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<< Previous | Next >> May 31, 2010Mobile TV's Last Frontier: U.S. and EuropeFree-to-air mobile TV is common just about everywhere except the United States and Europe, where operator resistance, technical standards and licensing hurdles have interfered with the spread of the technology. But that may be about to change, according to one handset maker. [via The New York Times] May 3, 2010Audiences, and Hollywood, Flock to Smartphones
Read full article. March 25, 2010Fox Mobile rolls out subscription TV for smartphones
Read full article. January 8, 2010CES: Local TV could spur mobile TV adoptionMobile TV may finally hit the mainstream when cell phones throughout the U.S. are able to access local TV for free. News.com reports.
Read full article in News.com. January 6, 2010Samsung Moment Becomes First Free US Mobile TV Phone
[via PCMag] August 19, 2009Blockbuster to Stream Video to Motorola PhonesBlockbuster and Motorola have just signed an agreement to pipe Blockbuster's OnDemand video service to select Motorola handsets, which would give consumers access to thousands of feature films on the go. PC Magazine reports. According to the agreement, Motorola will preload an OnDemand app on the cell phones, though there's no word yet on which models this applies to. The app lets consumers rent or purchase titles that they would then download to the handsets. Read full article. July 7, 20093 offers free Sky TV on the Sony Ericsson W9953 is offering its customers a saving of £5 a month when they purchase the Sony Ericsson W995. With exclusive access to Sky Mobile TV, customers of 3 will have access to live sports coverage as well as Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, Xtra and Sky Sports News. For the non sports fan, there will also be instant access to Sky Sports News. [via Mobile Choice] May 12, 2009Watch full episodes of NBC shows on your iPhone
According to cnet reviews, if you point your mobile browser to m.nbc.com, you'll find you can watch full episodes of over a dozen NBC shows. Free! April 8, 2009Justin Timberlake wants you to pick up The PhoneThe Phone game show, produced by Justin Timberlake, premieres on MTV Tuesday, April 21st at 10pm ET/PT. The six episode series is a one hour cinematic competition that simulates what it would be like for viewers to be dropped into the middle of an adventure movie and win up to $50,000. [via Monsters and Critics] March 26, 2009Streaming TV Episodes Coming to BlackberryRIM is planning to announce a full-episode television service for BlackBerry users as early as next week at CTIA. The service is part of RIM’s effort to turn itself into an attractive multimedia option for non iPhone users. The streaming videos would most certainly coincide with the release of Blackberry App World. [via GigaOM] 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] February 2, 2009CBS, NBC Shows Resonate Via Handhelds
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 14, 2009Sony Ericsson to debut first PlayNow kiosks in AsiaStarting this month, Sony Ericsson mobile phone users will be able to walk into select stores in Asia to download full-length movies, TV series, games and DRM-free music onto their handsets via a dedicated download kiosk. CNET Asiareports.
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 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.
December 10, 2008Playboy's new mobile reality mobisodes
Starting today, Playboy is offering downloadable "mobisodes" –- mobile-based video shorts -– that show three interns hard at work. The shorts, filmed last summer in and around Playboy’s New York office on Fifth Avenue in midtown, are free. [via USA Today] December 8, 2008Coming to Tiny Screens All Over the Place
Watching TV and movies on cellphones is so common in South Korea, people no longer think twice about it, but so far, mobile video hasn't produced big revenue gains for its providers. Yet South Korea's experience can provide valuable lessons for companies in countries still on the threshold of the mobile-video revolution. Read full article in The Wall Street Journal. December 1, 2008Joost gets back on our radar with iPhone app
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.
November 11, 2008Sprint Nextel Sponsors a Four-Episode Heroes MicroseriesSprint Nextel is sponsoring a four-episode microseries that spans three different platforms--online, TV and mobile--that debuts tonight, called Heroes: Destiny, a spin-off of the NBC prime time hit, Heroes. Each of the five to seven minute episodes will debut Monday nights during November. [via Media Week] October 27, 2008Sony Ericsson YouTube Phone
October 10, 2008Mobile phones to take on Taleban propaganda in AfghanistanA plan to use mobile phones to combat Taleban propaganda in Afghanistan is being considered by the UK Government, reports the Times Online. "Mobile phones would be distributed by non-governmental organisations to Afghans so that they could make and share their own videos to contradict the prevailing Taleban message, according to a BBC report. 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] 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." June 4, 2008Movies come to UK iTunesBritish iTunes users will be able to download hit movies for rent or purchase for the first time, Apple has announced. More than 700 films will be available to British users with more than 100 available in high-definition. The movies can be watched on iPods, iPhones and Apple TVs, as well as laptops and computers. [via Metro] 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 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 4, 2008AT&T to spend millions to push TV service on cell phonesAT&T Inc. will promote its new live TV service for mobile phones with a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, a bid to popularize the idea of watching TV on handsets. The service, operated by Qualcomm Inc., will be available today (Sunday). [via the Chicago Sunday Times] April 29, 2008CinemaNow to offer movie orders via cell phone
The service, offered on Web-capable phones at href="http://uvumobile.mobi/cn">http://uvumobile.mobi/cn, would let U.S. consumers immediately buy or rent a movie when they hear about a new offering while they are out with friends. [via Reuters] April 22, 2008Full-length shows, even movies, growing on cellularForget short clips and "mobisodes." Cellphone providers are ramping up their full-episode TV offerings, from "Lost" to "The Office", and even movies. USA Today reports. "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 18, 2008Hulu Video Service Going Mobile?Talking at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar implied that their video service could be moving to mobile phones, saying that they're "ripe for the Hulu experience." [via Gizmodo] 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 PhonesA satellite that could affect cell phone service headed for space Monday afternoon, reports Orlando's Wesh 2. 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, 2008Television could be streamed to iPhones
"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 7, 2008France Telecom signs with HBO, Warner and Gaukmont
France Telecom's Didier Lombard told Les Echos the company wants to offer more than 1 000 movies per year to viewers via cable television, Internet and mobile phone. The films will be offered via six channels, and the client will build its own package of channels and pay a monthly subscription, Lombard told Les Echos. France Telecom's offering will be a direct competitor to Vivendi's Canal Plus. [via ITWeb] April 2, 2008Fox Business Channel debuts on MobiTV and 47% of US Consumers Don’t Know if they have Mobile TVMobile TV headlines: -- Fox Business Channel debuts on MobiTV - Mobile entertainment services provider MobiTV announced a content licensing deal to offer Fox Business Network as a live, linear channel identical in programming scope to the version broadcast on cable and satellite. [via FierceMobile Content] -- Nearly Half of U.S. Consumers Don’t Know if they have Mobile TV - A QuickPlay Media survey found that 47% of consumers don’t know whether or not their carrier offers mobile TV and video content. It seems as though service providers aren’t getting the word out about the wonders of mobile TV and video. [via MobileCrunch] '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. March 31, 2008Sony Films headed to Mobile PhonesSony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States. "The studio has signed a deal with AT&T and MediaFlo USA to launch the linear channel as one of two exclusive channels coming to the newly announced AT&T Mobile TV with FLO service in May. The channel, to be known as PIX, will be stocked with such titles as "Ghostbusters," "Philadelphia" and "Stand by Me." March 11, 2008Live from your mobile. The next big thing?
"A number of services including Qik and Flixwagon, are competing to make "live" the next big thing in web video, and YouTube is poised to introduce its own live service. ... Eran Hess, the chief executive of Flixwagon, has made a deal with MTV which has seen the station give phones with Flixwagon software installed to what it calls "Street Journalists" to cover the primaries in the United States. Their clips are shown live on the web - whether it's an Obama victory speech or vox pops with New York voters - and some make it onto MTV itself. Eran Hess also revealed that he had just done a deal with an Israeli news channel which will supply similar phones to citizens in the towns of Sderot and Ashkelon where rockets fired from Gaza have been landing. So a phone and a piece of software - and a 3g network - are you all need now to start putting your message across to a live audience. It promises to give new vigour to the whole idea of citizen journalism, and poses a challenge to existing broadcasters. Because of course these citizen journalists are not bound by any code of taste, decency, truth or impartiality, which could give their broadcasts a dangerous, edgy quality which might appeal more to viewers than the professional version of television news. Welcome to a future where everything may be televised - live. I'm not entirely sure I like the idea." On Qik you can watch and listen to Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, filmed by Robert Scoble for Fast Company. March 7, 2008Hands on with the BBC iPlayer - on the iPhoneThe BBCiPlayer is now available as a beta for the iPhone and iPod touch. Streaming only, reports Tech.co.uk. "We're not using the new Apple SDK, nor are we using the much-rumoured Flash for iPhone (no - we haven't seen it, either). Instead, we're creating 516Kbps streams (400Kbps H.264 video, 116Kbps AAC audio) that show off BBC programmes brilliantly on an iPhone," says Anthony Rose, head of Digital Media Technologies at the BBC in a blog post about the launch."
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