YuKyung Technologies launches viliv S5 MID with mobile WiMAX
December 30, 2008
YuKyung Technologies held a press conference to launch its Atom-based MID ‘viliv S5′ in the market of South Korea.
Powered by Intel’s Menlow platform with an Atom Z520 processor and Windows XP OS, the viliv S5 is equipped with a 4.8-inch LCD screen, DDR2 1GB SDRAM and 30GB/60GB HDD. Offering 6 hours battery life, it also supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, mobile WiMAX, DMB Mobile TV and GPS functions.
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Informa predicts Mobile TV services to generate revenues over $100 billion in 2013
November 28, 2008
Revenues from Mobile TV services will generate USD1.5 billion in 2008, rising to over USD100 billion in 2012, according to research by Informa Telecoms & Media. At present the revenues are said to be predominantly from subscription fees but this is expected to change over time as the advertising business model starts to gain prominence. Informa believes that by 2013 nearly half of the revenues will come from advertising.
According to Informa, in the next two years, growth is anticipated to be strongest in the pioneering markets of South Korea and Japan before the rest of the world starts to catch up around 2010/2011. Despite isolated success stories in places like Italy and Austria, Europe is not expected to see rapid growth in Mobile TV until 2009. The USA is expected to take even longer as confusion over standards prevents growth. Eventually, concerted momentum behind ATSC-MH is expected to boost the market for mobile TV in North America.
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Cidana and Siano Partner for CMMB DTV Solution in China
November 2, 2008
Cidana announced today the successful integration of its advanced software package for Chinese mobile TV (CMMB) with a USB stick reference design for CMMB, provided by Siano, the leading receiver chip solution maker for CMMB.
The combined hardware-software platform, supporting CMMB - the Chinese Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting standard, brings a mature, ready to manufacture solution to makers of portable PCs, Mobile Internet Devices, and accessories for such devices. The USB stick is powered by Siano’s SMS1180 CMMB receiver chip.
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ZTE picks Telegent for Free-to-Air Mobile TV handset chips
July 30, 2008
Telegent Systems announced that it has been selected by SHENZHEN ZTE MOBILE TELECOM CO. LTD. to provide its free-to-air mobile TV solution for selected ZTE mobile handsets sold worldwide. Under the agreement, Telegent will be the exclusive supplier for the free-to-air mobile TV feature for a period of two years.
“Operators worldwide view free-to-air mobile TV as a way to differentiate their service offerings and attract and retain subscribers,” said GSM department head of ZTE MOBILE TELECOM Corporation. “We selected Telegent to power the mobile TV feature in ZTE’s handsets because of Telegent’s proven performance in the global marketplace.”
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Ericsson’s HyC And Telecinco Launch Formula One Live Via Mobile TV In Spain
July 28, 2008
Spanish fans of Formula One can watch this season’s races live on their handsets thanks to HyC - part of the Ericsson group - in partnership with Boomerang TV and Spanish broadcast network Telecinco. The mobile TV service was launched in May. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson’s HyC supplies an end-to-end, scalable service including encoding, editing and transmission, which enables Boomerang TV and Telecinco to stream the Formula One races to mobile subscribers via live or scheduled repeat broadcast. HyC also provides related systems integration services.
Live streaming to the consumer is a key aspect of the agreement. Viewers can enjoy personalized coverage and choose between live streaming and downloading selected moments of the races which are recorded, archived, managed and published automatically in real time as part of the service.
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China’s Mobile TV Compound Growth Forecasted to Reach 225.5% During 2008-2012
July 22, 2008
CCID Consulting recently released its article on compound growth rate of the output in China’s broadcasting mobile TV will reach 225.5% during the period of 2008-2012.
With the drive of export and domestic demands, China’s mobile phone output continues to grow in 2007, reaches 554 million sets, with a growth rate of 25.4%. The volume of export is 322 million sets, which accounts for 58.2%. Currently, China’s global mobile phone manufacturing base is quite steady. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have transferred their capacities to China; because of this factor, the export volume of China’s mobile phone increases 26.2%. Meanwhile, China’s domestic mobile phone enterprises’ capacity increases are evident, especially ZTE, Huawei and K-Touch.
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EU Picks DVB-H Mobile TV Standard
March 19, 2008
By AOIFE WHITE – Associated Press
The European Union on Monday chose a mobile TV broadcast standard and suggested that its member governments now ask cell carriers to favor it.
EU commissioners chose DVB-H, or Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds, the most widely used mobile TV format in Europe, over rival standards such as Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO and another known as DMB that is favored by Chinese and South Korean manufacturers.
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3G3M demos Mobile TV solutions for Middle East and North Africa
March 5, 2008
3G3M demonstrated its Mobile TV solutions providing the Middle East and North Africa with prime TV content during MWC 2008.
3G3M offers a range of premium international TV channels, Arabic language content provided by Pan Arabic Media companies such as Rotana and ART as well as national and local content. It also produces and distributes its own Arabic language edited content. This solution allows for streaming of live, pre-recorded and “video/TV on demand” content to mobile phones.
Source: AVING.net
ILS Proton to Launch S2M Satellite for Mobile TV Service in Middle East & North Africa
March 4, 2008
International Launch Services (ILS) announced a contract with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. The companies made the announcement during the Satellite 2008 industry conference in Washington, D.C.
The Proton Breeze M is Russia’s leading heavy-lift vehicle, which launches from facilities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton rocket worldwide to commercial satellite operators. Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow, one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry, manufactures the Proton and is in a partnership with ILS.
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Nokia Siemens Networks Lands Indonesia’s Global Mediacom for DVB-H Mobile TV Network
March 4, 2008
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) will be delivering its largest-ever Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) agreement in a contract with Global Mediacom designed to being a mobile TV network to Indonesia. The contract timetable looks towards the end of June this year as the deadline for broadcasting.
Global Mediacom stresses that it is the largest and only integrated media, broadcasting, entertainment and telecoms group in Indonesia. This is obviously one of the reasons why the contract will constitute NSN’s largest in the field of DVB-H.
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ROK Entertainment Group Launches Mobile TV Service with Vodafone-Turkey
January 30, 2008
ROK Entertainment Group has announced the launch in Turkey, through its regional representative Mobilturk, of a Mobile TV service with Vodafone.
Vodafone-Turkey’s subscribers will be able to watch a range of live and on-demand content via the company’s mobile streaming service, ROK TV, which includes technology that maximizes deployment across 2.5G networks to provide a high frame-rate mobile TV service. The weekly fee of approximately US$4.00 is payable via SMS, with the first week’s viewing free of charge. Mobilturk are forecasting several thousand paid-for subscribers per month.
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First DVB-SH Mobile TV Trial Launched in Italy
December 14, 2007
Alcatel-Lucent, the mobile operator 3 Italia and Italian public broadcaster RAI are launching the first trial of Mobile TV based on the DVB-SH standard in Italy.
DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds) is an evolution of DVB-H, which is providing higher spectrum efficiency and allows integration with hybrid satellite/terrestrial networks. The trial, based on Alcatel-Lucent’s Unlimited Mobile TV solution, uses for the first time in the world a multi-layer DVB-SH terrestrial network blending low-power transmitters from a mobile operator and medium-power transmitters from a broadcaster.
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EU Nations Approve DVB-H as Mobile TV Standard
November 29, 2007
The European Commission, and now the EU nations, are backing the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) over competitors.
All EU nations will have to support and encourage the use of DVB-H for the launch of mobile TV services, over such rivals as DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) developed and widely used in South Korea, or the MediaFLO system developed by US company Qualcomm.
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China Preparing National Strategy for Mobile TV Standardization
November 26, 2007
Nikkei Electronics Asia is reporting that the China National Standardization Administration (CNSA) — in association with the National Development & Reform Commission, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the State Administration of Radio, Film & Television (SARFT), and a number Chinese enterprises — is assessing and formulating a national standard for mobile TV, with reference to the five popular local standards in China: the DMB-TH standard from Tsinghua University, the T-MMB standard from Beijing Coastline, the CMB standard from Huawei Technologies, the CMMB standard from SARFT, and the CDMB standard from the China Radio Standardization Association.
The CNSA is attempting to accommodate the interests of all concerned parties, from which the working group is currently soliciting views and suggestions. According to some analysts, the Chinese government may eventually adopt a more flexible approach, and the new standard may be non-mandatory. Regardless of the final outcome, the government’s involvement is likely to help resolve some of differences between the concerned parties, as well as to clarify any confusion that has arisen as a consequence of having various standards available on the market.
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AT&T Pushes Mute Button on MediaFLO Mobile TV Service Until 2008
October 28, 2007
by Jeff Orr, Editor
Mobile Broadband News
Reuters is reporting that AT&T is delaying their commercial launch of MediaFLO USA’s technology and mobile TV network until early 2008. While the US mobile service carrier didn’t elaborate on the exact cause for the change in launch, a spokesperson told Reuters that AT&T continues to fine-tune the service.
Mobile TV services are currently dominated by consumer subscribers in Japan and South Korea. Mobile TV provides a way for consumers to tune-in to a variety of programming on a handheld device, similar to watching limited TV programming from home. Depending on the region and service offering, approximately 6-8 channels of predefined programming are offered to subscribers.
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