Mobile TV News

Protection of pay-TV services: Europe-wide protection against conditional-access piracy still indispensable, says Commission report
Oct 6, 2008 – In a changing market, it remains essential for the roll-out of pay-TV services that conditional-access systems be protected at European level against piracy. This is the verdict of a report published today by the European Commission.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

Mirics adds ISDB-T reception to its FlexiTV™ solution for TV on a PC
Sep 30, 2008 – Mirics Semiconductor will showcase an enhanced version of its Mirics FlexiTV™ broadcast receiver - a complete RF, host interface and software demodulation solution for the notebook PC platform - at CEATEC Japan.
News categories: Mirics, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Software

Latin American mobile TV viewers to reach 21.3M in 2013
Sep 29, 2008 – According to a new TVTelco Latam report, Latin America will have 21.3 million mobile digital TV handsets in use in 2013, mostly phones, but also portable MP4 players, cars and buses, and USB for notebooks.
News categories: TV Telco Latam, Argentina, Automotive, Brazil, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Tablet, Uruguay

Panasonic to Showcase Tomorrow's Lifestyle with Advanced, Broader Networking at CEATEC JAPAN 2008
Sep 29, 2008 – Panasonic (Tokyo:6752)(NYSE:MC) will showcase its vision of a new lifestyle under the theme of 'Tomorrow's Lifestyle with Advanced and Broader Networking' at CEATEC JAPAN 2008 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City on the outskirts of Tokyo.
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

Nero and TiVo Deliver the Ultimate DVR Experience on the PC
Sep 29, 2008 – Nero and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced the unveiling of Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC. This new offering revolutionizes the way consumers experience television by offering an enhanced TiVo DVR experience directly from the PC.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Nero, Canada, Digital TV, Media Player, Mexico, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Smart Home, Tablet, USA

Venezuela gets closer to ISDB-T
Sep 26, 2008 – Minister of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Venezuela Socorro Hernández has revealed that a technical mission is traveling to China within the next few days to assess digital TV standard DMB-T, and its mobile variant DMB-H.
News categories: Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, Mobile, Terrestrial, Venezuela

KDDI introduces au BOX with Opera Devices 9
Sep 25, 2008 – Opera Software has announced that KDDI (Tokyo: 9433) and Okinawa Cellular have selected Opera Devices 9 for its 'au BOX'- a set-top box that allows users to enjoy music and video content downloaded via their TV sets on their au mobile phones.
News categories: Opera Software, KDDI, Japan, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box

Motorola Makes Media Mobility A Reality With Launch Of Multimedia Set Top Platform
Sep 25, 2008 – Set top boxes based on a new Motorola (NYSE: MOT) multimedia platform allow users to transfer content to and from a mobile phone. KDDI (Tokyo: 9433) is launching a new service 'au BOX' using set tops based on the platform.
News categories: Motorola, KDDI, Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

SARFT to create CMMB Corporation
Sep 23, 2008 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is planning to invest tens of billions of yuan to build a central-level company for China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB).
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Mobile