Mobile TV News

T-DMB technology arrives in Ghana
Jul 20, 2007 – The first ever mobile television to operate on Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (T-DMB) on the African continent has been launched by Black Star TV in Accra, Ghana.
News categories: Africa, Digital TV, Ghana, Mobile

Broadcom and Verizon Wireless Announce Broad-based Strategic Alliance
Jul 19, 2007 – Broadcom and Verizon Communications have announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance involving new mobile device chipsets and other products, including Bluetooth® and wireless LAN solutions, optical network solutions, Multimedia over Coaxial Cable (MoCA) devices, GPS location technology, and DSL and fiber network components including set-top boxes.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Broadcom, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Licensing, Mobile, Patent, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smartphone, USA

Irdeto and Brand-ID Create Integrated Pre-Paid TV Solution
Jul 19, 2007 – Irdeto and Brand-ID Europe have teamed to integrate Irdeto content security solutions with the CHKVIEW payment service, which supports a full range of pre-paid business models for digital TV, IPTV and mobile environments.
News categories: Irdeto, Brand-ID, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Mobile

WorldDMB Responds to EU Communication on European Mobile TV
Jul 18, 2007 – Members of World DMB continue to be mystified by the Commission's continued unilateral support of DVB-H for mobile television in Europe, apparently to the exclusion of all other mobile TV standards.
News categories: WorldDMB, European Commission, Digital TV, Europe, Mobile

FLO Forum Reacts to EU Communication on European Mobile TV
Jul 18, 2007 – The FLO Forum believes that the Communication's intention of favouring any one particular mobile TV technology for Europe could stall the advancement of a healthy European mobile TV eco-system.
News categories: FLO Forum, European Commission, Digital TV, Europe, Mobile, Smart TV

Commission opens Europe's Single Market for Mobile TV services
Jul 18, 2007 – The Commission urges Member States and industry to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of mobile TV across Europe and to encourage the use of DVB-H as the single European standard for mobile TV.
News categories: European Commission, Digital TV, Europe, Mobile

Hiwire™ and SES AMERICOM Load the Programming Lineup for Mobile TV Trial
Jul 18, 2007 – SES AMERICOM and Hiwire have unveiled an initial group of TV content companies and channels that will be part of its overall channel lineup for the parties' upcoming DVB-H mobile TV consumer trials in Las Vegas.
News categories: SES AMERICOM, Aloha Partners, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Japan - New Sony PSP To Have "1-Seg" Tuner Option
Jul 17, 2007 – Sony (SCEI) has announced that it will launch a new slimmer and lighter PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-2000) in Japan on September 20th, 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, Japan, Mobile

Complicated Mobile Video Market in Europe, North America and Asia
Jul 16, 2007 – While Mobile Video Services are a hot topic with great potential, the market is very complicated, and will take quite a few more years to completely sort itself out, reports In-Stat.
News categories: Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Mobile, North America, Smart TV