Mobile TV News

Sony unveils first U.S. Walkman video players
Aug 30, 2007 – Sony has taken the wraps off two new Walkman® players that not only support audio - but for the first time in the United States - video.
News categories: Digital TV, DRM, Media Player, Tablet, USA

Deutsche Telekom presents television and mobile telephony in new dimensions
Aug 29, 2007 – Deutsche Telekom is presenting television and mobile telephony in new dimensions at the consumer electronics tradeshow Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) in Berlin.
News categories: Broadband, Germany, IFABerlin, IPTV, Mobile

DSTV Mobile Debuts in Nigeria
Aug 29, 2007 – Nigeria attained another technological height yesterday, with the launch of Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) by Details Nigeria Ltd.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Nigeria

QUALCOMM Teams with Maxis and Astro to Trial MediaFLO in Malaysia
Aug 29, 2007 – QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM), Maxis Communications and ASTRO All Asia Networks have announced that the companies have signed an agreement to conduct a technical trial of QUALCOMM's MediaFLO(TM) technology in Malaysia.
News categories: Digital TV, Malaysia, Mobile, Smart TV

Synopsys and SMIC Jointly Address China Mobile TV Market with Low Power Design Solution
Aug 29, 2007 – Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC", NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981) have jointly announced at IC China 2007 a strategic alliance to develop a low power design solution optimized for the mobile TV market in China, while also providing key IP components.
News categories: China, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

PCCW reports interim results for 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – PCCW Limited has announced stronger growth of its core telecom, media and ICT business segments in the first half of 2007 as the Company began to reap the benefits of its quadruple-play strategy. now TV's installed base was 818,000 at the end of June, up 35 percent from a year earlier.
News categories: PCCW, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

IRIB (TAKTA) launches DVB-H mobile TV trial in Iran using SIDSA's POLAR PLUS Platform
Aug 28, 2007 – The Islamic Republic of Iran is jumping on the International DVB-H bandwagon with the Spanish company SIDSA, an International DVB technology provider, leading the project.
News categories: SIDSA, Sagem, IRIB, Digital TV, IBCShow, Iran, Mobile

Alcatel-Lucent broadcasts IFA International TV at IFA trade show in Berlin using both DVB-H and DVB-SH
Aug 27, 2007 – During IFA 2007, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) will be broadcasting IFA Mobile TV, a dedicated mobile TV channel for the show. For the first time at IFA, this demonstration will encompass the DVB-H and DVB-SH technologies in parallel, two international standards for broadcast mobile TV.
News categories: IFABerlin, Mobile

Video-Enabled Portable Media Players Will Outsell Audio-Only Models By 2009
Aug 27, 2007 – Driven by increased broadband penetration, declining price points, and a growing catalogue of online audio and video content, the market for MP3 players and portable media players (PMPs) will remain strong over the next five years, reports In-Stat.
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Tablet