Mobile TV chipmaker MediaPhy raises nearly $7 million
MediaPhy is building a chip that can let you watch TV from your mobile phone or any other device. It launched its new chip in September (our coverage), which it has already been testing with various device manufacturers.
San Jose, Calif.-based MediaPhy’s new chip can be used with any device that has an LCD screen and an MPEG decoder. It works across multiple mobile TV standards in different countries and claims to use far less power… Continue Reading
Mediaphy introduces chip for streaming mobile TV
If you’ve been waiting for technology that lets you watch streaming digital broadcast television programming on your phone, MediaPhy has some good news.
The San Jose semiconductor company is announcing a new chip that it says can be used to watch digital broadcasting on any mobile device with an LCD and an MPEG Decoder across multiple mobile TV standards in different countries, while using far less power than existing chips in the market.
By working on a… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Bumpy ride for MediaPhy, a TV-over-cellphone co.?
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MediaPhy, San Jose start-up developing chips for streaming TV over cellphones, has apparently hit some bumps.
Earlier this year, the company told VentureWire it was going to raise up to $10 million by May, but now it has gone quiet on those plans, and its chief executive has left the company, according to the latest VentureWire report (sub required).
Founded in 2004, MediaPhy closed a $4 million tranche of Series B funding from ATA Ventures this… Continue Reading