|
Archives for the category: TV on Cell Phones
Displaying entries
of 270
<< Previous | Next >> April 20, 2009Washington, D.C. will be 1st to get free mobile TVWashington will be the first U.S. city to get free digital TV broadcasts for mobile devices like cell phones, laptop computers and in-car entertainment systems, broadcasters were set to announce Monday, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
April 6, 2009BBC launches 24-hour live TV streaming mobile serviceThe BBC has debuted its 24-hour live television streaming website for mobile devices. The service currently has eight channels, including five general news streams, one BBC Parliament stream, and CBBC and CBeebies children's programming. The service will not work over-the-air, and it is only available for U.K. residents. Users can see the streaming video service by visiting BBC Mobile. [via MobileBurn] February 28, 2009South Koreans want their sub-TV
February 18, 2009PacketVideo - TV on your iPhoneAt Barcelona's Mobile World Congress, PacketVideo demonstrated its mobile broadcast receiver that turns Wi-Fi-enabled phones and personal media players into mobile TVs. iPhone World reports.
[via NewTeeVee] January 23, 2009Trial has TV shows broadcast to mobile phonesA mobile TV trial in Sydney is broadcasting nine channels to participants' mobile phones, including Channel 7, ABC, Fox Sports and MTV, in a service that could be widely available by the end of the year. Mobile TV broadcasts similar to traditional radio and television signals and can be picked up by a receiver inside a mobile, avoiding the expensive practice of downloading video clips to a handset. [via Courier Mail] January 16, 2009Watch The Obama Inauguration From Your iPhone With Ustream
UStream Ustream has developed an application for the 3G iphone that allows you to watch Ustream anywhere with everyone. Regardless of where you are at and what you are doing, you can choose to be in the moment with others in a shared live experience around a live event. If you are out-on-the-town and know that a guest speaker at a major conference is “going live” and want to watch live and be-in-the-crowd, then you can with this application. You will be able to watch the Inauguration LIVE on Ustream with chat. [UStream Blog via TechCrunch] January 15, 2009New Interactive CBS Murder Mystery Debuts this SpringAshton Kutcher's Game Show, Harper's Island, a murder mystery set to air this spring, isn’t just coming to TV. The 13-episode series is being presented as a multi-platform interactive program with portions of the show being aired online and on mobile devices. Broadcasting & Cable reports.
January 13, 2009Showtime gives 'Tara' big online launch
U.S. pay cable network Showtime says it will make the first episode of its new show "The United States of Tara" freely available on hundreds of Internet sites, reports UPI.
January 12, 2009Babelgum’s Web TV Goes Mobile on 3G (in the UK)
January 9, 2009Broadcasts to mobile devices to start in 22 citiesTV stations in 22 U.S. cities announced Thursday that they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like cell phones, MP3 players, GPS units and in-car entertainment systems. [via Cellular News]
Read full article. January 8, 2009Coming soon to cellphones: Free, over-the-air TV
December 17, 2008EC unveils mobile TV guidelinesThe European Commission has published a set of mobile TV guidelines that hopefully will accelerate the roll out of mobile TV service across Europe.
[Mobile News via FierceMobile] December 11, 2008Babelgum launches free video to mobileFree video to mobile phones became reality on Wednesday in cell phone-crazy Italy, where Vodafone users with certain late-generation smart phones can now watch video content from Internet TV operator Babelgum, free of data charges. Cellular >News reports.
November 25, 2008Watching Videos on Mobile Phones on the Rise
According to the report, an average person in the US watched approximately 142 hours of TV in one month and mobile phone users spent 3 hours a month watching mobile video. People who used the internet were online 27 hours a month. A record high was set by the couch potatoes, average time a US home used their TV set during 2007-08 was up to 8 hours and 18 minutes per day. ... Men are more likely than women to watch video on mobile phones, while women are more likely then men to watch video on the Internet. “Our numbers show that TV remains the dominant choice for most Americans, yet timeshifting as well as videos on the Internet and on mobile phones, continue to be the trends to watch.” [via TechTree] Orange Unveils HD Mobile TVOrange has announced plans to launch high definition mobile TV through a new and exclusive handset from LG, the LG Secret KF757, giving customers in France access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels (including twenty with unlimited access). [via Unstrung] November 16, 2008Research finds mobile TV as unseductive as ever, though VOD seems interestingRecent reserach has found that mobile TV adoption sits at just 1% now, and interest in all types of mobile TV is just over 50% of what it was in 2006. engadget:mobile reports.
October 8, 2008Presidential debates on mobileCBS News will be airing the presidential debates on its MediaFlo channel and carrier decks tonight. Networks are increasingly looking to MediaFLO and carriers' streaming TV services to get first-time viewers. [via mocoNews.net] October 1, 2008MobiTV to Carry ABC Content
MobiTV -- which has more than 4 million users globally and markets its subscription services in the United States through Sprint Nextel and AT&T Wireless -- will now carry the ABC Mobile on-demand channel and offer full-length episodes of popular ABC shows the day after their broadcast air. [via Broadcasting Cable] September 6, 2008BBC iPlayer comes to Nokia
"From 1 October this year Nokia N96 owners will be able to watch all the programming over 3G or Wi-Fi. ... The iPlayer will be available via an application downloaded to the phone, though will come pre-loaded on most N96s." September 1, 2008CW's Shows Go Mobile
The CW offering includes full episodes and short clips of all its series. AdWeek reports. "CW TV offering includes full episodes and short clips of all its shows, including America's Next Top Model and Gossip Girl. Episodes run between two to five minutes The only exception is Smallville, due to a contractual syndication agreement that precludes the network from incorporating it into the lineup." July 22, 2008Fox offers TV downloads through iTunes
Jamie McCabe, Twentieth Century Fox EVP, Worldwide PPV, VOD and EST, said about the new deal: "Fox TV shows have been incredibly popular on the iTunes Store in the US. Currently customers have the chance to download seasons one and six of 24, and the first three series of My Name Is Earl and Bones." Users of the UK store will now be able to purchase or rent their favourite Fox shows; with the list so far including the likes of 24, My Name Is Earl and Bones. [via techradar] July 9, 2008$62,000 Cell Phone Bill: Data charges for downloading Prison Break abroad
"Iayn Dobsyn downloaded an episode of Prison Break and a load of MP3s by using his mobile phone as a modem. Sadly, for Mr Dobsyn, he’d failed to check the limits set on his data plan, and he joined the long queue of punters who have been hit with Everest-sized bills when using data abroad. Earlier this year, a Vodafone customer was slapped down to the tune of £27,000 ($3,000), after he’d downloaded a load of television shows via his mobile data package in the mistaken belief that he was on an unlimited data plan." June 6, 2008Sports Fans Twice As Likely to Watch Videos on Mobile PhonesAccording to the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) data, TV and internet now far outstrip other media at sports fans' peak viewing times and twice as many sports fans watch video via mobile compared with the average mobile user (12% vs. 6%). [via Celluar News] June 3, 2008AT&T Mobile TV Launched in 58 U.S. MarketsAT&T, which is about a year behind Verizon Wireless in the Mobile TV market, has announced that subscribers in 58 areas around the U.S. can sign up for the company’s new mobile TV service. [via MobileCrunch] May 28, 2008DoCoMo Phone lets you watch TV underwater
That title from I4U certainly caught my attention. And the photo above does indeed show the phone immersed in water. "Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo unveiled 19 new mobile phones in the 706i and 906i series. One of which, in the 706i line includes the new F706i water-proof 1Seg digital TV mobile phone. " May 22, 2008Shared Solitary Serial Experiences
Two Tokyoites - on the right of the photo engaged in the same task watching the same television program on their mobile phone each using their own device, with comments passed back and forth. Shared experiences, yet personal device ownership gently separating the experience compared to current norms. A fabulous picture from everyone's favourite Jan Chipchase. May 17, 2008TV at 140 Miles Per Hour
"So the broadcasters would love to find something else to do with their additional spectrum. One solution may soon appear next year in the form of mobile television technology, a system that will allow you to watch digital TV while you’re on the move, using a PDA, cell phone, or your laptop. As you cruise down the freeway, the signal will never disappear. The idea is that broadcasters can transmit local programming to mobile devices, so when you’re driving on the Long Island Expressway, for instance, you can pick up the latest sports scores, or learn all about the cat that got stuck in the tree in Bensonhurst. And broadcasters can make additional revenue by selling ads." May 15, 2008Samsung joins forces with LG, Harris on mobile TVSamsung Electronics is combining efforts with fellow Korean electronics maker LG Electronics to develop a new standard for mobile TV broadcasts, the companies announced Wednesday. Their technology will be competing with two others to become the standard for mobile TV, a decision that rests with the TV industry's technical standards-setting body for digital broadcasts. [via Reuters] May 8, 2008NBC Streaming Full Episodes of 30 Rock and the Office to iPhones
NBC is streaming full episodes of 30 Rock and The Office to iPhones (and touches) in Quicktime, for free, with no ads. [via Gizmodo] May 5, 2008Mobile TV Spreading in Europe and to the U.S.
"... Japan is the leader in direct mobile television, with 20 million cellphones equipped with TV receivers, followed by South Korea with 8.2 million, according to In-Stat, a research and consulting firm in Scottsdale, Ariz. In-Stat estimated that there were 29.7 million mobile TV viewers worldwide at the end of 2007. That is expected to almost double, to 56.9 million, at the end of 2008, driven by growth in Japan. Italy has been an early leader in Europe, with service beginning in 2006. The largest mobile TV broadcaster on the Continent is 3 Italia, a cellular operator owned by Hutchison Whampoa of Hong Kong, with 800,000 customers, about 10 percent of its total phone clients. The million Italian viewers watch up to a dozen channels." May 1, 2008AT&T launches TV service on new phones, rivaling Verizon
"AT&T already has a mobile video service called CV, which is based on different technology. It works like Internet video, providing short clips on demand. This new service is more like regular TV broadcasts, constantly streaming shows on airwaves that run alongside regular cell-phone spectrum. Judging by V Cast Mobile TV, which is available on four phones, the quality is much higher than on-demand cell-phone clips. ... The only AT&T handsets that will initially work with the service are the ones that are going on sale Sunday: the LG Vu, a touch screen phone and the Samsung Access." Apple iTunes to compete "day-and-date" with DVD releasesApple is expected to announce today an across-the-board deal to sell new release films at its iTunes Store. The deal is said to allow Apple to offer a "broad slate of top-shelf films" day-and-date with home video releases. "... The deal includes Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, New Line and more -- all of which are currently inked to deliver rentals through iTunes. MGM is not part of the deal. [via engadget] April 22, 2008Full-length shows, even movies, growing on cellular
"Today, only about 7% of mobile subscribers (cell and data) watch video on their phones, he says. But the industry is poised for major growth: Mobile video revenues at domestic carriers jumped to $308 million in the last three months of 2007 from $112 million in the same period a year earlier, according to Nielsen Mobile. ... Mobile users are willing to watch for extended periods, says Nielsen Mobile's Nic Covey. Nearly half (47%) say their average session lasts 15 minutes or longer; 25% watch 30 minutes or more. Says Covey: "Enough consumers watch mobile video for those lengths of time and enough consumers are interested in name-brand programming that this level of mobile viewing could be just as big an opportunity as clips." April 15, 2008Local TV Station Owners Push Mobile TVAccording to the AP, owners of more than 800 local TV stations where ad revenue has plunged recently said they've formed a group that's testing three standards for s ending local digital TV signals to cell phones, laptops and other mobile devices. "The Open Mobile Video Coalition said at the National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Las Vegas that it will push for an open standard by next year that would allow members to bypass cell phone companies and tap into what they think will be a $2 billion market for mobile advertising. The station owners say transmitting directly to mobile devices would give them a third means of delivering local programming - and capturing revenue - along with broadcasting to TVs and streaming it on station-owned Web sites." New Satellite Will Supply TV To Cell Phones
The satellite is designed to provide 10 to 15 live television stations for mobile phones in the future. It is powerful enough to not require a dish to receive broadcast. It's first-of-its kind technology. It cost an estimated $500 million to build, launch and test the TV satellite." April 9, 2008Web firm to offer TV streaming to iPhone
"London-based web TV technology specialist Best Before has developed server-based technology called Millicent that allows a broadcaster or other content producer to provide an edited video feed to be watched on the iPhone without needing to hack into the handset. iPhone users would be able to view live TV on their handset through Safari, the Apple device's web browser, using a local wireless network. The iPhone's data connection through the Edge network would also work but would be less reliable." April 2, 2008Fox Business Channel debuts on MobiTV
Fox Business on MobiTV features live, full-length linear programming including Fox Business, Money for Breakfast, The Opening Bell, Happy Hour, Cavuto and America's Nightly Scoreboard. [via FierceMobile Content. More in press release] 'Sopranos' on Canadian cell phones
The Canadian phone giant's customers can also now watch on-demand episodes of "Entourage," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Tell Me You Love Me" and "Sex and the City" as well as stand-up comedy shows for CAN$10 ($9.75) a month plus browser usage fees. The product is initially available in English-speaking Canada, with a dubbed French-language version set for launch in May. December 18, 20071.2 Million Mobile TV Users In FranceThere is now 1.2 million mobile TV users in France—Orange has 1 million and SFR has 200,000, according to ScreenDigest. Both these servicese are over the 3G network, and ScreenDigest reckons that by the end of the year France will overtake Italy as the biggest mobile TV market in Europe [via MocoNews] October 18, 2007Free TV shows may air on cellphonesLocal US broadcasters are quietly planning to beam the stations to cellphones, video iPods, in-car DVD players and other gadgets that would be equipped with TV tuners. The high-quality digital broadcasts likely would start after the transition to digital TV ends in 2009. USA Today reports. October 16, 2007Sprint Launches Original TV Programming for Phones
Sprint jas just launched SEE (Sprint Exclusive Entertainment), its own network of original TV programming, at no extra charge to customers. "SEE's brief on-demand programs average approximately two minutes in length and focus on three major areas - sports, music and entertainment news. The programs are shot at various on-site locations and at a brand-new studio managed by production partner Intersport. SEE delivers more than 150 programs each week that are hosted by well-known personalities. " [via Mobiledia] October 15, 2007P.&G.'s Web Installment
"The series, which is more sitcom than soap, focuses on a recent college graduate, Ashley, who moves to Los Angeles from Wisconsin to start a career in public relations, and her emerging circle of friends and romantic interests. Written, directed and produced by Hollywood veterans, the three-minute episodes are as polished as any television sitcom. “Crescent Heights,” which Tide is promoting on its television commercials, print ads and packaging, is too new to affect sales. “The reaction so far has been great,” Mr. Crociata said. “We feel like we’ve hit on something that’s entertaining and, in our testing, has shown it’s influencing purchase intent.” Mr. Crociata said the series, which was taped in an initial set of 10 segments, will help Procter & Gamble evaluate its broader strategy regarding online entertainment. At least one other Procter & Gamble brand, Always feminine care products, has rolled out a scripted online entertainment series." September 24, 2007TV on Cellphone Screens? No thanks, say EuropeansEuropeans' interest in watching mobile television is as tiny as cellphone screens, a new study showed on Monday, even though the industry has been buzzing about offering TV on handsets for years. [Reuters reports] "Only about 5 percent of Europeans expressed interest in watching television or video on their cellphones in the next 12 months, the Gartner study said. At the same time some 20 percent of Asians said they would watch TV on their phone screens." Telecom steps into sports TVFrance Telecom has taken its first tentative steps into broadcasting with the launch of IPTV service Orange Sports TV. The channel will feature sports news, broadcast via the Internet and direct to Orange mobile 3G network subscribers. [via Variety] September 18, 2007Software lets users watch movies from PCs or TV on mobile phones
Digital technology company DigitAll World together with SK Telecom announced on Monday that it is developing a software application that lets users watch movies from their home computers or TVs on their mobile phones. Digital Chosunilbo reports. "Called Orb, the application streams media such as videos saved on home computers or broadcast on TV over the wireless Internet to mobile devices."
Displaying entries
of 270
<< Previous | Next >> |
Other categories
A little cameraphone history (2)
Barcode Technologies / RFID Tags / NFC (314) Best of Mobile Content (2) Business Applications (57) Camera Phone Etiquette (6) Camera Phone Jamming Devices (1) Camera Phone Publications (5) Camera phones and sports (1) Cameraphones and School Projects (6) Camphone snapshots nab criminals (42) Cell Phone apps (72) Cell Phone Printers (52) Cell Phone Soap Operas (5) Chaku-Motion (1) Citizen videos (10) Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters (250) Copyright Issues (17) DMB (26) Domain Names (6) DVB-H (16) Fun (75) Games (17) Happy Slapping/Violence (37) How people and businesses are using cameraphones (161) How people and businesses are using videophones (89) London Bombings and New Era Journalism (1) M2M (2) Marketing / Advertising (113) Message from Picturephoning (21) MMS on Television (12) Mobile Film Fests/Photography Fests (62) Mobile Socializing (10) Moblogs / Photoblogs / Videoblogs (251) Movies on Cell Phones (61) Multimedia Mobile Services offered by the Press (25) New Camera Phones of Note (225) News, Buzz (609) NFC (2) Paparazzi (50) Picture Phones and the Arts (72) Picturephoning 2003 - The Year in Review (3) Picturephoning 2004 - The Year in Review (1) Porn and Dark Side of MMS (155) Privacy Concerns (237) Push To View (PTV) (1) Push-to-All (PTA) (1) Random Stats (122) Reporters and Picture Phones (27) Reports (35) The Military and Iraq. Images and Issues (34) Trends (100) TV on Cell Phones (270) Video Phones (280) YouTube and other User Generated Video Sites (60) Archives by dates
July 2009 (3)
June 2009 (23) May 2009 (21) April 2009 (19) March 2009 (24) February 2009 (19) January 2009 (32) December 2008 (23) November 2008 (23) October 2008 (30) September 2008 (22) August 2008 (15) July 2008 (30) June 2008 (32) May 2008 (34) April 2008 (42) March 2008 (35) February 2008 (36) January 2008 (35) December 2007 (46) November 2007 (31) October 2007 (37) September 2007 (35) August 2007 (33) July 2007 (49) June 2007 (33) May 2007 (45) April 2007 (43) March 2007 (58) February 2007 (71) January 2007 (63) December 2006 (78) November 2006 (54) October 2006 (65) September 2006 (42) August 2006 (57) July 2006 (46) June 2006 (56) May 2006 (60) April 2006 (60) March 2006 (66) February 2006 (82) January 2006 (81) December 2005 (58) November 2005 (70) October 2005 (76) September 2005 (72) August 2005 (99) July 2005 (110) June 2005 (79) May 2005 (96) April 2005 (86) March 2005 (75) February 2005 (80) January 2005 (65) December 2004 (76) November 2004 (80) October 2004 (88) September 2004 (90) August 2004 (76) July 2004 (83) June 2004 (72) May 2004 (94) April 2004 (50) March 2004 (91) February 2004 (58) January 2004 (48) December 2003 (54) November 2003 (65) October 2003 (75) September 2003 (63) August 2003 (52) July 2003 (66) June 2003 (62) May 2003 (35) April 2003 (30) March 2003 (39) February 2003 (1) Free notifications
To get the posts as soon as they are published on this website, just put your email below:
Search this blog
|