Mobile TV News

Mobile Broadcast TV ready to go with bmcoforum implementation profiles of the OMA BCAST enabler
Jan 7, 2009 – Profiles of the OMA BCAST enabler specifications have been developed including those functions of OMA BCAST that have been agreed to be a top priority in early deployments of Mobile TV Broadcast based on DVB-H and 3G cellular networks.
News categories: bmcoforum, 5G, Mobile

World's First Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network Delivering Mobile Video with Interactive Services Showcased at International Consumer Electronics Show
Jan 6, 2009 – ICO Global (NASDAQ:ICOG) and Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE:ALU) will be demonstrating the world's first fully integrated satellite-terrestrial network being used to deliver mobile video and interactive two-way communications during CES.
News categories: ICO Global, Alcatel-Lucent, CES2025, Mobile

Mirics secures additional $7m funding to accelerate worldwide growth
Jan 5, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor has announced that it has secured $7m of financing from its existing investor team of Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital and Pond Venture Partners.
News categories: Mirics, Mobile, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

AAC Joint Patent Licensing Program Update
Jan 5, 2009 – Via Licensing has updated its Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) patent licensing program to enable licensees to secure rights to MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC (HE AAC), and for the first time, HE AAC v.2, all under a single license.
News categories: Via Licensing, CES2025, Licensing, Mobile, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV

TVB Starts CMMB Trial in Hong Kong
Dec 30, 2008 – Hong Kong television station TVB has launched CMMB technology tests in Hong Kong, in cooperation with SARFT's Academy of Broadcasting Planning and Beijing-based CMMB equipment manufacturer Wiflare Technology.
News categories: TVB, SARFT, Wiflare Technology, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile

Renesas Technology Releases HD Video Middleware for SH-Mobile Application Processor
Dec 24, 2008 – Renesas Technology has announced the HD Video Middleware, which will facilitate the development of applications for the SH-Mobile application processor supporting recording and playback of video in the 1280 x 720 High Definition (HD) resolution.
News categories: Renesas, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor

Over 120 companies win slice of CMMB terminal tender
Dec 24, 2008 – All 120 companies that took part in the first CMMB terminal tender have secured contracts, the operator of the CMMB network, SARFT's China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corp., has announced.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

Planned EU tax could kill mobile TV
Dec 23, 2008 – European Commission plans to introduce a 14 percent tax on cellphones with TV receivers would kill the potentially lucrative market before it ever takes off, a senior official at DiBcom has said.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Framework for development of Hong Kong's mobile TV announced
Dec 22, 2008 – The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) has announced the implementation framework for the development of mobile television (TV) services in Hong Kong.
News categories: Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile, Regulation