Smartphone 1Seg Digital TV Tuner
I-O Data wireless 1Seg digital TV tuner targeted at Android & iPhone devices, with record function, price $140 per unit: http://bit.ly/rTTmSn
I-O Data wireless 1Seg digital TV tuner targeted at Android & iPhone devices, with record function, price $140 per unit: http://bit.ly/rTTmSn
SoftBank introduces a new external 1Seg digital TV tuner for smartphones lacking the usual built-in function: http://bit.ly/n8LCjH
ACCESS has announced an updated version of NetFront browser for mobile TV in Brazil along with it’s adoption by Samsung http://bit.ly/eMui1S
Fuji Software announced middleware for 1Seg digital tv broadcast for Android devices, already deployed with Sharp http://bit.ly/c2JHbe
SoftBank Mobile will offer 1Seg SpotCast for upcoming baseball games, via channel 15, with added stats & tweet via #sbh2010 tag! http://bit.ly/aY7wzx
The Transport and Communications Minister of Peru, Enrique Cornejo, has announced the country will officially adopt ISDB-T, the Japanese terrestrial digital TV system of technology. Cornejo made the announcement after a meeting between the head of State, Alan GarcĂa, and the Prime Minister of Japan envoy, Shunichi Yamaguchi, at the Government Palace. Japan will carry out several programs to assist in the implementation of digital television in Peru, such as human resource training and economic cooperation.
Lux is running a very cool campaign in Shibuya this week utlizing 1Seg digital TV broadcasting with huge QR Codes on ad posters. They have setup a temporary display, outside ‘the’ fashion central 109 building, which calls for users to scan the code in order to get instructions on how they can tune-in (spotcasting on channel 34) for more details. The content awaiting them includes a mobile micro-site with a promotional tv commercial, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones, along with a slick call-to-action for trendy girls to audition for a future campaign.
Qualcomm announced that it has successfully demonstrated the capability to support the MediaFLO and ISDB-T (1Seg) mobile TV standards on a multi-mode handset. Powered by their Universal Broadcast Modem — UBM — chipset, “the technology illustrates that MediaFLO technology can complement the free-to-air standard used in Japan and Brazil to enable a mix of free and paid mobile broadcast content and services to drive consumer adoption and revenue.” See our video interview with MediaFLO recorded here in 2006.
Sharp announced on Friday that it has passed the five-million mark for shipments of 1Seg digital tv phones in Japan. Since releasing its first hanset in May 2006 – originally introduced by Vodafone KK – Sharp has deployed a total of eight models across all three operators. By reaching this milestone in less than 18 months, Sharp becomes the first OEM in the industry to ship five million 1Seg handsets.
Cumulative shipments of handsets that can receive so-called 1Seg digital TV broadcasts totaled 11.7 mln units at the end of July according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association. Overall unit shipments climbed 54.6 pct in July from a year before to 5,348,000 units, surpassing five million for the second straight month.