Mobile TV News

MySpace Mobile Launches Streaming Video in Beta Globally
Dec 3, 2008 – MySpace (NYSE and ASX:NWS) and RipCode have announced that MySpace Mobile users will now be able to enjoy MySpace video content from their video enabled mobile devices. MySpace is the first social portal to launch video streaming for mobile.
News categories: MySpace, RipCode, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile

Shanghai to Start CMMB Commercial Operations
Dec 3, 2008 – Oriental Pearl Group (OPG) (Shanghai: 600832) has stated that its CMMB network will begin official commercial operations on January 1, 2009, making it the first CMMB operator in China to do so.
News categories: Oriental Pearl Group, China, Digital TV, Mobile

Mirics and Spreadtrum Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Innovative CMMB Solutions for PCTV Applications
Dec 2, 2008 – Mirics Semiconductor and Spreadtrum Communications (Nasdaq: SPRD) have announced a strategic partnership focused upon delivering embedded TV solutions for portable PCs that support the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) standard.
News categories: Mirics, Spreadtrum, China, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

ATSC Approves Mobile & Handheld Candidate Standard
Nov 26, 2008 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC) has elevated its specification for Mobile Digital Television to Candidate Standard status.
News categories: ATSC, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Naspers Limited Interim Results
Nov 26, 2008 – Naspers (JSE:NPN, LSE:NPSN) has announced its results for the six months ended September 2008. Pay-television (Multichoice) recorded exceptionally strong growth of 171,000 new subscribers. Irdeto shipped 8.3m units in 1H FY08.
News categories: Naspers, Multichoice, Irdeto, Angola, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Ghana, Kenya, Middleware, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

DiBcom teams up with LG to offer a 3G+ touchscreen phone with integrated Mobile TV
Nov 25, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its latest generation Mobile TV receiver enables free-to-air DVB-T digital TV broadcasts on LG Electronics' (Seoul:066570) new multimedia handset - the LG KB770.
News categories: DiBcom, LG Electronics, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Orange France brings high definition mobile TV to Unik
Nov 24, 2008 – Orange (Paris and NYSE:FTE) plans to launch high definition mobile TV for Unik on its 3G+ UMA platform, giving customers in France access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels via the LG Secret KF757 handset.
News categories: Orange, 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile

ITRI Demonstrates Folding Screen for Mobile Phones
Nov 21, 2008 – Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has revealed a folding TFT-EPD display on a smartphone that allows its screen to double in size to 5-inches.
News categories: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Digital TV, Mobile

UK leading internationally as a digitally advanced nation
Nov 20, 2008 – UK consumers are embracing new digital TV services, such as High Definition TV and Digital Video Recorders, alongside many other leading economies across the world, new Ofcom research reveals.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Regulation, Satellite, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA