ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technology, applications and services company, has made an agreement with leading pan-African VAS aggregator, Groupe Digital Afrique (GDA), to deliver World Cup football content – supplied by Goal.com – to 25 countries and up to 45 Mobile Operators across Africa beginning 1st June. The ROK-powered WAP service containing goal alerts […]

Telegent Systems has revealed that continuing growth in demand for its free-to-air mobile TV receivers has propelled it beyond a milestone of 80 million units shipped since it first launched its mobile TV receiver technology in mid-2007. Analyst firm Forward Concepts estimates that 78 million broadcast TV handsets were shipped globally in 2009. “We have […]

Walt Disney has said that owners of Apple's iPad played more than 1.5 million episodes of ABC television shows since the computer went on sale. More than 400,000 copies of the free ABC player have been downloaded since April 3rd, Disney said. Free shows are sponsored by advertisers, others are for sale from the Apple's […]

Spend on UK mobile ads rose 32 per cent from 2008 to £37.6 million (E44 million), says the Internet Advertising Bureau / PWC. This compares with £3.4 billion online. In keeping with online, search ads are the fastest-growing kind on mobile – up 42 per cent to £20.2 million. Display ads (banners, text links, pre-/post-roll […]

Virgin Mobile France and broadcast services provider TDF plan to launch DVB-H mobile TV services in the second half of 2011. The groups revealed that they had signed a deal on the CSA approved plan allowing Omer Telecom, the parent company of Virgin Mobile France, Tele2 Mobile France, Breizh Mobile and Casino Mobile, to be […]

SA regulator rushes to license mobile TV South African broadcasting and telecoms regulator The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is racing against time to issue mobile TV licences in time for the World Cup tournament in June. Robert Nkuna, an Icasa councillor, was reported as saying that two multiplexes have been set aside […]

A dozen major US TV groups are teaming up to provide content and spectrum for a national mobile DTV service called Pearl Mobile DTV Company. Belo, Cox, Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Scripps, Hearst Television, ION Television, Media General Inc., Meredith Corp., NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations, and Raycom Media will get together to form a “standalone joint venture,” […]

MobiTV has confirmed that its MobiTV for iPhone application is available from the App Store in the US. The app gives iPhone users live sports, breaking news and entertainment with enhanced discoverability and interactive technologies, the first in a wave of new mobile media features coming from MobiTV. Consumers can use the in-app purchasing feature […]

Orange has published its sixth Digital Media Index (ODMI) report offering insight into how digital media is consumed across its mobile network. The latest findings reveal that whilst the consumption of mobile data continues to increase, there are interesting differences between men and women on what they use their handsets for. Men use their mobile […]

ESPN has been awarded the exclusive UK mobile highlights rights to all 380 English Premier League soccer matches per season over the next three seasons, starting with the 2010-11 season from August. The rights will allow ESPN to deliver in-match, post-match and customised highlights, including goals, to football fans in the UK. Lynne Frank, senior […]