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Newport Media and CyberLink collaborate
Newport Media, a fabless semiconductor company has announced that it has partnered with CyberLink to deliver fast channel switching times for mobile TV.
Newport Media, a fabless semiconductor company has announced that it has partnered with CyberLink to deliver fast channel switching times for mobile TV. Newport’s patented MobiZap technology combined with CyberLink’s Mobile DTV Solution allows users to experience channel switching times between one to two seconds, whether moving from channels next to each other or entering random channels.
Newport Media’s MobiZap technology has been integrated into its single-chip NMI300 mobile digital TV receiver.The NMI300 is part of the Sundance Series of Mobile Television products which supports other popular air interface standards including Terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (T-DMB), Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) and MediaFLO.
“We are pleased to have worked together to develop the best possible channel-switching performance for the rapidly emerging DVB-H mobile TV standard,” said Mohy Abdelgany, president and chief executive officer (CEO) for Newport Media. “Our continued collaboration will deliver solutions that combine increased performance and power savings, enhancing the overall customer experience with mobile TV.”
“As the mobile TV market matures, we are expanding the range of features we offer too consumers, cooperating with leaders in the mobile TV semiconductor market,” said Alice H. Chang, CyberLink CEO. “Newport Media’s technology has broken down a number of very critical performance barriers for the mobile TV industry.”