Tablet / PMP (Portable Media Player) News

ZiiLABS Unveils 100-Core ZMS-40 Processor: Double the Performance, Half the Power Consumption
Jan 4, 2012 – ZiiLABS has unveiled its 100-core ZMS-40 StemCell Media processor optimized for Android. The ZMS-40 combines 96 of ZiiLABS' StemCell media processing cores with four 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs.
News categories: ZiiLABS, ICs, Semiconductor, Tablet

Siano Debuts RallyTV, Bringing Live In-Vehicle Digital TV Directly to Apple, Android and BlackBerry Smartphones, Tablets, and Laptops
Jan 4, 2012 – Siano has announced the launch of RallyTV, a new platform for the delivery of high-quality, live in-vehicle digital TV for consumers on-the-go. RallyTV enables travelers to enjoy live TV broadcasts directly on their smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
News categories: Siano, Automotive, CES2025, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

Espial Demonstrates TV Everywhere and Smart TV Solutions at CES
Jan 4, 2012 – Espial has announced that it will demonstrate its head-end and browser technologies at CES. Visitors to the Espial suite will see a powerful TV Everywhere demo -- showcasing the Espial Media Service Platform and Espial MediaBase solutions.
News categories: Espial, CES2025, Content Distribution, Middleware, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

ViXS Systems and Lite-On Collaborate on µ-Play Streaming Media Gateway
Jan 3, 2012 – ViXS Systems has announced that Lite-On is utilizing its XCode® 4210 System on Chip (SoC) for its latest Streaming Media Gateway product, μ-Play. The XCode 4210 performs as a single SoC gateway IC and executes all the software stacks required.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Lite-On IT, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smartphone, Tablet

Connected TVs and Smartphones Providing Polar Opposite Challenges for CDNs
Jan 3, 2012 – In the next five years CDNs are going to be faced with the challenge of delivering increasingly large volumes of OTT video. In 2011 Informa expects OTT video will account for 32.6 Exabytes (EB) of network traffic over fixed line broadband in Asia alone.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

FilmOn.com Brings Network Television to PCs, Smart Phones and Tablets
Jan 2, 2012 – FilmOn Labs has announced that starting in February 2012, the Company will be shipping the FilmOn AIR for free, to all its Yearly US based Subscribers, so they can watch local Network Television on their Computers and Mobile Devices.
News categories: FilmOn, Smartphone, Tablet, Terrestrial, USA

EXPWAY and Siano team up to support ATSC-M/H and ISDB-Tmm mobile devices
Dec 15, 2011 – EXPWAY and Siano have announced their partnership to deliver top-quality mobile devices. Pairing Siano's mobile ATSC silicon with EXPWAY's middleware enables manufacturers to build their devices faster and to focus on brand-related issues.
News categories: EXPWAY, Siano, CES2025, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

Few Connected Device Owners Rent iVOD Movies . . . At Least for Now
Dec 15, 2011 – According to The NPD Group, even with the increasing number of iVOD-capable devices -- which includes TVs, gaming consoles, streaming-media players, tablets, and smartphones -- the vast majority of these devices were not used to rent iVOD movies.
News categories: NPD Group, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Broadcast Multimedia Mobile project receives French government funding
Dec 14, 2011 – The French government has confirmed a grant to a consortium of 8 partners led by TDF, to fund part (30%) of the development of their B2M (Broadcast Multimedia Mobile) project.
News categories: TDF, France, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet