Mobile TV News

Analog Devices and SIDSA Demonstrate DVB-H on the Blackfin Processor
Sep 7, 2007 – Analog Devices has announced that it will demonstrate DVB-H receiver technology running on the Blackfin® processor at the IBC conference, in Amsterdam, September 7-11.
News categories: Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

S3 Integrates the VisualOn Mobile TV Player on GIGABYTE GSmart T600
Sep 6, 2007 – Silicon and Software Systems (S3) and VisualOn have announced that S3 has integrated its onHandTV™ client with VisualOn's Mobile TV solution onto a number of devices including the GIGABYTE GSmart T600.
News categories: Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile

MaxLinear Announces First Global TV Standards CMOS Tuner IC With the Performance of Can Tuner
Sep 6, 2007 – MaxLinear has announced the MxL5007, a TV tuner IC that meets all global digital and analog cable and terrestrial TV standards. The MxL5007 incorporates key CMOS circuit design and radio architecture technology breakthroughs which enable "can" tuner equivalent performance in digital/analog televisions, terrestrial and cable set top box (STB) applications, and portable TV applications.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Nagravision and Kudelski Group Affiliated Companies to Demonstrate Innovative End-to-End Solutions for Broadcast, Broadband and Mobile TV at IBC2007
Sep 6, 2007 – Nagravision is demonstrating end-to-end solutions for broadcast, broadband and mobile TV at IBC2007 from September 7 -11, 2007 in Amsterdam.
News categories: Broadband, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, IBCShow, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, TV Services, Watermarking

SafeNet's DRM Technology Brings Secure Mobile Broadcast Television to IBC
Sep 6, 2007 – SafeNet has announced that its DRM Fusion Toolkit4TV, the world's only DRM solution to support multiple standards for mobile TV protection, will be featured in several mobile broadcast delivery demonstrations at IBC 2007.
News categories: CAM, Content Protection, DRM, IBCShow, Mobile

Breakthrough in Media Freedom: Apple TV Functionality to Be Available on an OEM Basis
Sep 5, 2007 – C2 Microsystems and Orb Networks have announced a new reference platform that delivers digital media from the internet or a consumer's PC, to the TV. The open design is expected to be licensed on an OEM basis by set top box, Cable, Satellite and Media providers and deliver consumer TV and media options far beyond those offered by Apple TV or Sling Media.
News categories: Orb Networks, C2 Micro, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet

ICO Selects DiBcom for DVB-SH Trial in US
Sep 5, 2007 – ICO Global Communications (NASDAQ: ICOG) has announced that DiBcom has joined its Mobile Interactive Media (MIM) alpha trial team to provide DVB-SH chipsets. DiBcom joins Hughes (NASDAQ: HUGH) and Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) as technology partners for the MIM trial, which is set to start in Spring, 2008.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, USA

CyberFund, Inc. Announces That ROK Powers Vodacom Live and On-Demand Mobile TV Service
Sep 5, 2007 – CyberFund, Inc. (OTCBB:CYFD) has announced that Vodacom, South Africa's leading cellular network with more than 24 million customers, is launching "MobileTVPlaya", its live and on-demand multi-channel mobile TV service, streamed over 2.5G GPRS cellphones.
News categories: Mobile, South Africa

Competition in Mobile Video Could Threaten Mobile Operators
Sep 5, 2007 – Just like the late 1990s when 3G was deployed, billions are being spent to deploy systems capable of delivering video to mobile devices. However, In-Stat reports that "mobile" doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as "cellular." New technologies and business models are now under development that may threaten mobile operators' ability to profit from video content, the high-tech market research firm says.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Placeshifting