Shows Significant 73% Growth in Global Mobile Data Bandwidth Usage in H2, 2010
Feb 8, 2011 – Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) has announced that its Allot MobileTrends Report shows that mobile data bandwidth usage continued its phenomenal rise with 73% growth during the second half of 2010. Video streaming continues to drive this growth.
News categories: Allot Communications, 5G, Broadband, Market Research, Mobile, MWC24, Streaming

Anevia Implements Over-the-Top Video on Demand Services for Itacom Customers in Paraguay
Feb 8, 2011 – Anevia has announced that it is has enabled Itacom to successfully deploy an over-the-top (OTT) video on demand service for Paraguay using ViaMotion, Anevia's software-based Internet-protocol (IP) streaming solution.
News categories: Anevia, Itacom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Paraguay, Set Top Box, Streaming

Cavium Networks Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire China-Based Celestial Semiconductor
Jan 31, 2011 – Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) has announced that it is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Celestial Semiconductor, a fabless provider of ARM-based system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor solutions for a range of digital media applications.
News categories: Cavium Networks, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Telairity Brokers Strategic Partnership for Installing National Mobile Digital Network in Thailand
Jan 31, 2011 – Thailand's International Engineering Public Company Limited (IEC), the China Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and Telairity, Inc. will work together to implement and deploy a CMMB mobile broadcasting network throughout Thailand.
News categories: China Broadcasting Corp, International Engineering Public Company, Telairity, Digital TV, Mobile, Thailand

Consumer Electronics Market Boosted by Connected Home Products in 2011
Jan 25, 2011 – Global unit shipments of CE products will climb 2.6 percent in 2010, partly driven by rising sales of products that play a role in the connected home and that focus on usability - rather than technological wizardry, according to IHS iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

SK Telecom unveils 'Hoppin' VOD smartphone
Jan 24, 2011 – South Korea's largest mobile carrier SK Telecom has said that it will release a version of Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone that can also serve as a set-top box, playing content from its Hoppin video on demand service.
News categories: SK Telecom, Hoppin, IPTV, Korea, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming

A billion connected devices by 2016, predicts UMTS Forum
Jan 20, 2011 – A report from the UMTS Forum predicts the global existence of one billion Consumer Electronics (CE) devices connected to mobile broadband networks by 2016.
News categories: UMTS Forum, Strategy Analytics, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming