Mobile TV News

Movidia secures funding to enable budding 'Spielbergs on the move'
Oct 17, 2008 – Movidia has announced that it has secured over US$14 million in Series A funding. Investments from an international syndicate will help the fabless semiconductor and software company to bring to market its innovative mobile video processor technology.
News categories: Movidia, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

Computing and Consumer Electronics Devices Expand the Market for Mobile Video
Oct 15, 2008 – The entry of a broad range of new video-capable mobile devices will have a profound effect on the mobile video market, providing more markets for mobile operators, mobile broadcasters, advertisers and other content owners, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, 5G, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Portable, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

MegaChips and Silicon Motion Co-Develop World's Smallest and Lowest Power ISDB-T Mobile TV Tuner-Demodulator SoC
Oct 15, 2008 – Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) and MegaChips (Tokyo: 6875) have jointly developed the world's smallest and lowest power consumption ISDB-T mobile TV tuner-demodulator system-on-chip.
News categories: Silicon Motion, MegaChips, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

HDIC Cooperates with SMIC for Successful Debut of High Definition TV Transmission Chips during Beijing Olympic Games
Oct 14, 2008 – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) [NYSE:SMI; Hong Kong:0981] and Shanghai High-Definition IC (HDIC) have co-operated to manufacture HDIC's HD2812 and HD2910 demodulator chips based on China's terrestrial digital TV standard.
News categories: HDIC, SMIC, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

Auvitek Launches a Highly Integrated GB20600-2006 Compliant DTMB Receiver IC
Oct 13, 2008 – Auvitek has announced the introduction of the AU8822, a highly integrated digital receiver IC solution for the China Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast (DTMB) market. The AU8822 is fully compliant with the GB20600-2006 National Standard.
News categories: Auvitek, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

China Broadcasting & TV Industry 2007 Market Review
Oct 13, 2008 – According to HC360, in 2007 the development of Chinese digital CATV sped up further, with 68 cities having completed conversion to digital CATV. During the year, broadcasting and TV groups obtained licenses to explore the business of mobile TV.
News categories: HC360, Cable TV, China, Hong Kong, Market Research, Mobile, Terrestrial

NDS Partners with Alcatel-Lucent to Protect and Power MediaCorp, MobileOne (M1), SingTel and StarHub Mobile TV Trial
Oct 13, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it is providing the core conditional access (CA) infrastructure for the world's first commercial trial of the new OMA BCAST SCP standard, an emerging key standard for mobile TV content protection, in Singapore.
News categories: NDS, Alcatel-Lucent, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Singapore

BBC signs agreement to enable 'over the air' download from iPlayer to mobiles
Oct 10, 2008 – The BBC has signed a set of agreements to allow users to download television programmes from BBC iPlayer direct to their mobile handsets, via a wireless internet connection or 'over the air'.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, CMLA, CoreMedia, Intertrust, Open Mobile Alliance, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Streaming, UK

Poland - Beauty contest regarding mobile TV
Oct 10, 2008 – Poland's Office of Electronic Communications has announced a beauty contest for a license to provide radio and television broadcasting services in the country using DVB-H technology.
News categories: Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej, Digital TV, Mobile, Poland, Regulation