Time Broadband Services and joint venture partner Stanton Technologies have launched their IPTV service over 2.5G mobile platform. The JV also announced the signing of contracts with DiGi in Malaysia and China Mobile and China Unicom in China. “Through an exclusive deal with the Chinese government owned entity, the Time-Stanton JV will have access to […]

As of February 2008, the number of subscribers to mobile TV service in Korea is 11 million including 9.69 million to terrestrial DMB and 1.31 million to satellite DMB. If the growth continues at this rate, terrestrial DMB users will pass the 10 million mark in March. According to the Broadcasting and Communications Commission and […]

The Office of Electronic Communications (OEC) is expecting the first commercial offers of mobile TV to appear in Poland this year, Anna Strezynska, the President of OEC confirmed. “I think that mobile TV will emerge this year because it already exists. Local tests give very promising results. About 12 channels of good quality can be […]

Annual revenues generated by mobile search services are expected to reach $4.8bn by 2013, according to a report from Juniper Research. Whilst revenue generated by data charges associated with mobile search is significantly higher than that generated by mobile advertising at the present time, the gap will close over the next five years as the […]

From Colin Mann in London Ofcom has confirmed details of plans to auction radio spectrum suitable for a range of services, including mobile television and satellite radio. The UK’s communications regulator also announced that the provisional deadline for applications is 10 April 2008, with the online auction likely to start at the end of April. […]

M:Metrics, the mobile media analyst, has unveiled M:Ad, its competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, in the UK, revealing the first definitive metrics for measuring mobile advertising inventory. The measurement firm reports that online retail companies such as Electronic Arts, Glu and Ebay are placing the bulk of mobile ads, with the category comprising of […]

BBC iPlayer has launched its seven-day catch up service on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Users can access the service, which launched in beta today, by connecting to the internet via a Wi-Fi connection. The iPlayer will not use the iPhone’s EDGE connectivity, which it deemed too slow to stream video.

M6 will offer the first unlimited TV plan for mobile phones in France with “M6 Mobile by Orange,” available from this week. Subscribers will have unlimited, 24/7 live mobile access to six of the M6 group’s channels including main terrestrial network M6, DTT channel W9 and cable stations M6 Music Hits, M6 Music Rock and […]

India’s mobile television market will be worth $360 million by the end of this year, according to a report by Springboard Research. According to – 'Mobile TV in India: Understanding the Mobile Entertainment Needs of Indian Users' – as many as 84 per cent of the users are waiting for an affordable mobile TV service […]

Broadcast Media, service provider for the broadcasting and media industries, has been given approval to build and operate a nationwide multiplex platform for mobile terrestrial broadcasting in Austria by the regulatory authority KommAustria. Broadcast Media will seek to develop and employ a DVB-H network before the Euro 2008 football tournament begins in the summer.