SUNNYVALE, California, February 4 /PRNewswire/ --
- Rapid consumer adoption combined with expansion to PC TV positions company for continuing growth in 2009
Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, today announced that it has shipped more than 20 million mobile TV receivers since its products became available on the market in mid-2007. Telegent's TV receivers have experienced extremely rapid uptake by enabling consumers to receive the same live, over-the-air programming that they view on conventional TV sets, while on the go. This shipment milestone clearly establishes Telegent as the leading provider of mobile TV technology and analog broadcasts as the dominant standard for mobile TV viewing around the world.
By delivering a TV feature on handsets that leverages the existing broadcast infrastructure, Telegent has introduced a game-changing innovation that allows manufacturers and operators to provide consumers with local popular programming, said Dr. Windsor Holden, principal analyst at Juniper Research. The rapid uptake that Telegent has experienced validates the type of TV viewing experience that appeals to consumers on handsets.
Operators worldwide harnessing Telegent TV feature as differentiator
Operators around the world, including market leaders in China, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Turkey have added Telegent-enabled TV handsets to their model lineup in order to address consumer demand for this feature. Gustavo Kitazono, director of strategic planning of Telefonica Moviles Peru, said, The ability of Telegent's TV feature to receive local broadcasts appeals to consumers in our market and differentiates our offerings. The quality of the video and audio are excellent and the feature is well received by Peruvian consumers.
Local handset brands leverage TV feature to drive market share gain
In Southeast Asia, local brands are using TV handsets as a platform to drive significant market share gains. In Indonesia, HT Mobile, formerly known as Hi-Tech, launched its brand in 2007 with a focus on handsets with a TV feature and rapidly became the 6th largest brand in the Indonesia handset market. In less than two years, TV handsets have garnered approximately a 5% share in the Indonesia market, said Mr. Nuramin, chief executive officer of HT Mobile. By focusing on live TV as a key differentiator, we have been able to leverage consumer demand for this feature into a leading market position.
Telegent fuels growth for 2009 with expansion to PC TV receivers and digital terrestrial broadcast standards
Building on its success in 2008, Telegent has now extended its breakthrough technology to the PC TV market and to the digital standard DVB-T, addressing the technical hurdles that until now have constrained mass uptake of live TV in PCs, laptops and netbooks and expanding Telegent's addressable market.
The popularity of the live TV feature has driven extraordinary growth for Telegent in 2008 and enables us to continue to diversify our product offerings entering 2009, said Weijie Yun, president and CEO of Telegent Systems. By expanding to PC TV and digital standards, Telegent provides consumers around the world with more choice and convenience with respect to how they access their preferred broadcast TV programs.
About Telegent Systems
Telegent Systems is a leading fabless CMOS semiconductor company providing high performance, single-chip solutions enabling free-to-air and subscription mobile TV in mobile handsets, laptops and netbooks, and other portable devices. Telegent's solutions make television mobile, delivering both analog and digital broadcast reception with unparalleled sensitivity and picture quality in mobile and portable environments, ultra-low power consumption and the highest integration simplifying device design and manufacture. For more information, visit http://www.telegent.com.
Diana Jovin, VP Corporate Marketing of Telegent Systems, +1-408-990-7092, djovin@telegent.com /NOTE TO EDITORS: Images accompanying this release may be found at: http://www.telegent.com/news/graphics/momentum.html
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