By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Saturday, January 19th, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Orange has applied for 2 DVB-H channels in France, in response to a call for applications made by the French Audiovisual Council. The first is Orange Sports TV, which is already available via 3G Unicast (streaming). Orange Sports TV is a sports information channel, launched originally in September 2007. It is also available now via Broadband TV, Internet, and Satellite…
The second channel is OTV, targeted at 15-35 year olds who follow new technology, and are the kind of ‘early adopters’ that will make mass-market Personal TV a success. Programmes will be specifically targeted for the mobile viewing format.
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and
infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.