Mobile TV News

Magnum Semiconductor Agrees To Acquire LSI Consumer Products Business
Jun 27, 2007 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) and Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Magnum will acquire the LSI consumer products business in a transaction to be funded by private equity investment.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, LSI Corp, Digital TV, MandA, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Tablet

Samsung Advanced Multi-standard, Multi-band Mobile TV Chipset
Jun 27, 2007 – Samsung Electronics has announced the industry's first 65nm multi-standard channel decoder and multi-band radio frequency (RF) tuner chipset which supports multi digital mobile TV standards including DVB-H/T, DAB-IP, ISDB-T, and T-DMB.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Turning Digital: Horizontal Markets and New Business Models
Jun 27, 2007 – As every year, ITMedia Consulting, sketches a picture of the DTV market, reporting whatever has happened in the recently ended year, and analyses actual trends. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Terrestrial

EU To Encourage DVB-H Standard For Mobile TV
Jun 26, 2007 – The European Commission is supporting a standard based on Nokia Corp. (NOK) technology for mobile television broadcasting in Europe, according to a draft document obtained by Dow Jones Newswires. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Europe, Mobile, Smart TV

Mobilygen Announces the Industry's Broadest Range of H.264 HD Codec ICs
Jun 25, 2007 – Mobilygen has announced the en-ViE platform enabling the creation, playback and distribution of HD H.264 video for connected home, mobile, and surveillance applications.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart Home

LG Electronics, Harris Corporation Submit MPH In-Band Mobile DTV Technology for ATSC's Mobile Standard
Jun 22, 2007 – LG Electronics and Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) have submitted a proposal to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) for a standard that would enable broadcasters to provide high-quality digital television signals to a wide range of mobile and portable devices.
News categories: Harris, LG Electronics USA, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Mobile TV Buzz Slowly Translating into Reality
Jun 22, 2007 – Mobile TV continues to be the buzz of the digital TV industry, yet launch of broadcast mobile TV service in the cellular segment in 2006 was much softer then expected. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

Open Mobile Video Coalition to Promote US Mobile Digital Broadcast TV
Jun 20, 2007 – Nine of the largest U.S. television broadcast groups today announced the launch of the “”Open Mobile Video Coalition,”” an industry alliance to accelerate the development of mobile digital broadcast television.” More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Qualcomm's MediaFLO eyes top spot in 6 months
Jun 20, 2007 – MediaFLO, the mobile TV technology arm of U.S. company Qualcomm expects to overtake rivals in user numbers before the end of the year, a senior official said on Tuesday. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers