Digital TV News: DoCoMo

ViXS® SoC Provide Mobile Phone Video Support in Sharp Blu-Ray PVR/Recorders
Sep 11, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that Sharp's latest Blu-Ray Disc (BD) PVR/recorder products have taken advantage of the video processing flexibility of the XCode® 3000 series to enable broadcast video conversion for mobile phone support.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Sharp Corp, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Mobile, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor

MPEG LA Updates AVC Patent Portfolio License
Feb 2, 2009 – MPEG LA has announced that the coverage of its AVC Patent Portfolio License has been updated to conform with recent revisions to the AVC/H.264 Standard as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008, 4th Edition (2008-09-15).
News categories: MPEG LA, Digital TV, Licensing, Patent

AAC Joint Patent Licensing Program Update
Jan 5, 2009 – Via Licensing has updated its Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) patent licensing program to enable licensees to secure rights to MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC (HE AAC), and for the first time, HE AAC v.2, all under a single license.
News categories: Via Licensing, CES2024, Licensing, Mobile, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV

GCT Semiconductor Announces Single-Chip ISDB-T Mobile TV Receiver Featuring Diversity and Dual Channel Reception
Jul 8, 2008 – GCT Semiconductor has announced its mobile TV receiver, GDM7302, a single-chip for ISDB-T 1-seg and 3-seg broadcast reception. The GDM7302 features a two receiver chain which can be configured for diversity or dual channel reception.
News categories: GCT Semiconductor, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

PacketVideo's CORE™ Multimedia Player for Video and Music Powers 10 New Models in NTT DoCoMo 906i & 706i Series
May 27, 2008 – PacketVideo (PV), a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless (NASDAQ: WAVE), has been selected by NTT DoCoMo to power 10 new advanced multimedia player handset options with PV's universal player software, also known as CORE™ multimedia client framework.
News categories: PacketVideo, NTT DoCoMo, DRM, Japan, Media Player, Mobile

GestureTek Inc. and Telefónica announce strategic partnership and investment agreement
Dec 5, 2007 – GestureTek, world leader and patent holder in computer vision and gesture-recognition technology for presentation, information and entertainment systems, has announced a strategic investment in the company by Telefónica SA, Spain's leading telecommunications operator.
News categories: GestureTek, Telefónica, MandA, Middleware, Mobile

Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices
Nov 5, 2007 – A broad alliance of leading technology and wireless companies today joined forces to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices.
News categories: Open Handset Alliance, Android Video Demo, Middleware, Mobile, Software