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In the July 7, 2009 Issue:

Vidiator's Xazzy, XeeMe bring desktop broadcasting to the masses
EU shelves plan to levy new taxes on multifunctional cell phones
Telegent TV tuner chip chosen for Moint Communication CDMA handset
South Korea takes to mobile TV like crazy, says TNS Global
Affinegy makes home network a lifestyle network

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 Top Story
Vidiator's Xazzy, XeeMe bring desktop broadcasting to the masses
By Carolyn Schuk

The broadcasting-as-a-service delivery model opens opportunities for niche and user-generated content.

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 Industry News
EU shelves plan to levy new taxes on multifunctional cell phones

The proposal would have levied a 3.7 percent tax on GPS-equipped handsets.

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Will reduced price, football halftime float FLO TV?
By Carolyn Schuk

Deep discounting should drive sales, but will it work in a world of free video content?

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Babelgum mobile miniseries premiere mirrors world cinema release

‘The End of the Line’ leads the way for mobile TV to become integral to film distribution.

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Africa's DMTV picks Nokia for DVB-H infrastructure

The mobile TV service to Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Nigeria will be a blueprint for other African launches.

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 Partnership Deals
Telegent TV tuner chip chosen for Moint Communication CDMA handset

The CDMA handset will bring free-to-air mobile TV to China Telecom mobile subscribers.

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DiBcom, Solaris Mobile team up for DVB-SH mobile TV in Europe
By Carolyn Schuk

DiBcom will supply receiver technology for mobile devices accessing satellite-transmitted content.

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Telemak, Envivio address content encoding, distribution needs
By Carolyn Schuk

While Envivio 4Caster4 encoder runs Telemak’s operations, Telemak can offer it to three-screen-hungry operators.

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Utilizing Smooth Streaming

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 Mobile TV Testing & Research
South Korea takes to mobile TV like crazy, says TNS Global
By Carolyn Schuk

Pioneering DMB, nearly half of the country's population enjoys mobile TV.

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 New Products & Technology
Affinegy makes home network a lifestyle network
By Carolyn Schuk

The DigiDo convergence suite ‘just works’ for operators and subscribers, making digital entertainment accessible across networks, media and devices.

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Maxim multimode TV tuner supports T-DMB, ISDB-T, DAB

The super-compact, low-power MAX2169 silicon TV tuner fits mobile TV applications.

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Parallel processors poised for bigger role as viewers demand ubiquitous content
By Carolyn Schuk

Elemental's ultra-fast transcoding workhorse relies on NVIDIA GPUs.

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