Mobile TV News

SlingPlayer Mobile launched for iPhone and iPod touch
May 13, 2009 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced the availability of a Wi-Fi-only version of its SlingPlayer Mobile application for iPhone™ and iPod® touch. Now iPhone and iPod touch users have access to their home TV experience in the palm of their hand.
News categories: Sling Media, Digital TV, DVR, Mobile, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Elonics secures additional $1.1m equity finance as markets develop
May 12, 2009 – As market demand increases for Elonics products, investors have contributed a further $1.1m to develop the sales and operational support infrastructure now required for its growing global customer base.
News categories: Elonics, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, UK, Venture Capital

MTS Uzbekistan launches Mobile TV service
May 12, 2009 – MTS Uzbekistan (NYSE: MBT) has announced that the company is the first in Uzbekistan and one of the first in the CIS to launch a commercial mobile TV service. The company has launched the 3G service after a successful technical trial.
News categories: Mobile TeleSystems, 5G, Mobile, Uzbekistan

NEC announces EMMA Mobile 1-D SoC for portable A/V devices
May 11, 2009 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has announced the availability of a new EMMA Mobile™ 1 series of system-on-chips (SoCs), the EMMA Mobile 1-D, for use in portable audio/visual (A/V) devices such as multimedia players and mobile televisions.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Portable, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Tablet

SARFT and China Mobile to promote TD-SCDMA handsets with CMMB
May 8, 2009 – China's SARFT, through its China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMBC), has signed an agreement with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; Hong Kong:0941) to promote the development of TD-SCDMA handsets with integrated CMMB mobile TV reception.
News categories: SARFT, China Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile

CMMB network to be deployed in the U.S.
May 7, 2009 – According to Interfax, a commercial mobile TV network based on China's CMMB standard will be deployed in Atlanta in the United States in September, marking the first time that the standard has been used outside of China.
News categories: TiMiTech, Motorola, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Pay-TV Subscribers Worldwide Will Continue to Grow in 2009
May 6, 2009 – Pay-TV subscribers are expected to grow by 8 percent in 2009 to reach nearly 733 million worldwide despite the challenging economic environment, according to the first quarter update of the Media Forecast from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spreadtrum Announces $44 Million of New Financing
May 5, 2009 – Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) has announced that its Chinese subsidiary, Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) has received RMB 300 million (approximately $44 million) of new financing from a Chinese bank in the form of a fixed term loan.
News categories: Spreadtrum, China, Finance, Mobile, Semiconductor

PT Telkom Group Selects Irdeto for DVB-H Mobile TV in Indonesia
Apr 30, 2009 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that it has been chosen to supply the Conditional Access (CA) and DRM solutions based on the DVB-H Mobile TV architecture for PT Telkom Group's mobile subsidiary, Telkomsel.
News categories: Irdeto, PT Telkom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Indonesia, Mobile