Advanced Television

Mobile TV

Anevia mobile TV solution

Anevia, a video service infrastructure provider announced the launch of a carrier grade mobile video solution offering live TV, Video-on-demand and Time-shifted services – Pause TV, Start-over or Catch-up TV. To address the evolution of mobile TV Anevia launches a scalable and reliable mobile video solution aimed at mobile operators. Pierre Yves Le Berre, Anevia's […]

January 21, 2009

AT&T CruiseCast

AT&T and RaySat Broadcasting have debuted to consumers AT&T CruiseCast, the Total In-Car Entertainment service that enables users to watch a lineup of 22 satellite video channels anywhere in America. AT&T CruiseCast utilizes a compact, low-profile antenna for use on cars, trucks and SUVs, and a breakthrough technology that overcomes line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, […]

January 13, 2009

Sky Bet mobile

UK pay TV giant Sky is readying plans to offer Sky Bet as a mobile service, which will be an extension of the company's existing online, interactive TV and telephone betting services. The service is set to launch later this month. BskyB is partnering with mkodo to roll out the service reports—mkodo already provides managed […]

January 8, 2009

CMMB trial in Hong Kong

Hong Kong television station TVB has launched CMMB technology tests in Hong Kong, in cooperation with the State Administration of Radio Film and Television’s (SARFT) Academy of Broadcasting Planning and Beijing-based CMMB equipment manufacturer Wiflare Technology. Wiflare is responsible for constructing the CMMB system, with broadcasts from Temple Hill to cover Hong Kong Island, Kowloon […]

January 2, 2009

Al Jazeera and Sony Ericsson mobile news

The Al Jazeera Network and Sony Ericsson have formed a new partnership that will bring headline news straight to mobile phones. Headline news will be available in both English and Arabic. Several Sony Ericsson handheld devices currently on the market in the MENA region will have an Al Jazeera RSS feed preinstalled. Owners of the […]

January 2, 2009

Operators look to mobile TV to increase revenue

Mobile TV is a viable option to increase revenue for mobile operators suffering from declining voice revenue, and is expected to have nearly 250 Million subscribers worldwide by 2010, according to ‘Global Mobile TV Forecast' from RNCOS. The research expects the number of Mobile TV subscribers worldwide to rise at a CAGR of over 60 […]

December 19, 2008

MediaFlo in car test

Qualcomm announced the first MediaFLO technology drive test in collaboration with Toyota. Powered by the MediaFLO broadcast mobile TV platform, which enables mobile TV for subscribers across the United States, live televised programming was transmitted to a vehicle equipped with a MediaFLO phone connected to in-car video displays. The drive test, conducted successfully throughout San […]

December 16, 2008

China to grant 3G licences

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology confirmed that the country will issue third generation (3G) mobile licences by the end of 2008 or early next year. Minister Li Yizhong said at a media briefing that China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have prepared well for 3G licensing. “After the proper procedures, we will […]

December 15, 2008

Open Handset Alliance announces 14 new members

The Open Handset Alliance, a group of technology and mobile players, has announced the membership of 14 additional companies. The new members are: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone.

December 11, 2008

Babelgum mobile

Beta web video platform Babelgum will reveal a partnership with Vodafone that will bring its service to both iPhone and Nokia handsets. The well-funded European outfit has convinced the carrier to zero-rate data transfer for its VOD content in its native Italy and in the UK, meaning watching the service will be free to users. […]

December 11, 2008