Mobile TV News

MFD hands back German T-DMB licence
May 1, 2008 – The German mobile TV operator Mobilen Fernsehen Deutschland (MFD) has stopped its Watcha service and handed back its T-DMB licence.
News categories: MFD, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile

AT&T Mobile TV Premieres Sunday, May 4
May 1, 2008 – AT&T (NYSE:T) and MediaFLO USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), have announced the May 4 availability of the AT&T Mobile TV with FLO™ service.
News categories: AT&T, Qualcomm, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Mobile TV is on the air in the Philippines with service built on NMS Communications' technology
Apr 30, 2008 – The Philippines' second-largest mobile operator, Globe Telecom, is offering Mobile TV on 3G, enabling users to watch their favorite live or made-for-mobile TV programs when and where they want.
News categories: NMS Communications, Globe Telecom, 5G, Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines

videantis introduces new scalable video solutions up to HD for mobile devices
Apr 30, 2008 – videantis GmbH has announced the addition of the new v-MP20x0MOB product line of scalable video solutions to its growing portfolio of multi-standard video IP solutions.
News categories: videantis, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Kenya - DStv Launches Mobile TV with Safaricom
Apr 29, 2008 – Safaricom and DSTV have announced the launch of the first Kenyan commercial Mobile TV service, available only on selected handsets.
News categories: DStv, Safaricom, Digital TV, Kenya, Mobile

SARFT Plans Overseas Promotion of CMMB
Apr 29, 2008 – The China Academy of Broadcasting Science has held a meeting to promote overseas partnerships on the CMMB standard, with senior officials from SARFT's Science and Technology Department, the Academy itself, the S2M Group and Loral Space and Communications.
News categories: Academy of Broadcasting Science, China, Digital TV, Mobile

KPN publishes first quarter results 2008
Apr 29, 2008 – Q1 2008 was another quarter with healthy growth of TV subscribers with 56k net adds. The customer base reached 553k (compared to 296k in Q1 2007). The commercial launch of DVB-H is anticipated for mid 2008.
News categories: KPN, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Verizon Reports Continued Strong Growth in 1Q 2008
Apr 28, 2008 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported another quarter of strong sales and operational results. Verizon added a net 263,000 new FiOS TV customers to give 1.2 million FiOS TV subscribers in total at the end of the quarter.
News categories: Verizon, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers, USA

TeliaSonera January-March 2008
Apr 25, 2008 – TeliaSonera's total number of TV subscriptions rose to 797,000, of which more than 400,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Mobile, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden