Mobile TV News

Television is a turnoff for UK mobile users
Aug 2, 2007 – TV on mobile phones has got the thumbs down from UK users, despite operators spending millions trying to get them to tune in.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, UK

CMMB Mobile TV to Begin Trial Run at the End of 2007
Aug 1, 2007 – Mobile TV based on the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) standard is currently under research, and will be trialed in six Olympic cities at the end of this year.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Mobile

GCT Semiconductor commercializes S-DMB and T-DMB single-chip
Jul 31, 2007 – GCT Semiconductor has announced the commercialization of its first monolithic single chip, GDM7003, capable of receiving media broadcast from both S-DMB and T-DMB. A major Korean handset maker recently began production with the GDM7003.
News categories: GCT Semiconductor, Digital TV, ICs, Korea, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Korea - Free Mobile Broadcasting Available Nationwide
Jul 30, 2007 – Korea's free cell phone-based video services, called the terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), will expand its service area to across the country this week.
News categories: Digital TV, Korea, Mobile

S3 Supports OMA BCast Mobile TV Security with Discretix
Jul 30, 2007 – Discretix and Silicon & Software Systems (S3) have announced that Discretix' multi-scheme mobile TV security client is being integrated into S3's onHandTV™ mobile interactive Digital TV (DTV) client.
News categories: CAM, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Mobile

Philippines - NTC reviews guidelines on digital TV
Jul 30, 2007 – Companies planning to broadcast digital programs to TV sets or mobile devices cannot go commercial yet, as the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said it was revisiting its guidelines on digital TV programming.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Philippines, Terrestrial

Virgin ditches mobile TV service
Jul 26, 2007 – Virgin Mobile has decided to dump its broadcast mobile TV service after less than a year because of poor customer take-up.
News categories: Virgin Mobile, Digital TV, Mobile, UK

mywaves Hits One Million Mobile Users Worldwide
Jul 25, 2007 – mywaves, the carrier-independent mobile media company delivering Web video to mobile phones around the world, has announced more than one million users have signed up to tune in and see what's playing on mywaves' 100,000 channels.
News categories: mywaves, Digital TV, Mobile, Streaming, Subscribers

Open Mobile Video Coalition Doubles Membership
Jul 24, 2007 – Nine more major television broadcaster station groups have joined the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), taking the group from 281 stations to 422 stations, the Coalition has announced.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mobile, USA