ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technologies, applications and services company, has confirmed the launch of TINY TV across India with mobile operator BSNL. TINY TV is the first nationwide, subscription-based, mobile TV service in India to be streamed over mass-market 2.5G GPRS. Offering a range of live and on-demand mobile TV channels to include local […]
US viewers are looking for laughs on their iPhones and Blackberrys, according to a study from the Nielsen. Comedy is the top category in mobile video viewing, says the Mobile Video Report, a quarterly study that measures mobile subscribers who view TV or video clips on their mobile phones, Blackberrys and other mobile devices. Drawing […]
Advertising budgets for mobile channels are expected to buck the downward trend and exhibit strong growth over the next five years, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report found that constraints on budgets, imposed in the wake of the global economic downturn, had resulted in an increasing migration of adspend from above the […]
The number of mobile TV subscribers stood at nearly 70 million at the end of 2008 and is further estimated to reach around 100 million this year, says RNCOS in its study, "Global Mobile TV Forecast to 2013". The study envisages wide potential for the future growth in global mobile TV subscriber base, owing to […]
Sony Ericsson's Pocket TV will be free to download in five weekly 90 second segments to any handset through a dedicated WAP site. It will also be available to watch in longer, three minute segments through a YouTube channel. Segments will feature irreverent, humorous interviews with artists and bands, live sessions and behind the scenes […]
China’s three telecom operators are accelerating their plans to roll out mobile TV services in order to gain ground in the forthcoming 3G era, with China Mobile the favourite to win among both analysts and consumers. Although the 3G networks deployed by operators have the potential to provide streaming TV services, all three operators plan […]
The Paris Appeal Court has overturned the decision taken by the Tribunal of Commerce on 23rd February 2009, ruling against Orange which was accused of unfairly bundling the channel as part of its TV, telephony and Internet package. Orange has stated is fully satisfied with this decision that re-establishes its rights, and will reopen the […]
Norway's three largest broadcasters has confirmed the successful launch of six free to air TV channels via DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting). The service, launched by the Norwegian Mobile TV Corporation (NMTV), is a joint venture between the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), TV 2 and Modern Times Group (MTG). Licence-funded broadcaster NRK said that DMB is […]
The European Commission has selected two operators, Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited, to provide mobile satellite services across Europe. The services, such as high-speed Internet access, mobile television and radio or emergency communications, will be provided over a specifically reserved spectrum. The Commission says both satellite operators demonstrated an advanced level of technical […]
Lord Carter’s adviser Kip Meek has proposed a radical shakeup of the UK’s airwaves he believes will bring mobile broadband to everyone at twice the speed the communications minister originally envisaged within five years. Meek wants part of the spectrum that will be freed up by the switch-off of analogue television by 2012 – the […]