Samsung Star TV Handset Ships with Telegent Analog Mobile TV
By Telegent Systems Inc., PRNETuesday, March 16, 2010
Samsung Star TV (model: S5233T) brings live, free-to-air mobile TV to Southeast Asia consumers
SUNNYVALE, California, March 17, 2010 - Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, today
announced that Telegent's analog mobile TV receiver is shipping in Samsung's
Star TV S5233T handset, recently launched in Southeast Asia. With this
handset, Samsung adds free-to-air TV to one of its most popular touchscreen
models, providing Southeast Asia consumers with mobile access to live, free
TV content.
(Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100317/AQ71808)
The Samsung Star TV integrates the analog mobile TV feature with rich
graphical touchscreen controls. Innovations introduced by Samsung in this
model include the ability to flick the screen to change channels, one-click
screen capture and record, on-screen keypad channel entry and reception of
incoming SMS messages with continuous TV viewing.
"Samsung has raised the bar for the mobile TV viewing experience with the
Star TV's combination of high RF sensitivity and innovative TV feature
implementation," said Sam Sheng, president and CEO of Telegent. "Samsung has
delivered superior ease of use in a small, thin touchscreen TV design that
stands out in the marketplace."
Analog mobile TV has rapidly gained the attention of consumers worldwide.
Analyst firm Forward Concepts estimates that free-to-air mobile TV accounts
for more than half of the world market for broadcast TV handsets shipped in
2009. Devices that support these standards enable a global market for mobile
TV, with more than 88% of the world's population continuing to receive analog
broadcast TV signals during 2013.
About Telegent Systems, Inc.
Telegent Systems is a fabless semiconductor company that enables the
reception of live, free-to-air analog and digital broadcast television in
mobile handsets and other portable consumer devices. Telegent's
television-on-a-chip solutions solve the long-standing technical challenges
that have precluded mobile reception of analog broadcast TV, enabling
manufacturers and operators to benefit from the convergence of broadcast TV
with mobile and portable devices. Telegent's products are the most widely
sold broadcast television solutions for mobile handsets in the world. For
more information, visit www.telegent.com.
Diana Jovin, VP Corporate Marketing of Telegent Systems, Inc., +1-408-990-7092, djovin at telegent.com; or Matt Humphries of Babel PR, +44-207-434-5550, telegent at babelpr.com, for Telegent Systems, Inc.
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