The long wait for AT&T’s new mobile TV service, appropriately dubbed “AT&T Mobile TV,” will soon come to an end. As expected, the new AT&T Mobile TV service is set to launch on May 4 (tomorrow) with 10 full-streaming TV channels. But, there’s a catch. You have to have an AT&T cellphone equipped with Qualcomm’s…
Analysis: Mobile TV standards problem may never be solved
From previous posts, you might know that I am always quite optimistic about Mobile TV – well a report from In-stat is a real humdinger in terms of good and bad news – the good being that the M-TV market could be worth $12bn in 2012, the bad being that the fragmented standards are here…
O2 & Qualcomm in line for L-band spectrum in UK
The names of the nine applicants for the L-Band spectrum in the UK have now been made public – O2, and (an offshoot of) Qualcomm are in there, making us wonder not very much about what they might be planning…I’ll give you a clue….Broadcast Mobile TV! For those of you not up on your radio…
AT&T preparing to launch Mobile TV on May 4?
It’s been a long time coming and after more delays than we have patience for, AT&T may finally be launching their Mobile TV service on May 4. With the Samsung Access ready to rock and roll with AT&T’s MediFLO-powered Mobile TV service, the new service can’t launch fast enough. Word on the street has AT&T…
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…
Update: AT&T to launch Broadcast Mobile TV in next couple of weeks?
Apparently AT&T is due to launch it’s own MediaFLO-based broadcast Mobile TV in the USA in the next few weeks, after Verizon’s launch last year. Now we’ve mentioned this story before (here and here), but this most recent update states the launch is immiment – exciting times indeed! There will be 8 linear 24hr channels,…