Newport Media, a supplier of products to the mobile broadcast media market, began sampling the world's first complete single-chip solution for the MediaFLO™ mobile broadcast platform. The NMI700 FLO™ mobile digital TV receiver integrates a RF tuner, demodulator, MAC and all required memory into a single monolithic CMOS device that will enable designers of cellular handsets, and non-connected portable devices to deliver the smallest, power-efficient and cost effective products available.

Key features of the NMI700 solution include up to 120dB of variable gain and greater than 50dB of adjacent channel selectivity. The device consumes 20mW of power, and combines an extremely low 3.0 dB noise figure with a very high +5dBm IP3. The monolithic chip includes a dual-band VHF and UHF radio, a FLO demodulator, MAC, plus all necessary memory in a very small footprint. No other external memory, baluns or loop filters are required to create a complete solution with a very low bill of materials.

Newport Media's NMI700 FLO IC was demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Market research firm In-Stat forecasts that the market for TV enabled cellular phones will grow to over 80 million units annually by 2010.

To bolster its design capability, Newport acquired a DVB-T/H middleware developer, WRG Inc. Based in Bundang, Korea, WRG specializes in software products and services for multi-media and digital TV enabled mobile handsets. It has a staff of 70 software engineers.

Contact:
Mohy Abdelgany, president and CEO, Newport Media, www.newportmediainc.com