Mobile TV News

Broadcom Accelerates WebM Video on Mobile Phones
May 19, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its VideoCore® mobile multimedia processor family now supports the recently open-sourced WebM video format.
News categories: Broadcom, WebM, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Streaming

PrimeTime2Go™ Mobile TV Service Extended to Motorola Android-Powered Smartphones
May 18, 2010 – QuickPlay Media has announced the availability of its PrimeTime2Go™ mobile TV service on Android-powered Motorola devices, including the Motorola CLIQ™, BACKFLIP™, CLIQ XT™ and DROID by Motorola (NYSE: MOT).
News categories: QuickPlay Media, Motorola, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Streaming, USA

Top 25 LTE Operators Will Reach over 200 Million LTE Subscribers by 2015
May 17, 2010 – The top 25 LTE (committed) operators will reach a 3G/UMTS subscriber base of 1,087 million, of which 226.7 million will be served with dual mode 3G/LTE devices in 2015, according to the latest Maravedis research report.
News categories: Maravedis, 5G, Broadband, Market Research, Subscribers

Alcatel-Lucent and ETHER demo DVB-SH over UHF in Ukraine
May 12, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE:ALU) and Ukrainian Television and Radio Company ETHER have successfully completed field tests that demonstrated for the first time in a live network the viability of the DVB-SH format using the UHF band.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Ukraine

Sharp Develops 3D Camera Module for Mobile Devices
May 12, 2010 – Sharp (Tokyo:6753) has developed a 3D camera module for mobile devices capable of capturing high-definition (720p) 3D video images, an industry first. Sharp will start shipping samples in July.
News categories: Sharp Corp, Digital TV, Metaverse, Mobile

VivaCell-MTS commercially launches mobile TV in Armenia
May 7, 2010 – VivaCell-MTS has announced the commercial launch of its Mobile TV service. Beginning on the May 17th subscribers will be able to watch nine TV channels in real time.
News categories: VivaCell, Armenia, Mobile

Sky Deutschland announces 3D-ready HD PVR; iPad/iPhone apps
May 4, 2010 – Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) is starting a new innovation initiative. Sky subscribers can look forward to Sky+, the first fully integrated HDTV digital video recorder/receiver, tailored for Sky programming, which will come to the market in May.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, ANGA COM, Apps, Austria, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Tablet

Digital TVs, Blu-Ray Players and Portable Media Players Drive Adoption of Wi-Fi in Consumer Electronics
May 3, 2010 – Across all stationary consumer electronics, which includes set top boxes, game consoles, Blu-ray players, digital picture frames, among other devices, Wi-Fi-enabled devices will exceed 200 million units by 2014, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Camcorder, DVR, Gateway, Home Server, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

Siano Scores Major Sockets with Top 3 Brazilian Operators
Apr 27, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that all top three of Brazil's mobile carriers - Vivo, Claro and TIM Brazil - are now promoting products using Siano MDTV receiver ICs, in designs from ZTE.
News categories: Siano Mobile, ZTE, Brazil, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor