Mobile TV News

BSkyB Mobile TV launches on App Store
Nov 10, 2009 – Sky Mobile TV has announced the availability of the Sky Mobile TV App on the App Store. Offering the best in live TV on the move, Sky has created a dedicated app for the service specifically for iPhone and iPod touch.
News categories: BSkyB, Mobile, UK

Vimicro Announces Strategic Development Agreement with CSMBC for CMMB Mobile TV
Nov 9, 2009 – Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC) has announced a strategic development partnership with China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMBC) to advance the development of mobile TV under the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard.
News categories: Vimicro, CSMBC, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

Broadcom Leading Supplier of Embedded Processors in the Digital Home in 2008
Nov 5, 2009 – Analysis of findings from Semicast's report 'Opportunities for Embedded Processors in the Digital Home' shows that Broadcom was the leading supplier in 2008, ahead of Sony and Toshiba.
News categories: Semicast, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

South Africa approves temporary Mobile TV licence
Nov 5, 2009 – After the Cabinet meeting on November 4, 2009, the South African government issued a statement to say that the proposal to issue a temporary Mobile Television Broadcasting Licence expiring just after the World Cup Finals had been approved.
News categories: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, South Africa

Best Buy Partners with Sonic for Digital Content Delivery on Connected CE Devices
Nov 3, 2009 – Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) are partnering on a new offering for Best Buy's line-up of digital entertainment products. The new on-demand movie and entertainment service will be powered by Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow™.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, Best Buy, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Q2-09 was a Record-Setting Mobile TV Quarter
Oct 28, 2009 – Issue No. 10 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service (TMTS) quantitatively substantiates the position taken back in Q3-08 that the worldwide Mobile TV adoption/sales would not be much upset by the financial crisis.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, 5G, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, ISDB-T, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, SBTVD, USA

Emirates Mobile TV consortium granted DVB-H licence for the UAE
Oct 24, 2009 – The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has agreed to grant a license to the Emirates Mobile Television Corporation consortium to provide DVB-H mobile TV broadcasting services for 10 years in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
News categories: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, UAE

ISDB broadcasting in Argentina to begin in 2 months
Oct 20, 2009 – Argentina will begin the first tests of its ISDB-based Sistema de TV Digital Terrestre digital TV service in the next two months, with the goal of covering about 400 cities and towns by 2011.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

SiTune Unveils Mobile DVB-T Demodulator Exceeding MBRAI Specification
Oct 19, 2009 – SiTune has announced a state of the art and revolutionary mobile DVB-T demodulator IC. STN-10D3000 is a highly integrated mobile DVB-T demodulator that exceeds MBRAI performance specification with excellent Doppler performance.
News categories: SiTune, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Terrestrial