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Mobile TV

Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway device

Solaris Mobile, the Dublin based operator of new pan-European hybrid satellite and terrestrial wireless networks for next generation mobile services, announces the development of a mobile gateway device allowing the reception of services in S-Band on smart phones. The Solaris Mobile Pocket Gateway is a pocket sized S-band receiver which decodes DVB-SH TV, radio & […]

February 15, 2010

TechniSat launches Freeview USB DVB-T stick

TechniSat Digital as unveiled the AirStar TeleStick 2 – a USB DVB-T Stick for the reception of Freeview digital TV and radio on a PC or laptop – approved by Freeview and carrying the Digital Tick logo. The AirStar TeleStick 2 is a small form factor USB stick for the reception of Freeview digital TV […]

February 11, 2010

Verizon “unprecedented coverage” of Winter Olympics

Verizon, in an agreement with NBC Universal, has announced a multi-platform content offering that will make the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games available to Verizon‚s FiOS TV, broadband and wireless customers. Beginning with the opening ceremony on February 12th, Verizon will offer subscribers access to content across multiple platforms, including an enhanced, interactive TV experience, […]

February 4, 2010

OMVC, Harris, Rentrak to measure mobile TV patterns

The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), a broadcast industry organisation dedicated to accelerating over-the-air Mobile Digital Television, is teaming with Harris Interactive, a global market research firm, and Rentrak, a specialist in multi-screen media measurement, to study consumer usage habits during OMVC’s Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase in Washington. With more than 30 television stations now […]

February 4, 2010

DirecTV DVR Scheduler app surpasses 1m

Less than one year after its debut for the iPhone and iPod touch, more than 1 million users have downloaded the DirecTV DVR Scheduler app. The app is now available on Android devices and the Palm Pre and Pixi.

February 4, 2010

Widevine, Qtv enable Internet video on PS2 and mobiles

Widevine and Qtv have announced that they will partner to bring Widevine's video optimisation and multiplatform Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to the Qtv Internet TV Media Player for the television, mobile phone and personal computer. The Qtv Internet TV Media Player gives consumers the unique ability to access and play both personal and Internet-based […]

February 4, 2010

Asia-Pacific to drive global mobile TV market

According to the research report “Global Mobile TV Forecast to 2013” by RNCOS, the number of mobile TV subscribers are projected to grow at a CAGR of over 45 per cent between 2009 and 2013 to reach around 450 Million by end-2013. The study predicts that Asia-Pacific region will dominate the global mobile TV market, […]

February 3, 2010

ST-Ericsson HD mobile viewing

ST-Ericsson, a global expert in wireless semiconductors and platforms, has launched a family of single-chip 1080p high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) transmitters to enable streaming of HD multimedia content from mobile devices to TVs. Consumers will now be able to easily connect their mobile devices to digital as well as old, analogue televisions to playback HD […]

February 2, 2010

China Mobile to launch CMMB service this month

China Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), China’s national operator of CMMB mobile TV, CBC general manager Sun Chaohui revealed that CBC and China Mobile will officially launch mobile phone TV service in early February. CBC and China Mobile signed an agreement to cooperate by promoting CMMB service on TD-SCDMA handsets in May of last year. Although CMMB-enabled […]

February 1, 2010

India invite bids for mobile TV licences

The Indian government has accepted the recommendations made by telecom regulator TRAI to hold a bidding process for issuing licences for offering mobile TV services. It has also been decided to allow operators to decide on the technology to be deployed for offering the service. “The methodology for grant of licence through closed tender system […]

January 29, 2010