Tablet / PMP (Portable Media Player) News

Comcast Announces Plans to Offer Live TV Streaming On Tablets This Year
Jan 5, 2011 – Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has announced plans to enable in-home streaming for live and On Demand content this year on Apple's iPad® as well as Android™ powered tablets.
News categories: Comcast, Xfinity, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Newport Media Begins Mass Production Shipments of Dual Mode Digital/Analog TV IC
Jan 5, 2011 – Newport Media has announced that its NMI625 dual mode ISDB-T / Analog TV IC has begun shipping in mass production and is currently available to consumers in Latin America powering the TV operation of Samsung's Galaxy Tab.
News categories: Newport Media, Samsung, Digital TV, Latin America, Mobile, Portable, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Tablet

VIZIO Announces VIA Plus, the Connected CE Ecosystem that Delivers a Unified User Experience From the Big Screen to Mobile Devices
Jan 3, 2011 – VIZIO has announced its VIA Plus ecosystem, the next generation of VIZIO Internet Apps™. The new ecosystem will allow for unified on-demand content and application consumption across multiple VIZIO consumer electronic devices.
News categories: VIZIO, Blu-ray, CES2025, Middleware, Mobile, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet

Freescale Delivers Dramatic Performance Advances for Tablet, Smartphone, eReader, Automotive Infotainment and Other Hot Consumer Markets
Jan 3, 2011 – Freescale has introduced the i.MX 6 series of quad-, dual- and single-core applications processors designed to deliver performance and scalability to manufacturers targeting smart mobile, automotive infotainment and embedded device categories.
News categories: Freescale, Automotive, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Telenet launches Yelo: watching TV on iPad, iPhone, laptop and PC
Dec 17, 2010 – Telenet has launched Yelo (pronounced as 'yellow') a multimedia platform enabling digital TV customers to watch television programmes and videos not only on the familiar TV screen, but also on an iPad, an iPhone.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, IPTV, Mobile, Streaming, Tablet

CEA Seeks Industry Participation in CEA-2014 Standard
Dec 13, 2010 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) seeks participation in a Certification Consortium to further market acceptance, interoperability and education surrounding use of the CEA-2014 (Web4CE) standard.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

Dialog Semic enables 3D experience for Smartphones and Tablet PCs with 2D to 3D video conversion IC
Dec 13, 2010 – Dialog Semiconductor (FWB:DLG) has announced the DA8223, the world's first real time 2D to 3D video conversion chip for portable devices. The chip integrates a parallax barrier screen driver that lets users view 3D content without the need for glasses.
News categories: Dialog Semi, Digital TV, ICs, Metaverse, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Mobile Phones with HDMI Ports to Ship in the Millions in 2010
Dec 7, 2010 – For the first time, the number of mobile phones with HDMI ports will ship in excess of a million units in 2010, says In-Stat. Meanwhile, HDMI has become pervasive in the consumer electronics, accounting for over 350 million devices shipping in 2010.
News categories: In-Stat, Automotive, Blu-ray, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

DISH Network is First Pay-TV Provider to Give Customers Ability to Watch Their Live TV on iPad
Dec 1, 2010 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has announced that DISH Remote Access, the free application that gives DISH Network customers the ability to watch their live and recorded TV on compatible smartphones, tablets and laptops, is now available for the iPad™.
News categories: DISH Network, Apps, DVR, Placeshifting, Satellite, Set Top Box, Tablet, USA