Mobile TV News

Newport Media Announces World's First 65nm SoC for China's CMMB Mobile TV
Feb 17, 2009 – Newport Media has announced the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip for China's CMMB television standard. The NMI500 Sundance C mobile digital TV receiver integrates an RF tuner, demodulator and memory into a single monolithic CMOS device.
News categories: Newport Media, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

MobiTV Eclipses Six Million Subscriber Mark
Feb 17, 2009 – MobiTV has announced the company's latest milestone, surpassing six million subscribers on its managed mobile media service.
News categories: MobiTV, Mobile, MWC24, Subscribers

ArcSoft Launches Multimedia Solutions for Android Platform
Feb 17, 2009 – ArcSoft has announced the launch of ArcSoft PowerMobia™ for Android, the software-based multimedia turn-key solution, on the Android platform.
News categories: ArcSoft, OpenMax, Media Player, Mobile, MWC24

Germany had 28 million Online Video Viewers Watch More Than 3 billion Videos in December 2008
Feb 16, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 28.5 million German Internet users viewed a video online in December 2008, up 10 percent versus the previous year.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

Zoran Demonstrates Highest Image and Video Quality Processor for Multimedia Camera Phones
Feb 16, 2009 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced the demonstration of its APPROACH® 7 multimedia processor, delivering a new level of quality camera experience, HD video capture and playback, and 2D/3D graphics to the multimedia mobile phone market, at the Mobile World Congress 2009.
News categories: Zoran, Camcorder, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

NVIDIA Enables The World's First $99 HD Mobile Internet Device
Feb 16, 2009 – NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) has introduced a new platform, based on the NVIDIA® Tegra™ 600 Series computer-on-a-chip that enables a $99, always-on, always-connected HD mobile internet device (MID) that can go days between battery charges.
News categories: NVIDIA, 5G, Digital TV, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Streaming

Turin DVB-SH trial enables a perfect blend of satellite and terrestrial networks for mobile TV
Feb 16, 2009 – The DVB-SH trial launched by RAI, 3 Italia, Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Eutelsat has shown excellent results. The initial results demonstrated high reception performance for the technology for mobile TV on commercial terminals.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Eutelsat, 3 Italia, RAI, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, MWC24, Satellite

On2 Technologies Announces the Hantro™ 8270 Area and Speed Optimized 1080p Hardware Video Encoder
Feb 16, 2009 – On2 Technologies (NYSE Alternext: ONT) has announced the introduction of its latest hardware design, the Hantro™ 8270 1080p Encoder. The new design supports H.264 Baseline, Main and High Profile video along with 16Mpixel JPEG still images.
News categories: On2 Technologies, Camcorder, Mobile, MWC24, Portable, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

New multi-core OMAP™ 4 applications platform from Texas Instruments
Feb 16, 2009 – TI (NYSE: TXN) has announced the new OMAP™ 4 mobile applications platform. The OMAP 4 delivers multimedia-rich user experiences such as 1080p video record and playback, 20 megapixel imaging and approximately a week of audio play time.
News categories: Texas Instruments, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor