Mobile TV News

Belgacom concludes a very solid year in challenging times
Feb 29, 2008 – Belgacom proved to be a strong iDTV market player with very solid results for Belgacom TV, adding in total 165,654 new customers in 2007. This brought the total TV customer base to 305,319 at the end of December 2007.
News categories: Belgacom, Full year results, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

TD-MBMS Angles to Become Mobile Phone TV Standard
Feb 26, 2008 – The China Communications Standards Association has circulated reports on requirements for the "TD-SCDMA Digital Honeycombed Mobile Communications Network Multimedia Broadcasting System (TD-MBMS)".
News categories: 5G, China, Mobile

ILS Proton to launch S2M Satellite for Mobile TV Service in Middle East & North Africa
Feb 26, 2008 – International Launch Services (ILS) announced a contract today with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
News categories: S2M, ILS, Digital TV, Middle-East, Mobile, Satellite

MobiTV Releases Mobile Television Advertising and Viewership Data
Feb 25, 2008 – More than 60 million handsets are enabled with the MobiTV® service in the U.S. market and MobiTV has more than three million subscriptions.
News categories: MobiTV, Advertising, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, USA

Foxtel Delivers Subscriber, Profit and TV Viewing Share Growth
Feb 20, 2008 – At 31 December 2007, FOXTEL had 1,335,000 direct subscribers, an increase of 13% over the year ended December 2006. FOXTEL's HD+ service will be launched in mid-2008.
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

FLO Forum Announces OpenFLO Developments Bringing Multi-Vendor Interoperability Another Step Closer
Feb 20, 2008 – The FLO Forum has announced the completion of the FLO Receiver Application Programming Interface (API) Specification. The group also announced the completion of its Mobile TV Content & Services Specification.
News categories: FLO Forum, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Smart TV

'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique N°6' Published
Feb 18, 2008 – Penetration of digital TV in French homes has reached 46.5%, up 4.1 percentage points in the quarter, driven by the success of digital terrestrial (DTT).
News categories: TDF, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

CANAL+ Group exceeds 250,000 Mobile TV subscribers
Feb 14, 2008 – CANAL+ Group has over 250,000 3G/3G+ and EDGE customers with its partners SFR and Bouygues Telecom.
News categories: CANAL+, 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Subscribers

Thomson and NXP Semiconductors to Combine Can Tuner Modules Activities
Feb 14, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors and Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combine their can tuner modules operations in a joint venture.
News categories: NXP, Thomson, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial