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swisscom launches Bluewin TV mobile

Swisscom has launched its mobile television service, Bluewin TV mobile, in Switzerland to become one of the first European providers to offer high-quality television experience to its mobile customers. Working together, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks enabled this service with their mobile TV technology and services. The service is made available through a network based […]

May 21, 2008

swisscom launches Bluewin TV mobile

Swisscom has launched its mobile television service, Bluewin TV mobile, in Switzerland to become one of the first European providers to offer high-quality television experience to its mobile customers. Working together, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks enabled this service with their mobile TV technology and services. The service is made available through a network based […]

May 21, 2008

CMMB commercial trials in Asia

According to the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), mobile CMMB TV will soon be launched in commercial test networks in Beijing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. During the testing, seven free channels (CCTV-1, CCTV-3, CCTV-Olympic Channel, CCTV-News, CCTV-Kids Channel, and the English-language CCTV-9) will be available, as well as one channel local to the […]

May 7, 2008

E95bn boost for EU if spectrum used for mobile broadband

The European economy would receive a financial boost of at least E95 billion over the next 20 years if one quarter of the UHF band were instead allocated for mobile broadband services, according to a study by Spectrum Value Partners. The report – which was commissioned by Ericsson, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone – has […]

May 7, 2008

C4 mobile TV

Channel 4 is said to be interested in purchasing a chunk of spectrum on the second national digital radio multiplex to use in the launch of mobile TV services. It could bid for some of the 22 per cent of the second multiplex’s bandwidth that is reserved for non-radio services such as mobile TV.Such a […]

May 6, 2008

Digital Plus Movil on Orange

From David Del Valle in Madrid Sogecable is launching Digital Plus Movil, the mobile version of its digital DTH platform, to all Orange’s 3G customers. The initial offer is composed of 27 TV channels from all TV genre, including, from May 8th, a specific channel dedicated to bullfighting, Canal + Eventos Movil. Amongst the channels […]

May 5, 2008

AT&T mobile TV

AT&T plans to launch a television service for mobile phones next week, following in the footsteps of rival Verizon. The service, which will be available in 58 markets, will offer programmes from several major TV networks, including CBS, Comedy Central, NBC and Fox. While some of the network programming will air simultaneously with what is […]

May 2, 2008

AT&T mobile TV with MediaFLO

AT&T is launching mobile television services in May with MediaFLO from Qualcomm. AT&T, the biggest US mobile service, said it would offer MediaFLO to users of the Vu phone from LG and the Access from Samsung and plans two exclusive channels. It did not reveal service pricing. AT&T’s service arrives about a year after Verizon […]

March 31, 2008

Motorola splits

Motorola Inc said it would split into two publicly traded entities to separate its loss-making handset division from its other businesses. The move is expected to be completed in 2009, the company said. Motorola has been losing handset market share and is now ranked third in the world. The two entities it plans to split […]

March 28, 2008

Streaming to generate $70bn in 2013

Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet, an IPTV network, or a mobile handset will generate $70 billion in network-derived and content-derived revenue into the US markets over the next six years, according to a study from The Insight Research Corporation. Insight’s market analysis study, “Streaming Media, IPTV, and Broadband Transport: Telecommunications Carriers and […]

March 28, 2008