Mobile TV News

Mobile Satellite TV has Great Growth Potential in Europe
May 8, 2008 – While the European Mobile TV market is on the verge of significant growth, it still faces problems related to the efficient distribution of services. The use of satellite technologies has been shown to be a sensible and cost-effective solution.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite

Orb First to Enable Live TV on iPhone
May 8, 2008 – Orb Networks has announced the world's first way to stream live TV to the iPhone and iPod touch. For the first time, iPhone users can enjoy the immediacy of live sporting events and fast-breaking news on their phone.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Placeshifting, Streaming

Are National Regulation Frameworks for Mobile TV ready?
May 7, 2008 – A study on terrestrial mobile broadcast TV by the bmcoforum has concluded that a significant number of countries are still lagging behind most advanced countries in defining the regulatory framework including the licensing conditions and processes.
News categories: bmcoforum, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

Spreadtrum Announces SC6600V: First Single-Chip Demodulator/Decoder for CMMB-Based Mobile TV
May 7, 2008 – Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) plans to announce its new mobile TV single chip solution, the SC6600V, the first demodulator/decoder chip for CMMB-based mobile TV during the 'Asia Future TV 2008' conference.
News categories: Spreadtrum, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

Estonia - Levira starts DVB-H trial
May 7, 2008 – The Estonian national transmission company Levira has begun a DVB-H pilot in the capital, Tallinn.
News categories: Levira, Digital TV, Estonia, Mobile

DiBcom Has Shipped Ten Million Mobile TV Components
May 6, 2008 – DiBcom has reached a decisive milestone in the emerging Digital Mobile TV market having delivered over 10 million components to different segments of the market.
News categories: DiBcom, Automotive, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial

CITEL includes DVB standards in DTT Implementation Guidelines for the Americas
May 6, 2008 – The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) has decided to include the standards for digital terrestrial television DVB-T (fixed reception) and DVB-H (mobile TV) as official standards within the CITEL implementation guidelines.
News categories: DVB Project, CITEL, Digital TV, Latin America, Mobile, Terrestrial, Uruguay

Alcatel-Lucent and Quantum SpA cooperate to extend the reach of DVB-SH Mobile TV
May 6, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Quantum SpA have announced that both companies are setting up a cooperation to develop terrestrial or hybrid (terrestrial and satellite) DVB-SH mobile broadcast solutions.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Quantum SpA, Automotive, Digital TV, Mobile, Tablet

CMMB trials to go commercial in three cities by month's end
May 5, 2008 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) will kick off commercial trials of mobile TV services using the CMMB standard in Beijing and Shenzhen this weekend, and in Shanghai at the end of this month.
News categories: SARFT, Innofidei, China, Digital TV, Mobile