Mobile TV News

ICO Teams with Delphi to Develop Next-Generation Mobile Video Devices
Apr 17, 2008 – ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (NASDAQ: ICOG) has announced that it has entered into a contract with Delphi Corp. (PINKSHEETS: DPHIQ) to develop advanced DVB-SH user terminals for its ICO mim™ mobile interactive media service.
News categories: ICO Global, Delphi, Automotive, Digital TV, Mobile, North America, Satellite, USA

On2 Licenses Mobile Optimized Decoders to Monsoon Multimedia
Apr 15, 2008 – On2 Technologies (Amex: ONT) has announced that it has licensed its Hantro™ 4100 video decoder and 2600 Enhanced aacPlus™ audio decoder to Monsoon Multimedia, an innovative digital video solutions provider.
News categories: On2, Monsoon Multimedia, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Placeshifting, Streaming

ICO Launches New Era in Mobile Television
Apr 14, 2008 – ICO Global Communications (NASDAQ:ICOG) has announced that it has launched its North American geosynchronous satellite, ICO G1. ICO will use it to conduct alpha trials of its DVB-SH mobile video service (ICO mim™) later this year.
News categories: ICO Global, Automotive, Digital TV, Mobile, NABShow, Satellite, USA

OMVC Reports Positive Progress on Mobile DTV
Apr 14, 2008 – The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) has announced that the broadcasting industry is on track to develop standards and launch services for mobile digital television (mobile DTV) in 2009.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Automotive, Digital TV, Mobile, NABShow, USA

Renesas Technology Announces SH-MobileR2, Multimedia Host Processor With Integrated H.264/MPEG-4 Video Engine for Next Generation Multimedia Applications
Apr 14, 2008 – Renesas Technology America has announced the SH-MobileR2 (product name: SH7723), the latest member in the SH-Mobile series of application processors for portable multimedia systems.
News categories: Renesas, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet

A-VSB Initiative Demonstrates the First end-to-end ATSC-Compatible Mobile Broadcast TV Platform
Apr 14, 2008 – The A-VSB Initiative, whose members include Samsung Electronics, MobiTV, Nokia Siemens Networks, Rohde & Schwarz and SES AMERICOM's IP-PRIME®, announced a live demonstration of an end-to-end broadcast mobile TV platform at NAB.
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, NABShow, Satellite

Qualcomm and Leading Conditional Access Solution Providers Collaborate on OpenCA Integration with MediaFLO Platform
Apr 14, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced that the Company is working with Irdeto (JSE: NPN), Nagravision (SWX: KUD) and NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) to integrate their Conditional Access (CA) solutions with the open MediaFLO™ mobile broadcast platform.
News categories: Qualcomm, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, NABShow, Smart TV

EXPWAY Electronic Service Guide Technology Further Enhances Capabilities of LG Electronics-Harris MPH Mobile DTV System
Apr 13, 2008 – Harris (NYSE:HRS), LG (Seoul:066570) and Zenith, co-developers of MPH™ (Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld) in-band mobile digital television (DTV), have implemented the Electronic Service Guide (ESG) platform from EXPWAY into the MPH system.
News categories: EXPWAY, LG Electronics, Harris Corporation, Automotive, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, NABShow, Portable, USA

Thomson's DVB-H Mobile TV solutions live in 11 Countries
Apr 12, 2008 – Thomson's (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) mobile TV solutions are now in commercial deployments in 11 of the 14 countries that already have DVB-H deployments.
News categories: Thomson, Albania, Content Distribution, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Italy, Kenya, Mobile, NABShow, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, UAE