Following on from my post about the launch of two new products from Vuzix, here’s a post with some more detail about the AV310 Widescreen model – the other model that accompanied the AV230XL on launch day. The headline for this model was the 16:9 (impressive!) widescreen – and for those fans of detail: AV310…
Follow-up: Vuzix AV230XL
Following on from my post about the launch of two new products from Vuzix, here’s a post with some more detail about the AV230XL model – remember the headline was that it has super-bright OLED screens in it, which should look fantastic – and for those fans of detail: AV230XL Screen size equivalent to 44”…
Brasil Telecom launches Mobile TV trial – full service coming soon
I don’t often post on happenings in Brazil, so this makes a nice change – Brasil Telecom has launched a trial of it’s Mobile TV service. The trial is only going to run in Porto Alegre, but the full service launch will come in December (and I would imagine encompass a geographical roll-out). Channels will…
DVB-H concept phone rocks the house…
A designer called Jonathan Findlay (you can check his site here) has come up with a DVB-H concept phone called the “Graphite”. Apparently it has/could have a 4-way slider, and runs on Series60. On toppa that, there’s a 3.6 inch AMOLED touchscreen, and also a keypad hidden in there somewhere. It’s pretty neat, and usually…
Softbank to offer iPhone 3G users 1-Seg TV tuner / battery-pack add-on
Looking to continue on the success of their iPhone 3G, Softbank has announced that they will be launching a terrestrial TV tuner / battery-pack add-on for the Japanese iPhone 3G market. The iPhone 3G has been criticized for its lack of the TV-tuner capabilities that much of the Japanese market demands in their handsets. Still,…
Juniper Research: Consumer spending on mobile broadcast TV to reach $2.7 billion by 2013
According to Juniper Research, the increasing availability of mobile TV enabled handsets will adversely impact the prospects for dedicated mobile broadcast TV networks. However, while more than 330 million users worldwide will own broadcast TV-enabled handsets by 2013, less than 14% will opt for mobile pay TV services, generating global annual revenues of $2.7 billion…
Rubberduck launches Mobile TV services for Tele2 in Estonia
Rubberduck Media Lab, a leading provider of white label mobile TV services, has now launched a comprehensive mobile TV service in Estonia for Tele2 … The users will have access to local as well as international video content such as Estonian news from ERR and Kanal2 and entertainment from Lastekas, MTV and more. The majority…
IBC Follow-up #2: research company results from the show
AmberFin has announced the results of a research survey conducted at this year’s IBC conference in Amsterdam. AmberFin spoke to industry experts attending to gauge their opinion on what issues would most influence the industry in the coming year. The results clearly demonstrate the use of multiple platforms such as broadband, IPTV and mobile handsets…
More of the same: Mobile TV facing tough times ahead
….so says Vnunet.com, in an article based on the analysis of a research company called “Juniper Research”. Specifically the fact that DVB-H is likely to be hit by the prevalance of both analogue and digital (DVB-T) free-to-air (FTA) terrestrial signal availablity. Juniper’s report is called “Mobile TV:Opportunities for Streamed & Broadcast Services, 2008-2013“, and it…
DVB-H: so the pendulum swings again…
Barely a week after I wrote my last post about DVB-H devices, and the battle they face with the “newcomer” DVB-T devices, another story appears with an opinion – this it’s FOR DVB-H. Silicon.com quotes a Frost & Sullivan report, which says that DVB-H will become the standard for Mobile broadcasting by 2011. By 2011,…