A company called ICO Global Communications launched a new $500m telecoms satellite to bring DVB-SH mobile TV to the U.S. Apparently, the new satellite will be able to deal with between ten and fifteen simultaneous streams and is powerful enough to require no dish in order to broadcast. The advantage over terrestrial mobile TV standards…
Nokia: Mobile TV roll outs slower than expected
Nokia said on Friday its push to promote mobile TV has not succeeded as they’ve hoped. Even after winning the EU support for DVB-H standard, only a few operators in Europe have opened any mobile TV broadcasting service. To be fair, many operators are in the midst of trialing the service while others are waiting…
Orange announces ‘Cinema Series’ On-demand TV for Mobiles & PCs
Orange (France) is to roll out a new Mobile service later in 2008 that apparently is going to have 6 TV channels and VoD (Video On Demand) for TV, PC, and most importantly, Mobile! Orange made the “convergence” announcement at the MIPTV 2008 event held in Cannes – logical really, since IPTV in many ways…
Mobile video: still hype, says report
A survey by in the US by QuickPlay Media has found that 47% of consumers 18 to 34 years old do not even know whether their carrier offers any video services. 500 customers were surveyed, and the results released at CTIA. Apparently only 13% said they use Mobile Video services every day – although the…
UK: vtap gives access to over 150m videos!
Now Dusan has mentioned vtap before (here), but Veveo has PR announcing what I assume must be the official launch of the service for UK users. It is apparently a “new web video experience for mobile users all over the UK and Europe. For the first time video lovers will be able to search through…
BMI: Ringback Tones’ Bullish growth in 2008!
BMI has released projections for 2008, and is expecting ringback tones will generate over $210 million in the U.S. retail sector – this would be an increase of 50% on the numbers they did in 2007! It’s not only Ringbacks that are predicted to be strong though – streaming video is expected to do well…
Hands-on with Samsung Access, Samsung Alias and Samsung Instinct from CTIA Las Vegas 2008
Samsung didn’t really have much to show at CTIA, which is pretty much in line with the lack of anything new from CTIA Las Vegas 2008, but they did have the new Samsung Access and the Samsung Alias on showcase. The Samsung Alias is an updated successor to the popular dual-hinge Samsung SCH-u740 clamshell handset…
Motorola DH02 – Mobile or TV?
Now you might remember I have mentioned about the Motorola DH01 (here and here) – but already it’s successor (?) is upon us, with more Mobile Multimedia goodness! The “Motorola DH02 mobile phone” will apparently have a 480×272 resoution screen (physical size 4.3 inch), which will support 25fps video. There is also enough memory for…
Flixwagon launches Flixee Widget and YouTube Integration
Flixwagon (who I posted on before here) has announced the launch of the FliXee Widget which will stream live mobile-to-web broadcasts directly to Flixwagon users Websites, Blogs, and Social Networking sites. Additionally, Flixwagon users will now have the capability to deliver their mobile-to-web broadcasts directly to YouTube through their Flixwagon account. The FliXee Widget allows…
Verizon V CAST Mobile TV celebrates its first anniversary; ESPN Radio Channel, MTV Tr3s now in the mix
Verizon is celebrating the first anniversary of its V CAST Mobile TV service. The CDMA carrier released some facts for the occasion proving just how successful it was: V CAST Mobile TV is now available in more than 50 markets from coast to coast — including Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia,…