From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portugal Telecom will air live coverage of 16 games of the Portuguese Football League (Liga Sagres) simultaneously on TV (Meo), mobile phones (Meo Mobile) and on the Internet (Sapo portal). The partnership between Portugal Telecom, public broadcaster RTP and rights holder Sportinveste Multimédia will permit the transmission of the 16 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The European Commission has taken a decisive step towards the promotion of competitive Mobile TV services in the EU. It has published a set of guidelines for the authorisation of Mobile TV to accelerate roll-out of the service across Europe. Mobile TV revenues worldwide are expected to reach more than E7.8 billion in 2013. “Successful […]