Mobile TV News

Maxim announces compact T-DMB, ISDB-T and DAB silicon tuner
Jun 4, 2009 – Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX2169, a multimode silicon tuner for mobile TV. This device receives signals in FM, VHF-III, UHF, and L-band, making it ideal for multimode applications that need to receive mobile TV and audio broadcasts.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

Siano Brings Mobile TV to NVIDIA's New Tegra Platform
Jun 4, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that its multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1150, has been selected by NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) to power its new Tegra netbook reference design.
News categories: Siano Mobile, NVIDIA, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Mobile Video Service Subscriptions to Grow Five-Fold by 2014
Jun 4, 2009 – The global number of users paying for mobile video services will grow five-fold from 2008 to 2014, surpassing 534 million, with a substantial proportion of net additions coming from emerging markets, according to a report by Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, 5G, Brazil, Chile, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers, USA

Nexstreaming and RMI Team up to Deliver CMMB Mobile TV
Jun 4, 2009 – RMI Corporation and Nexstreaming have announced that they have successfully combined and optimized their technologies to enable first-in-class devices supporting mobile TV services over China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) network.
News categories: RMI Corp, Nexstreaming, China, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor

ROK Mobile TV Deploys Across India with BSNL
Jun 4, 2009 – ROK Entertainment has announced the launch of TINY TV across India with leading mobile operator BSNL. TINY TV is the first nationwide, subscription-based, mobile TV service in India to be streamed over mass-market 2.5G GPRS.
News categories: ROK Entertainment, BSNL, Digital TV, India, Mobile

CMMB interactivity to launch this year
Jun 2, 2009 – China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) has said that interactive functionality for CMMB products will be launched in the second half of 2009, with first-generation networks being equipped for commercial trials by July 1.
News categories: SARFT, China, Mobile

Ittiam and NXP Semiconductors License Sorenson Spark Video Decoder
Jun 2, 2009 – Sorenson Media has announced that Ittiam and NXP Semiconductors have licensed the Sorenson Spark decoder to enable Internet video on consumer electronic devices, including mobile phones, mobile computing devices, set-top boxes and connected TVs.
News categories: Sorenson Media, Ittiam, NXP, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

MaxLinear Passes the 50 Million TV Tuner IC Shipment Milestone
Jun 1, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced that it has shipped more than 50 million TV tuner ICs, showing the value of MaxLinear's standard digital CMOS-based RF/mixed-signal IC technology as the replacement for RF BiCMOS and Silicon Germanium based tuner ICs.
News categories: MaxLinear, ISDB-T, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ITE Introduces World's First Mobile DVB-T Demodulator & Multimedia Processor SoC
Jun 1, 2009 – ITE Tech (Taipei: 3014) has announced the launch of AT9058M, the world's first DVB-T single chip SoC enabling a high quality, ultra low power, and small footprint solution for DVB-T feature phone, PND and pocket TV applications.
News categories: ITE Tech., Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial