Mainstream mobile TV arrives in Norway
Permalink: Mainstream mobile TV arrives in Norway by David Masters
Mobile phone users in Norway can now access mainstream TV services, including live news and weather, on-demand video streams, and sport, following the launch of the MiniTV Mobil application.
Designed as a companion to the Norwegian Mobile TV MiniTV DMB service, the application was developed by Norway’s three largest TV broadcasters: NRK, TV 2 and Modern [...]
Indian children’s movies broadcast on mobile TV
Permalink: Indian children’s movies broadcast on mobile TV by David Masters
Children’s films produced in India are set to be broadcast on mobile phones around the world following an agreement between the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) and ROK Entertainment Group.
ROK will launch CFSI films on its worldwide Mobile TV services, starting with its India-based Tiny TV service.
CFSI sees the move as a step towards [...]
First mobile CDMA handset with analogue TV
Permalink: First mobile CDMA handset with analogue TV by Alan Harten
Telegent Systems and Guizhou Zhenhua Moint Communication Co have teamed up to create the very first mobile CDMA handset that contains an analogue TV component, the Moint MT-V810.
The mobile handset is equipped to provide Telegent’s free mobile TV features to CDMA networks and is available in the country of China at China Telecom [...]
iLiveTV powers iPhone OS 3.0 mobile video
Permalink: iLiveTV powers iPhone OS 3.0 mobile video by David Masters
Envivio yesterday unveiled a mobile video solution for the iPhone, allowing programme makers to encode and distribute their shows on the Apple handset.
Envivio iLiveTV is the first complete mobile TV delivery solution for iPhone OS 3.0.
It is optimised for the native iPhone video player, and requires no additional software to be installed on the user’s [...]
MobiTV says mobile TV viewing is increasing
Permalink: MobiTV says mobile TV viewing is increasing by Alan Harten
Chairman and CEO of MobiTV, Charlie Nooney, recently announced that the company has seen a new demand for mobile television leading to a sharp increase in its customer base.
Reports show that MobiTV now has over seven million subscribers in the US, which is a rise of over two million subscribers in just six [...]
MobiTV attracts 2m new users
Permalink: MobiTV attracts 2m new users by David Masters
Mobile TV service MobiTV has signed up two million new subscribers in the last six months, bringing total subscriber count to seven million, the largest subscriber based in the mobile TV industry.
Billions of minutes a year of live television and video-on-demand are streamed by the service to users on 20 different mobile networks.
“We are clearly [...]
Multitasking goes mobile with simultaneous TV and texting
Permalink: Multitasking goes mobile with simultaneous TV and texting by David Masters
You’ll soon be able to watch mobile TV and send text messages at the same time on Arima-made handsets, following a deal between Arima Communications Corp. and mobile TV maker Telegent Systems.
Arima’s SMS interactive feature enables mobile users to send and receive text messages whilst watching live broadcast television on their handset screen via Telegent’s [...]
Samsung GT-I6320C TV Phone
Permalink: Samsung GT-I6320C TV Phone by Franz Bicar
Yesterday, Samsung announced one of their latest phone for this year - the Samsung GT-I6320C TV phone bound for the Chinese 3G Network. The GT-I6320C will operate on Network, TD-HSDPA, TD-SCDMA, 3G and CMMB.
The phone’s main feature is obviously its built-in TV capabilities that would allow customers to watch TV in 150 cities across China. [...]
SMS costs up to 85% less on WeROK
Permalink: SMS costs up to 85% less on WeROK by David Masters
A new Wi-Fi mobile portal launched this week offering text messages at up to 85% cheaper compared with standard network rates, and free mobile phone services.
WeROK, a joint venture between mobile app business ROK Entertainment and global Wi-Fi network WeFi, offers a range of mobile services, including low-cost SMS, mobile email, free mobile TV, and [...]
Babelgum announces Film Festival winners
Permalink: Babelgum announces Film Festival winners by David Masters
Mobile and web TV service Babelgum this week announced the winners of the Babelgum Online Film Festival 2009.
Honorary judge Spike Lee chose five winners from 651 entries in the categories of Genius, Animation, Short Film, Documentary, and Mini Masterpiece.
A cash prizes of €20,000 was given to the winner in each category.
Four other winners were chosen [...]
Free mobile TV will win subscribers
Permalink: Free mobile TV will win subscribers by David Masters
Mobile TV providers will need to offer free services to win subscribers and develop the market, an industry expert said this week.
Weijie Yun, president of Telegent Systems, a company that has already enabled free-to-air mobile TV on 20 million handsets around the world, said free services are key if mobile TV is to become a [...]
Mobile TV: 472m subscribers by 2013
Permalink: Mobile TV: 472m subscribers by 2013 by David Masters
The number of people watching TV on their mobile handset will reach almost half a billion in the next five years, according to analysts at Cantab Wireless.
By 2013, 472 million consumers will have TV subscriptions on their mobile phone, Cantab said.
Cantab’s new report forecasts the strongest mobile TV subscriber growth in Asia, especially in Korea [...]
MobiTV enables iPhone support
Permalink: MobiTV enables iPhone support by David Masters
Mobile TV provider MobiTV has added iPhone support for its live streaming and on-demand video content.
MobiTV’s user interface - which includes immediate video start and fast channel change - has been adapted to suit the touchscreen iPhone.
Linear TV can now be downloaded direct to the iPhone over 2G, 3G, or Wi-Fi internet connections.
“Our new live [...]
Telegent ships 20 million mobile TV receivers
Permalink: Telegent ships 20 million mobile TV receivers by Jan Harris
Telegent Systems announced that it has shipped more than 20 million mobile TV receivers since it launched the products in 2007.
The TV receivers have been rapidly adopted by consumers who want to watch the same TV on their mobiles that they enjoy on their home TVs.
Telegent’s receivers use the existing broadcast infrastructure, and [...]
MobiTV nominated for Global Mobile Award
Permalink: MobiTV nominated for Global Mobile Award by Jan Harris
MobiTV has been nominated by the GSMA for an award in the Best Mobile TV Service category at the Global Mobile Awards.
The awards will be held at the Palau Nacional in Barcelona, on Tuesday 17th February 2009.
MobiTV is a software download which allows a mobile phone user to watch live TV and VOD [...]
Unify4Life turns Blackbery into media portal
Permalink: Unify4Life turns Blackbery into media portal by Jan Harris
Canadian company, Unify4Life demonstrated its UnifyGuide interactive media portal at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, held in Las Vegas, January 8-11.
The company is dedicated to turning a Blackberry smartphone into a customised interface for home electronic devices.
Its latest development, demonstrated at the International CES, is the UnifyGuide.
This works with Unify4Life’s AV|Shadow – [...]
US election stimulates mobile TV boom
Permalink: US election stimulates mobile TV boom by David Masters
US-based MobiTV, the first ever company to broadcast live TV direct to mobile phones, has reached the five million subscriber milestone - with one million new subscribers in the last five months.
The service is now available on over 350 handsets across 20 mobile networks including AT&T, Alltel and Sprint.
CEO Charlie Nooney said the rapid increase [...]
MySpace Mobile Launches Streaming Video Beta
Permalink: MySpace Mobile Launches Streaming Video Beta by Jan Harris
MySpace has partnered with RipCode so that MySpace Mobile users can watch MySpace video content on their mobile phone.
MySpace is the first social network to launch a video streaming service for mobile phones from its popular mobile site, m.myspace.com.
The company has chosen on-demand video transcoding technology from RipCord for the new service.
It [...]
Confusing signals on mobile TV
Permalink: Confusing signals on mobile TV by David Masters
LG has released a new mobile TV smartphone in Germany that contravenes European Union guidelines on the common mobile TV standard.
The KB770 handset incorporates a DVB-T mobile TV tuner, whilst the European Union has requested that DVB-H be adopted as the common standard across the continent.
TV on mobile phones has yet to gain widespread popularity, [...]
Quality Mobile Video Conferencing Available
Permalink: Quality Mobile Video Conferencing Available by Alan Harten
According to a report from research firm NSR, who specialise in satellite and wireless technology, mobile video services and mobile TV are expected be ten times as popular as they are now by 2013. This will equate to 566 million users.
One company that is hoping to take advantage of this mushrooming audience is Global IP [...]