Mobile TV News

Sony Adds TV to Video Walkman Players
Sep 27, 2007 – Sony's new video Walkman will be launched on Nov. 17 and will be compatible with Japan's "OneSeg" digital TV system for mobile and portable devices.
News categories: Sony, NW-A910 Press Release (Japanese), Digital TV, Japan, Mobile

Four Key Difficulties on the Road to Mobile TV Development
Sep 27, 2007 – Mobile TV is still in its infancy in China. CCID Consulting thinks that here are four speed bumps on the way to a steady stage of growth: national standards, lack of a solid profit model, low-quality user experience and terminal bottlenecks.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile

KPN Chooses Bluestreak Technology to Deliver 3G Mobile TV Client
Sep 27, 2007 – Bluestreak Technology will provide its MachBlue Mobile solution to support KPN's start of mobile TV by offering MobielTV. This service will be free of charge to early adopting customers until the end of 2007.
News categories: KPN, Bluestreak Technology, 5G, Digital TV, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Netherlands

Sony working with Global Unichip to develop DVB-H chipset
Sep 27, 2007 – Sony is working with smaller system-on-a-chip design house Global Unichip to develop a chipset for DVB-H.
News categories: Sony, Global Unichip, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

France - DVB-H standard selected to provide mobile TV services
Sep 26, 2007 – The government has signed a decree for the use of DVB-H as the technical standard for mobile television. DVB-SH can be used to provide complementary coverage.
News categories: Digital TV, France, Mobile

Renesas Technology Enhances Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Capable Product Lineup in SH-Mobile Application Processor Series
Sep 25, 2007 – Renesas Technology has announced two new models augmenting the terrestrial digital broadcast capable product lineup in the SH-Mobile Series of mobile phone application processors.
News categories: Renesas Technology, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Axel and Siano Cut DVB-H Channel Switching Time Down to 2 Seconds
Sep 25, 2007 – Axel Technologies and Siano Mobile Silicon have announced a comprehensive platform for DVB-H terminals, with record-fast channel switching time of even less than 2 seconds. The platform will be demonstrated in a mobile phone at the Informa DVB-H conference in London, September 26-27.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Axel Technologies, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor

ReplayTV Introduces "Personal HD" Solution for the PC with HDTV, Multi-Tuner and iPod Support
Sep 19, 2007 – ReplayTV®, the pioneer of personalized digital video recording, has announced its new "Personal HD" all-in-one solution for the PC with HDTV, multi-tuner, and iPod® support.
News categories: ReplayTV, Pepcom, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVR, Streaming, Tablet, Terrestrial, USA

Mobile Broadcast TV to Reach Almost 120 Million Mobile Users by 2012, but Technological and Regulatory Hurdles Still to be Faced
Sep 19, 2007 – According to a new report from Juniper Research, nearly 120m mobile users in more than 40 countries are expected to receive broadcast TV services by 2012, compared to less than 12m in 2007, with DVB-H being the dominant transmission standard.
News categories: Juniper Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile