Mobile TV News

PLAYSTATION®Network's Video Delivery Service to Offer Movies and TV Shows for Purchase and TV Shows for Purchase and Rental Through PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
Jul 15, 2008 – Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has launched the company's new video delivery service on PLAYSTATION®Store for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems in the United States.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, Digital TV, Gaming, Portable, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Eastern Europe Follows European Trend of Turning to Mobile TV for New Revenue
Jul 10, 2008 – According to Frost and Sullivan, 2.6 million Europeans, headed by Italy, are already using mobile TV. Now the future of the mobile market in Eastern Europe rests in a growing interest in mobile TV.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, 5G, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Italy, Market Research, Mobile, Poland, Romania, Russia, Smart TV

Germany - GfK Consumer Electronics market report 2007
Jul 10, 2008 – According to GfK, the development of the German CE Market in 2007 was - once again - positive. Total CE turnover (including IT and Telecom) grew by 3.7% to a total volume of 23 billion Euros.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Germany, HD-DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Mobile TV and Video to Exceed $15 Billion in Worldwide Revenue by 2012
Jul 9, 2008 – Consumers are demanding more personalization and entertainment content on their mobile phones, driving mobile video subscription revenue to exceed $3.5 billion in 2008, according to resent research by MultiMedia Intelligence.
News categories: MultiMedia Intelligence, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers

GCT Semiconductor Announces Single-Chip ISDB-T Mobile TV Receiver Featuring Diversity and Dual Channel Reception
Jul 8, 2008 – GCT Semiconductor has announced its mobile TV receiver, GDM7302, a single-chip for ISDB-T 1-seg and 3-seg broadcast reception. The GDM7302 features a two receiver chain which can be configured for diversity or dual channel reception.
News categories: GCT Semiconductor, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

China Mobile Invites Bids for TD-SCDMA/CMMB Handsets
Jul 7, 2008 – China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) has began soliciting bids for 40,000 TD-SCDMA handsets embedded with CMMB technology.
News categories: China Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile

China Digital TV Chosen as Mobile TV Solution Developer by State Administration of Radio Film and Television
Jul 2, 2008 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that the Company has been designated as a mobile TV solution developer by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), China's regulatory body on broadcasting.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, SARFT, China, Middleware, Mobile

Rubberduck Launches Mobile TV Services for Sonofon in Denmark
Jul 1, 2008 – Rubberduck Media Lab (Stockholm: ASP) has launched a comprehensive mobile TV service in Denmark for Sonofon A/S. Rubberduck will deliver and manage Sonofon's new mobile TV portal, providing live news and entertainment content using the 3G network.
News categories: Rubberduck, Sonofon, 5G, Content Distribution, Denmark, Mobile

Spain ends 2007 with 295,000 mobile TV subscribers
Jul 1, 2008 – According to the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT), the number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain at the end of 2007 was 3.98 million, while mobile TV, in its first year of introduction, acquired 295,246 subscribers.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial