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Mobile TV service MobiTV has announced it has cracked the 5m barrier with it’s subscribers – starting in 1999, and adding 500K plus a year (on average) is superb – Congrats on that one guys!
MobiTV is available (in the US) for customers on AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and also Alltel. In a stat-attach for our readers, more than 1m subs signed up in the last 5 months – that is impressive for any mobile service!
Apparently MobiTV is in the process of upgrading the video tech it uses – so I’d imagine that would be the encoders, streaming servers, and (probably) bitpipes they use – 3G/3.5G is now becoming more ubiquitous, as are devices that can handle better quality video.
[Via: Wireless Week]
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Ben Robinson
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.
