From Colin Mann at IPTV World Forum in London Nokia Siemens Networks has launched a new software platform designed to allow people the freedom to watch TV on multiple devices. The platform lets operators provide live, recorded or video-on-demand TV to mobile phone, Internet-connected computer, satellite or digital terrestrial television screens. In addition, it offers […]

QuickPlay Media, a provider of solutions that manage the business of mobile video, has published the results of its third annual independent Market Tools survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the US. The 2010 study indicates high interest in new TV and video entertainment delivery models, particularly multi-screen video services. Specifically, 53 […]

China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB), a domestic multimedia and mobile TV standard, has started commercial operation according to a joint announcement from China Mobile and China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation. China Mobile targets 5 million CMMB users and plans to offer a promotional package priced at RMB 6 per month with a free one-month trial. […]

FLO TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has expanded its partnership with Turner Broadcasting to bring consumers CNN Mobile, a channel that includes programming from CNN/US, CNN International and HLN, as well as CNN.com content. The channel will be available on the FLO TV Personal Television and FLO TV Auto Entertainment platforms, in addition […]

The online content services market targeted at portable CE devices is poised for substantial growth over the next few years, particularly as more connected devices enter consumers‚ hands. IMS Research forecasts that online content purchases made by users of iPods and other portable media players (PMPs) will generate $37.1 billion in service revenues in 2015. […]

iThe BBC has released a new version of its iPlayer which has been custom made for BlackBerry mobiles. However, for now, the application only works through Wi-Fi which means users can't use the 3G network provided by their operator. The application is not yet available in the Blackberry App World but can be downloaded directly […]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has published an invitation for applications to bid for radio spectrum in the 678MHz-686MHz band to be used for broadcasting mobile TV, in an auction to be conducted in May 2010. A spokesperson at the regulator announced: 'At present, 2.5G and 3G mobile operators are deploying streaming-type […]

Data from Horowitz Associates’ annual US Broadband Content and Services (BCS) survey of 800 Internet users reveal that 44 per cent watch actual, not user generated, TV content at least once monthly, including viewing online and on handheld devices. Portending future growth of viewing on alternative platforms, incidence of TV consumption on the computer/ handheld […]

A GIA report on Mobile Satellite Television projects that the market will reach $11 billion by 2015, driven by the growing consumer demand for video content on an anytime, anywhere basis. The increasing penetration of mobile phone devices, improving content quality, and advent of interoperable standards and technologies are expected to boost prospects in the […]

MEF's Annual Business Confidence Index (BCI), compiled by KPMG and capturing a year's worth of quarterly industry sentiment, points to a cooling in optimism from Q3 2009. Andrew Bud, the Global Chair of MEF stated: “Since its launch in January 2009, the BCI has underlined the industry's ability to weather the storm of the recession […]