QuickPlay Media, provider of mobile TV and video solutions has published the results of an independent Market Tools survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the UK. The research revealed consumers are confident in the uptake of mobile TV and video, with 74 per cent of respondents expecting an increase in usage by […]
Dolby Laboratories has released details of Dolby Media Generator, a preprocessing and encoding solution for mobile multimedia content. Dolby is demonstrating at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona how Dolby Media Generator will complement Dolby Mobile. Together, they will offer a dual-ended solution to enhance mobile entertainment delivered over the air to mobile phones. Aimed […]
From David Del Valle at MWC in Barcelona Spain’s Telefonica is launching a multi-screen interactive advertising service covering mobile, Internet and TV that will enable advertisers to insert their ads into programmes, all tailored to the channel in question, and allow users to watch the ads and get more information if requested. The service is […]
The first DVB-SH trial launched in Turin by the Italian broadcaster RAI, the mobile operator 3 Italia, Alcatel-Lucent and Eutelsat has shown promising results. The initial results of the trial demonstrated the high reception performances of the new technology for mobile TV on commercial terminals. Once fully deployed, this solution will capture mobile TV signals […]
Semiconductor company SIDSA, is now demonstrating what it claims is the first implementation of the full DVB-SH standard, including the TDM waveform specially suited for direct satellite reception. The demonstration is being carried out using a modulator of the French company TeamCast and SIDSA's demodulator, supporting DVB-T, DVB-H, DVB-SH OFDM and DVB-SH TDM. SIDSA has […]
Turkey's biggest media group has fallen foul of the authorities incurring a $408m tax fine at a time when its advertising revenues are set to weaken and its parent company wants to use its cash to expand in other sectors. Dogan Yayin, which owns TV channels and daily newspapers disclosed the fine, which is bigger […]
All European Union member states apart from Poland are on track to complete their switchover from analogue to digital television, a step that will free up radio waves for new pan-EU services. "Twenty-six out of 27 member states are ready to complete the transition to digital by 2012," European Commission spokesman Martin Selmayr confirmed. "We […]
castLabs, a mobile broadcasting technologies and services company has confirmed the rollout of its mobile TV service delivery platform to 3 Italia for DVB-H in Italy. castLabs has been selected by 3 Italia, the Hutchison Whampoa company that has been the first DVB-H broadcast service provider launching a commercial service in June 2006, to deliver […]
MEF (Mobile Entertainment Forum) has launched its global 'Smart Pipe Enablers Initiative' to create an industry-wide framework that will lay the foundation for the next generation of mobile entertainment services. The impact of this initiative will be more useful services, taken up faster by the industry. Smart Pipe Enabler Services are to be provided by […]
Viaccess and RRD, the DVB-H service integrator, have announced an end-to-end mobile TV security solution, based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile standard. The joint offering ensures full interoperability between the Viaccess purple-TV conditional access system and the RRD ready to deploy, multi provider end to end architecture. The OMA BCAST Smartcard profile protects Mobile […]