Verizon and ABC have just locked down a deal to deliver a bunch of full-length on-demand TV shows to mobile through V CAST. Sprint has been enjoying a partnership with ABC for awhile now, and now VZ’s customers will also be able to tune in to: ABC Entertainment: “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost” and “Ugly…
Hong Kong gets licenses in process for Mobile TV
VarietyAsiaOnline.com is reporting that 3 Mobile TV licenses will be put up for auction in mid-2009. Apparently the licenses will run for 15 years, allow up to 20 TV channels to be shown, and use the DVB-H standard. Oh, and an additional 6 using T-DMB (a predominantly Korean standard). Well this is all good news…
Axel Technologies Closes 2.4m Euro Investment for TV development
Axel Technologies, a global pioneer in multistandard mobile TV, announced today that they have secured a new 2.4 million euro investment for business and product development. Axel Technologies develops mobile TV technology that will enable device manufactures to bring mobile TV to all portable devices. Their multistandard-multiplatform technology will support all the key mobile TV…
Dual-SIM, TV-Recording Handset Coming from Princeton
No, not the university. Ever hear of Princeton Technology? Yeah, me neither. We had spotted a compact USB Bluetooth adapter from them awhile back, but it turns out they do phones too, although they look primarily geared towards the Asian market. We just got word of a new model (PTCD 801) on the way packing…
ICO and AlcaLu demo Mobile Video w/interactive @ CES
Well a lot of stuff went down at CES, and not the least of which was some Mobile video too…. ICO Global Communications and Alcatel-Lucent demonstrated a satellite-terrestrial network with two-way interactivity at CES. The ICO part apparently delivers “live television, interactive navigation and two-way communications to a wide variety of mobile and portable devices“.…
Mobile DTV broadcasts to bring free mobile TV to 22 US cities in late 2009
The US is set to see mobile TV become reality in late 2009. The Open Mobile Video Coalition has announced that they’re on track to go live with free mobile DTV broadcast in Fall 2009. The over-the-air broadcast would be made available for viewing to anyone with a compatible mobile DTV receiver – a stark…
Live From CES 2009: LG Tells Us About ATSC Mobile Digital TV
In yet another video from the good folks at LG, Frank Lee tells us all about ATSC mobile digital TV, and how we’ll soon be watching it live from our mobile devices and more. The first device he pulls out to show us looks to be the LG Vu, and as you can see there…
Bell Pushing NHL Centre Ice Mobile In Time for NHL All-Star Game
Hockey fans in Canada will be pleased to know that Bell is moving ahead with guns-a-blazin’ on the mobile TV tip (jeez, did that sentence even make sense!?). The National Hockey League is working exclusively with Bell for all of their Mobile NHL hockey feeds. Customers on Bell can subscribe for $8 per month. The…
EU decides now that DVB-H might not be the way to go….!
After those series of announcements by the EU that DVB-H was the way to go for Mobile TV (check one we posted about here), it has now decided that actually multiple standards might be better than just one TV tech: Mobile Europe points out that last week’s EU statement said: “Aspects related to interoperability and…
Polish Mobile OpCos working together on Mobile TV?
The four Mobile OpCos in Poland are working together on a bid for a DVB-H license. The operators, PTC, P4, Polkomtel, and PTK Centertel will each have a 25% stake in the JV. Apparently “The Office of Electronic Communications” is holding the tender for DVB-H spectrum, with applications to be in by mid-Jan 09. See,…