Motorola Ventures invests in Quantum SPA (Milan)

Motorola, Inc., through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, announced a strategic investment in Quantum SPA, a leading provider of portable media mobility players. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Quantum is a developer of DVB-H mobile TV media players and a robust mobile TV Software Engine which meets emerging mobile TV standards and DRM content protection solutions. These products allow consumers anytime access to media experiences such as live TV, on-demand clips and programs saved on a DVR.

“As the Mobile TV market continues to grow significantly, Motorola is committed to supporting innovative companies, such as Quantum, that strive to seamlessly deliver multimedia digital content to consumers on the go,” said John O’Donohue, managing director, Motorola Ventures.  “Motorola will leverage its relationship with Quantum to enable Pay TV Broadcasters and Mobile Network Operators to offer their subscribers compelling services leveraging the convergence of Mobile TV.

“Motorola’s investment will allow Quantum to expand and accelerate the development of our product lines and create the conditions for a successful rollout of mobile TV worldwide,” said Stefano Martini, chief executive officer, Quantum SPA.

Quantum develops innovative multimedia digital devices and software for the up-coming mobile entertainment market. The Quantum DVB-H Portable TV Media Players have been adopted as a reference standard by major Pay-TV Broadcasters and MNOs for trial services worldwide. Based in Milan, Italy, with a product range that focuses on Mobile and Personal TV, Quantum has the objective to make it simple to consumers to enjoy the preferred video entertainment content “anywhere”, “anytime”, and “media independent”.