Mobile TV News

Windstream announces 'Kinetic' TV entertainment service
Oct 2, 2014 – Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) has announced the launch of Kinetic, an Ericsson Mediaroom-based television service, running on the company’s 100 percent fiber-backed network.
News categories: Windstream, Ericsson, David Redmond, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, USA

U-NEXT selects INSIDE Secure DRM for Android and iOS devices
Oct 2, 2014 – INSIDE Secure has announced that U-NEXT, one of Japan’s largest providers of video, movie and animated content, has selected INSIDE’s Downloadable DRM Fusion product for content protection on Android and iOS based devices.
News categories: INSIDE Secure, U-NEXT, Martin Bergenwall, Tsutsumi Tenshin, Apps, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Strong growth in tablet video viewing in the U.S.
Sep 25, 2014 – The number of U.S. consumers using tablets to watch TV and movies has skyrocketed in recent years and many consumers bought tablets for the first time last year, according to a consumer survey by Altman Vilandrie & Company.
News categories: Altman Vilandrie, Jonathan Hurd, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming, USA

MHL ecosystem surpasses 650 million products worldwide
Sep 22, 2014 – MHL, LLC has announced that more than 650 million MHL® products have shipped worldwide since the first MHL-enabled products were released in 2011. MHL technology brings HD multimedia content from a mobile device to a larger screen.
News categories: MHL, LLC, Rob Tobias, Market Research, Mobile, Smart Home, Worldwide

Qualcomm announces availability of industry’s first LTE Broadcast SDK
Sep 18, 2014 – Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has announced the availability of the LTE Broadcast SDK for Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Developers will be able to access a common API that can be used in all regions around the world.
News categories: Qualcomm, Raj Talluri, 5G, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Worldwide

U.S. consumers still prefer TVs over tablets and smartphones for video
Sep 17, 2014 – U.S. broadband households spend 1.3 hours per week watching video on a tablet and 1.6 hours per week watching video on a smartphone, compared to 20 hours per week on the TV, according to Parks Associates.
News categories: Parks Associates, Glenn Hower, Market Research, Mobile, USA

SAMART and Siano partner for mobile TV in Thailand
Sep 15, 2014 – Siano and SAMART i-mobile have announced a collaboration for enabling and delivering High-Definition TV, using Thailand’s DVB-T2 network, to smartphones and tablets – delivering Live HD TV to mobile devices.
News categories: Siano, SAMART, Alon Ironi, Thananan Vilailuck, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet, Thailand

Bouygues Telecom to offer Netflix from November
Sep 15, 2014 – Bouygues Telecom announces the signing of an agreement with Netflix meaning that its Bbox Sensation and future Android TV Box customers will get access to Netflix's unlimited subscription VOD service directly on their televisions.
News categories: Bouygues Telecom, Netflix, Olivier Roussat, Reed Hastings, Android TV, Apps, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming

Allegro Software announces support for DLNA VidiPath
Sep 12, 2014 – Allegro Software has announced RomPlug VP, a family of networking software components that provide OEM developers with a framework of UPnP/DLNA technologies to build DLNA VidiPath devices.
News categories: Allegro Software, Bob Van Andel, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Smart Home, Worldwide