Mobile TV News

China - TD-MBMS Standard to Be Approved by Early April
Mar 21, 2008 – A public consultation stage for two TD-SCDMA mobile TV standards has ended, with the documents now passed to the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) for approval, and promulgation expected in late March or early April.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Mobile

Entertainment UK and RealNetworks bring digital entertainment choice to consumers
Mar 20, 2008 – Entertainment UK (EUK) and RealNetworks® have announced the launch of a new distribution platform, the 'Digital Vault' (Vault), for the delivery of digital entertainment content across multiple channels.
News categories: Entertainment UK, RealNetworks, Digital TV, DVR, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Echostar partner Frontier wins E block airwaves
Mar 20, 2008 – Frontier Wireless, a partner of U.S. satellite television company EchoStar, has won wireless airwaves in the "E" block spectrum auction covering almost all of the United States, the FCC has said on.
News categories: FCC, EchoStar, Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite, USA

PMP Player Market Steps Up to the Expressway
Mar 18, 2008 – CCID Consulting (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235) releases its 2007-2008 Annual Report on China's PMP Player Market. The sales volume of China's PMP player market reached 1.212 million sets, up 129.1% over 2006.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, Market Research, Tablet

Malaysia - Qualcomm completes mobile broadcast trials
Mar 18, 2008 – Wireless products and services company Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced that it has just completed a three-month technical trial of its MediaFLO technology with Maxis Communications and Astro All Asia Networks.
News categories: QUALCOMM, Maxis Communications, Astro, Digital TV, Malaysia, Mobile, Smart TV

UK company first with truly mobile TV
Mar 18, 2008 – Bristol-based Ocean Blue Software is to release its Azure TV software, running on STMicroelectronics' Nomadik platform, with hybrid support for DVB-H, DVB-T and DVB-SH.
News categories: Ocean Blue, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Adobe Flash Lite and Reader LE Licensed by Microsoft
Mar 17, 2008 – Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced that Microsoft has licensed Adobe® Flash® Lite™ software, Adobe's Flash Player runtime, to enable web browsing of Flash Player compatible content in future versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile phones.
News categories: Adobe Systems, Windows Mobile, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile

Mobile TV across Europe: Commission endorses addition of DVB-H to EU List of Official Standards
Mar 17, 2008 – The European Commission has decided to add the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld standard (DVB-H) to the EU List of Standards, which serves as a basis for encouraging the harmonised provision of telecommunications across the EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Iran can watch TV on cell phones
Mar 15, 2008 – Cell phones bring TV services to Iranian mobile users, utilising the latest technology in Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H).
News categories: IRIB, Digital TV, Iran, Mobile