Mobile TV News

Commission welcomes start of a new era for Europe's audiovisual media
Nov 29, 2007 – The European Parliament has formally approved the Council's common position on the new Audiovisual Media Services without frontiers Directive. The Directive modernises the rules for Europe's audiovisual industry and offers a comprehensive legal framework that covers all audiovisual media services.
News categories: European Commission, Audiovisual Media Services Directive, Digital TV, Europe, Mobile, Streaming, TV Services

European Commission strategy for Mobile TV in Europe endorsed by Member States
Nov 29, 2007 – EU Member States have endorsed the European Commission three pillar strategy presented in July: putting in place a joint approach to licensing; making available spectrum for services; and promoting the use of DVB-H as the mobile TV standard for Europe.
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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

Korea - Satellite Mobile TV's SOS Unanswered
Nov 28, 2007 – Squashed by mounting losses, TU Media is sending rescue calls to the government and to major shareholder SK Telecom, only to receive a cold or indifferent response.
News categories: TU Media, Digital TV, Finance, Korea, Mobile

KDDI acquires experimental license for MediaFLO mobile broadcasting
Nov 27, 2007 – MediaFLO™ Japan Planning Inc. recently obtained an experimental license to operate a MediaFLO station. Accordingly, the company has installed a test station and receivers in KDDI Designing Studio, and started to provide trial content.
News categories: MediaFLO, KDDI, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV, TV Services

Multimedia Mobile Phone Shipments Surpass TV Shipments in 2008, According to MultiMedia Intelligence
Nov 27, 2007 – MultiMedia Intelligence reports the worldwide unit shipments of multimedia feature rich mobile phones will exceed 300 million units in 2008, outnumbering shipments of TV sets.
News categories: MultiMedia Intelligence, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

On2 Technologies and Texas Instruments Collaborate on Video Devices Providing Optimized Codec Performance
Nov 26, 2007 – On2 Technologies (AMEX:ONT) has announced an extensive agreement with Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN), under which the two companies will collaborate on technology to implement On2's TrueMotion® VP6™ and VP7™ video compression formats on TI's OMAP™ Platform and DaVinci™ technology for mobile handsets and digital video applications.
News categories: On2, Texas Instruments (TI), Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor

France - Baromètre (Numérisation des Foyers Audiovisuels) N°5 Published
Nov 26, 2007 – Thanks to digital terrestrial television (DTT), 42.4% of households have at least one television converted to digital, an increase of nearly 3% over the last quarter.
News categories: TDF, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Nintendo DS TV tuner massive hit in Japan
Nov 23, 2007 – Nintendo's 1-seg DS TV tuner device originally went on pre-order back on 8th November, 2007, but the peripheral has been so popular since its wide-scale launch on 20th November that it has already sold out.
News categories: Nintendo, Digital TV, Gaming, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile

MDA seeks public views on how mobile TV should be regulated in Singapore
Nov 21, 2007 – Heralding the next milestone in Singapore's broadcasting landscape, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) is conducting a public consultation until 4 January 2008 to seek feedback on the Authority's proposed policy and regulatory framework for mobile TV services.
News categories: Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), Proposed Framework, 5G, Digital TV, Mobile, Singapore, TV Services