Mobile TV News

Newport Media and MediaTek Announce ISDB-T Cellular Phone Reference Design
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media and MediaTek (TPE: 2454) have announced the ISDB-T reference design that covers the system level pre-integration of mobile TV SoC and software into several of MediaTek's advanced GPRS-EDGE cellular baseband IC platforms.
News categories: Newport Media, MediaTek, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Newport Media and ALPS Announce Mass Production of ISDB-T Module
Feb 15, 2010 – Newport Media has announced that ALPS has qualified Newport Media's 65nm CMOS single-chip solution and has begun high-volume, mass production of the modules for Japan's ISDB-T digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, ALPS, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Brazil and China Fuel Siano's Mobile DTV Surge
Feb 14, 2010 – Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) is being catapulted to mass-market levels in both China and Brazil, powered by Siano Mobile Silicon.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Solaris Mobile Announces Pocket Gateway Device
Feb 12, 2010 – Solaris Mobile has announced the development of the Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway, a pocket sized S-band receiver which decodes DVB-SH TV, radio & data streams and relays them over WiFi via a mini web server built into the device.
News categories: Solaris Mobile, Digital TV, Home Server, Mobile, MWC24

MIPS Technologies and Mavrix Technology Collaborate on Mobile SoC Development
Feb 10, 2010 – MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) and Mavrix Technology, a company developing SoCs for the Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) and portable multimedia markets, have announced that they are working together to develop a MIPS-Based™ applications processor.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Mavrix, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Tablet

DiBcom Launches ISDB-T Mobile TV Solution in Latin America
Feb 10, 2010 – DiBcom has announced the launch of the DIB10096, a new IC supporting Japanese ISDB-T in Full-Seg and One-Seg as well as European DVB-T, the two most widely used standards in the world today.
News categories: DiBcom, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Conditional Access, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

NEC Electronics Introduces EMMA Mobile™ EV SoCs for Full HD Portable Audio-Visual Devices
Feb 10, 2010 – NEC Electronics (TSE:6723) has announced the availability of new systems-on-chip (SoCs) in the EMMA Mobile™ series. The EMMA Mobile/EV SoCs are optimized for the portable device market including portable multimedia players and mobile tablets.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Fujitsu Develops Compact Frequency-Synthesizer for Terrestrial Digital TV Broadcast Tuners
Feb 10, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories has announced the development of a new frequency-synthesizer designed for tuners for terrestrial digital television broadcast reception, paving the way for future development of compact dual-tuners for mobile phones.
News categories: Fujitsu, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Terrestrial

Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast Predicts Continued Mobile Data Traffic Surge
Feb 9, 2010 – The Visual Networking Index (VNI) from Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) projects that annual global mobile data traffic will increase 39-fold from 2009 to 2014 driven by the proliferation of mobile-ready devices and widespread mobile video content consumption.
News categories: Cisco Systems, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming