(IRIB chief Ezzatollah Zarghami watches Mobile TV on a device) Mobile devices are bringing broadcast TV to Iranian users, utilising DVB-H technology, reports Press TV. The service is currently delivering 10 TV and 4 radio channels to Mobiles, inlcuding 24/7 English-language news channel Press TV.Apparently the project has started in Tehran (the Iranian capital),…
HD ‘Anywhere, Anytime’ (including Mobile), by Hava
The Hindu is reporting that Indian engineers in Bangalore have contributed “core technology” behind Monsoon Multimedia’s latest place/time-shifting product, called ‘Hava’. ‘Hava Titanium HD’, to give the product it’s full name, apparently erases the difference between a PC and TV set, and allows the user(s) to view HD content on TV, laptop, and even Mobile…
Huawei adds Mobile TV Tuner to USB Pebble Modem
Huawei has upgraded its USB pebble HSDPA modem to include a digital TV tuner. As many of you may already know Huawei is active in a number of areas within Mobile – both as an equipment manufacturer, but also as a channel for other vendors. The Pebble, (otherwise known as the E510) inlcudes HSDPA up…
Rivals race to bring Olympic Games to Mobile
An industry expert has said that the 2012 games will “do for mobile TV what the Coronation did for early television” – so says Phil Lehmann, senior product manager of T-Mobile’s mobile TV division. In the meanwhile, MNOs are deciding which Mobile TV techology to put their money and time behind. Part of that technology…
Motorola invests in Invidi
Motorola has announced it’s investment in INVIDI Technologies Corporation – a leader in advanced addressable advertising for the television industry. According to the press release: INVIDI’s proprietary technology delivers addressable commercial messages tailored to the television viewer. The technology has the ability to accurately identify viewers’ age, gender, location and other characteristics for greater personalization…
Tor Anumana launches AFAR and ASYNC
Tor Anumana has announced two wireless applications for remote access. The first makes it possible to run a live presentation (like PowerPoint) via a mobile device and share a live demo with others all over the world, instantaneously on their own mobile devices. The second makes it possible to access any file from their desktop,…
Motorola invests in Quantum
Motorola, through Motorola Ventures, has just announced a strategic investment in “Quantum SPA”. Now you might know quantum better as the manufacturer of the DH01 for Motorola (remember that, the DVB-H portable player, which I reported on here) – so the fact that Motorola are investing to me suggests a real push for DVB-H –…
Webalo Dashboard to be available on AT&T!
AT&T is planning to offer Webalo’s Mobile Dashboard service to the retail sector – enabling the delivery of real-time business intelligence to a mobile workforce in a market that is all about “real-time”. As you might or might not know, Webalo’s technology transforms enterprise applications and data to make them compatible with mobile devices, eliminating…
UK: Ofcom announces it’s plan to release spectrum (via auction) for Mobile TV
Ofcom (the UK regulator for [Tele]comms) has announced it’s plan to auction off a chunk of radio spectrum, which would be suitable for Mobile TV. The deadline for applications to the auction will be 10/4/08, with a view to having the auction stating end of April. “But I thought Mobile TV wasn’t due till 2010…
Update: neat video on how SpinVox works
We’ve posted about SpinVox a number of times before, and in fact I am a recent convert (why, oh why, didn’t I sign up before!) – but a video explaining a bit about how the system works, now that would be a neat thing……. ….. well it just so happens there is one – and…