Mobile TV News

BBC unveils BBC iPlayer Desktop on Adobe AIR
Dec 19, 2008 – The BBC and Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE) have announced the public beta of the new BBC iPlayer Desktop download manager built on Adobe AIR, a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Adobe Systems, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Streaming, UK

Qualcomm Conducts Drive Test of MediaFLO Broadcast Mobile TV Platform in Collaboration with Toyota
Dec 15, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced the first MediaFLO™ drive test in collaboration with Toyota (Tokyo:7203; NYSE:TM). Live televised programming was transmitted to a vehicle equipped with a MediaFLO phone connected to in-car video displays.
News categories: Qualcomm, Toyota, Automotive, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV

Antenna Hungária launches DVB-H mobile television broadcast in Budapest
Dec 12, 2008 – Antenna Hungária and Nokia (Helsinki:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) have announced that DVB-H broadcasting has begun from three transmitters. The Hungarian public TV channels are being broadcast in the clear so anyone with a suitable phone can test the service.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, Nokia, Digital TV, Hungary, Mobile

DiBcom offers Mobile TV on the new Mio navigation device in Europe
Dec 11, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its technology is now being integrated into the Mio Technology's C728, a top-of-the-line portable navigation device (PND), enabling it to receive free-to-air DVB-T Television.
News categories: DiBcom, Mio Technology, Digital TV, Europe, Portable, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Terrestrial

Commission issues guidelines to get Mobile TV on Europeans' mobile phones
Dec 10, 2008 – The European Commission has published a set of guidelines for the authorisation of Mobile TV to accelerate roll-out of the service across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

South Africa Issues Tender For The Provision Of Mobile Television
Dec 9, 2008 – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published an Invitation To Apply (ITA) calling for interested individual Electronic Communications and Broadcasting licensees to apply to provide mobile digital TV services.
News categories: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, South Africa

Microtune's New Tuner Chip Brings High-Speed Digital TV to Automotive Entertainment
Dec 9, 2008 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has introduced a tuner chip for high-speed in-car TV. The MicroTuner MT2067 is a world-standard, automotive-grade TV tuner engineered to provide stable TV reception for passengers in vehicles traveling at speed.
News categories: Microtune, Automotive, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

CANAL OVERSEAS begins DVB-H trial in Côte d'Ivoire
Dec 4, 2008 – CANAL OVERSEAS AFRICA, a subsidiary of CANAL OVERSEAS and operator of CANALSAT HORIZONS in sub-Saharan Africa, has launched a CANALSAT MOBILE trial in Côte d'Ivoire - the first DVB-H mobile television service in Francophone Africa.
News categories: CANAL OVERSEAS, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Mobile

MobiTV Surpasses Five Million Subscribers
Dec 3, 2008 – MobiTV has announced that its managed network for mobile television and radio has surpassed the five million subscriber mark. Available across 20 carrier networks, MobiTV continues to shape the mobile TV market it introduced more than five years ago.
News categories: MobiTV, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, USA