Campbell, CA and Palaiseau France, December 5th 2006
—Consumers have become used to a certain level of quality when watching television. With the rapid adoption of HDTV, the demand for better picture and sound quality continues to build, putting greater pressure on manufactures to deliver a high quality mobile TV solution to handsets.
The joint demonstration will be based on DiBcom hardware with VisualOn’s software solution running on Windows Mobile OS handsets, a Dell Axim 51v PDA with an Intel Xscale 624mhz CPU and the Mio A701 GPS PDA Phone with an Intel Xscale 520mhz CPU. The two companies have worked together to ensure VisualOn’s DVB-H Mobile TV client software solution works flawlessly with DiBcom’s DIB707X H chipsets for DVB-H, enabling H.264 broadcast content with AAC+ audio to be played back on Windows Mobile handsets at very high quality levels.
“We were happy to see solutions like VisualOn’s fulfilling the high-quality multimedia needs of mobile TV complementing DiBcom’s state-of-the-art DVB-H integrated receivers.” said Stuart Pekowsky, VP of Business Development at DiBcom.
VisualOn’s Mobile TV solution parses the IP stream from the DVB-H receiver, decodes and plays back on-the-fly the audio and video data on the mobile device, while the DVB-H receiver/tuner solution is based on DiBcom DIB707X H product, that integrates a quad-band RF and a proven performance DVB-H baseband offering huge gain over the MBRAI specification thus offering the best reception quality on the field.
“VisualOn is thrilled to work with a leading company like DiBcom to support DVB-H broadcasting, which will provide a high quality end-to-end solution to the market. DiBcom’s proven performance has enabled us to demonstrate a level of quality that had not yet been successfully brought to market. By working together, we can help drive the adoption of DVB-H by consumers along with the growth of Mobile TV”, said Yang Cai, President of VisualOn.
About VisualOn
VisualOn is a company focused on delivering software applications for the mobile handset market and enabling customers to experience rich multimedia events via their mobile devices without the need for expensive dedicated hardware. VisualOn’s unique patent pending technology is optimized for quality, performance and minimal power consumption, which are all key elements to succeeding in the mobile market place.
Built on top of VisualOn’s industry leading H.264 software codec, VisualOn’s product supports a wide array of multimedia applications including mobile TV, video streaming and VOD. People can now enjoy “iPod quality” audio and video on a wide variety of portable devices. VisualOn’s software solutions are available as standalone applications with fully customizable UIs, as plug-ins for Windows Media Player and RealPlayer, or as SDKs for integration with third-party applications.
VisualOn is a private company founded in 2003 funded by private investment including the venture capital firm AsiaTech Management. The company is headquartered Campbell California in the heart of the Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.visualon.com.
For further information:
Sean Torsney, VisualOn, Inc.
408-871-9391
seantorsney@visualon.com
About DiBcom
DiBcom is at the heart of mobile TV. As a fabless semiconductor company that designs high performance chipsets, DiBcom enables low-power mobile and portable TV reception everywhere and at speeds exceeding 130mph. The Company’s solutions are used in automotive, PC/peripheral and handheld device applications. DiBcom has extensive experience solving real-world mobile digital terrestrial television (DTT) reception problems and has overcome the main technological barriers to high-quality service. The company has developed patented algorithms and architecture for fast and accurate channel estimation and high Doppler compensation. Its chipsets are compliant with the current worldwide Digital Video Broadcast standards DVB-T and DVB-H.
For more information, please visit www.dibcom.com
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