Digital TV News: Dibcom

Planned EU tax could kill mobile TV
Dec 23, 2008 – European Commission plans to introduce a 14 percent tax on cellphones with TV receivers would kill the potentially lucrative market before it ever takes off, a senior official at DiBcom has said.
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DiBcom offers Mobile TV on the new Mio navigation device in Europe
Dec 11, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its technology is now being integrated into the Mio Technology's C728, a top-of-the-line portable navigation device (PND), enabling it to receive free-to-air DVB-T Television.
News categories: DiBcom, Mio Technology, Digital TV, Europe, Portable, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Terrestrial

DiBcom and CANAL+ Group partner to offer the first DTT HD decoder in a USB Key device
Dec 8, 2008 – DiBcom has announced its involvement in the design of the CANAL+ KEY, the first USB key-sized Digital Terrestrial TV HD decoder in the world. The device enables the reception of French pay-TV programmes (SD and HD) on PCs anywhere, any time.
News categories: DiBcom, CANAL+ Group, Digital TV, France, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

DiBcom teams up with LG to offer a 3G+ touchscreen phone with integrated Mobile TV
Nov 25, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its latest generation Mobile TV receiver enables free-to-air DVB-T digital TV broadcasts on LG Electronics' (Seoul:066570) new multimedia handset - the LG KB770.
News categories: DiBcom, LG Electronics, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

DiBcom Launches New Very Low Power Mobile TV Receivers
Sep 10, 2008 – DiBcom is pleased to announce two new products, the DIB9090 and DIB8090, which both support very low power mobile TV reception of DVB-T and ISDB-T 13-Seg signals respectively. These chips also support the reception of DVB-H and ISDB-T 1-Seg.
News categories: DiBcom, Digital TV, IBC2023, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Multiconn and DiBcom partner to offer an enhanced in-car TV receiver
Sep 4, 2008 – DiBcom is pleased to announce that the Italian company MTC Multiconn will be the first to implement DiBcom's 'diversity-4' technology in their in-car digital TV receiver.
News categories: DiBcom, Multiconn, Digital TV, IBC2023, In-Car, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Alcatel-Lucent demonstrates enhanced video quality for DVB-SH broadcast mobile TV at IFA 2008
Aug 29, 2008 – During IFA 2008, Alcatel-Lucent (Paris & NYSE: ALU) is demonstrating, for the first time in Europe, MPE-iFEC, a powerful error-correction coding that improves the quality of mobile TV reception in hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Sagem, DiBcom, IFABerlin, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor

Huawei and DiBcom Partner to Offer Mobile TV on an HSPA Datacard
Jun 17, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its state-of-the-art chipset, the DIB9080-H which includes a tuner and demodulator, is being used by Huawei for its new HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) card called E510.
News categories: DiBcom, Huawei, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

DiBcom Enables High Performance Mobile Reception for Free-To-Air TV on LG Handset
Jun 2, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its latest generation Mobile TV receiver enables Free-To-Air (FTA) TV on the new HB620T mobile phone from LG (Seoul: 066570). This new and sophisticated HSDPA device adds DVB-T reception to its long list of functions.
News categories: DiBcom, LG Electronics, 5G, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial