Mobile TV News

Samsung Advanced-VSB to Bring Portable and Mobile TV To North American Digital TV Broadcasting
Jan 8, 2007 – Samsung Electronics has introduced technology that brings portable and mobile TV to North American digital TV broadcasting. Advanced-VSB (A-VSB) is a proposed open standard that helps enable consumers to enjoy TV everywhere they go - in their car, on a laptop, and portable devices.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile

Newport Media and CyberLink Collaborate to Deliver Fast-Switching Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – Newport Media has announced that it has partnered with CyberLink to deliver fast channel switching times for mobile TV.
News categories: CES2025, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor

Verizon Wireless Lifts Curtain on V CAST Mobile TV; True Broadcast Quality, the Best of TV
Jan 7, 2007 – On the eve of the 2007 International CES, Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) has announced V CAST Mobile TV, a new and unique service that will allow TV viewers to leave the house and still watch many of their favorite TV programs while on-the-go.
News categories: Verizon Wireless, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Sprint's Leadership in Mobile Video More Powerful Than Ever
Jan 5, 2007 – Sprint (NYSE: S) has become the first U.S. carrier to announce more than one million customers with mobile video capability across its nationwide Power Vision and Vision networks, which cover more than 8,700 cities and communities nationwide.
News categories: Sprint, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, USA

NDS Partners with MobiTV to Demonstrate End-to-End Mobile WiMax TV
Jan 3, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has partnered with MobiTV to demonstrate the first-ever secure delivery of Mobile WiMAX TV to Ultra Mobile PCs. The new technology will be demonstrated at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.
News categories: NDS Group, MobiTV, Broadband, CES2025, Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile

NDS to Provide End-to-End Content Protection System for KT Mobile Content Service "toest", Enabling Secure Video Downloads to WiFi Hotspots
Jan 3, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been selected by KT of Korea, to deploy a full end-to-end system including NDS VideoGuard Mobile and NDS VideoGuard PMP on the company's new 'toest' mobile content platform.
News categories: NDS Group, KT, CES2025, Content Protection, Digital TV, Korea, Mobile, Smart Home, Tablet

Mainland China to Have Over 32 Million Mobile Video Users in 2008
Dec 21, 2006 – The mobile video market in China will take off in 2008, driven by interest in the Beijing Olympics. A new study from ABI Research forecasts total mobile video users at more than 32 million in 2008.
News categories: ABI Research, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

Shanghai firm readies chip for China digital TV spec
Dec 21, 2006 – One of the main Chinese IC design houses supporting a domestic digital terrestrial TV standard said it recently wrapped up development on its third-generation video processing platform.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sky New Zealand And Vodafone Launch Sky Mobile TV
Dec 19, 2006 – SKY Television and Vodafone have announced the launch of a new TV service, SKY Mobile TV. The new mobile service, for customers of Vodafone with 3G handsets, will revolutionise how people will be able to view television in New Zealand.
News categories: SKY New Zealand, Vodafone New Zealand, 5G, Mobile, New Zealand