Entries tagged with “mobile TV” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

As the NFL kicks off its 90^th season, football fans will again be able to catch all the live action for every game from their mobile phone with NFL Mobile Live only from Sprint

Music fans also win with NFL Mobile Live, which will carry NFL Network's live telecast of the pregame show featuring performances by Tim McGraw and the Black Eyed Peas. The 30-minute pregame airs at 8 p.m. EDT on Sept. 10 before the season-opening game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans.

FLO TV and Rentrak Corporation  have  launched the mobile television industry's first comprehensive viewership and advertising impression reporting using Rentrak's TV Essentials media measurement system.

Through their collaboration, FLO TV and Rentrak will deliver reporting that will serve as the currency for advertising sales on FLO TV and provide deeper insights into FLO TV audience viewing patterns while not divulging any individual subscriber's personal information.

Telegent Systems and In-Stat reported a worldwide user base of 54 million mobile TV consumers in 2009 and predicts 6x growth to 300 million users by 2013 .

"The adoption of analog mobile TV handsets has been driven by the most powerful force in the mobile industry: consumers," said Frank Dickson, vice president of research at In-Stat. "Analog mobile TV has two very fundamental and compelling advantages - cost and availability. The infrastructure is already in place, there are no new standards that need to be enacted and the service is free to consumers - a very powerful combination."

How often is often?

•  More than half of free-to-air analog mobile TV consumers surveyed reported watching mobile TV at least three times a week, with 20% of respondents in all regions watching daily. In some geographies, 40% or more watched daily.
• Approximately two-thirds of respondents reported viewing mobile TV for thirty minutes or more on the days that they watched TV, dispelling the notion that it will ultimately be a vehicle for "TV snacking" when away from home.
•  While news and sports were popular among mobile TV viewers, most favored a mix of program types.
•  Popular use cases for watching mobile TV included while in transit, while at home and during breaks at work. In Indonesia, where traffic is notoriously bad, the "in-transit" use case predominated.

FLO TV will expand its service nationwide following the DTV transition on June 12, which frees up broadband spectrum for its dedicated network.

FLO TV will expand into 39 new markets, offering its service to an additional 60 million customers with a total reach of more than 100 major markets and more than 200 million potential consumers nationwide by the end of 2009. This will complete FLO TV's creation of the only dedicated, linear, live mobile TV network, allowing consumers to access broadcast-quality news, sports and entertainment on their mobile devices.

Fifteen new markets will go live immediately following the DTV transition on June 12, bringing service to major markets such as Boston, Houston, Miami and San Francisco, while others will follow throughout the year. In addition to adding new markets, immediately upon the transition, FLO TV also will expand service in existing markets including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC.

 

The FLO TV service is delivered using a technology that delivers video over the company's own dedicated mobile network, offering full-length simulcast and time-shifted programming from some of the world's top entertainment brands.

QuickPlay Media, unveiled the findings of its latest quarterly consumer consumption analysis. The results--aggregate usage statistics from 15 representative QuickPlay-powered services over the first quarter of 2009--reveal that consumer demand for streaming and mobile video download content remains strong.

The findings, compiled between January 1 and March 31, 2009, show that the number of total live TV and video streams viewed in the first quarter increased significantly from the previous quarter while the number of unique streaming viewers also experienced a noticeable increase over the same timeframe. In regard to downloads, the total number of mobile video downloads experienced a slight increase.

Video Streams

• Total number of live TV and video streams increased by 61% from Q4 2008 to Q1 2009
• Total number of unique viewers increased by 11% from Q4 2008 to Q1 2009
• Average streams per user decreased slightly from 17.4 in Q4 2008 to 15.7 in Q1 2009

Video Downloads

• Total number of video downloads increased by 3% from Q4 2008 to Q1 2009.
• Average download per user rose from 6.1 in Q4 2008 to 6.3 in Q1 2009.

Washington, D.C. has been selected as a product showcase market for Mobile DTV technology. Also four TV stations in Atlanta and Seattle will become model stations for technical research and development (R&D) of device interoperability.

The Open Mobile Video Coalition's goal is to bring mobile television to American consumers, using digital transmission over broadcast TV facilities. In addition to the Washington consumer showcase and the Atlanta and Seattle model stations, the OMVC said that seventy TV stations have signed on to deliver live television broadcasts in twenty eight markets by the end of 2009.

The OMVC further announced that Dell Inc. is joining the line-up of prototype devices from LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics and Kenwood USA, with its brand new netbook, the Inspiron Mini 10.

AT&T announced that all 63 games of the NCAA Division Men's Basketball Championship will be available on AT&T Mobile TV.  The coverage is  the result of AT&T's agreement with CBS and FLO TV , which powers AT&T Mobile TV.

Beginning March 19 - the beginning of the first round - AT&T Mobile TV subscribers will be able watch the March Madness with up to four additional seasonal channels aired by FLO TV. Coverage will include game highlights, score recaps and analysis from CBS Sports in broadcast quality on users' cell phones - similar to the experience of watching from their home TVs.

AT&T is offering new AT&T Mobile TV subscribers a two-month free trials well as a special promotion on one of its most popular AT&T Mobile TV compatible handsets LG Vu for $49.99 after rebate. If you used the Wireless and News $50 off online only coupon-link  then the LG Vu is virtually free.

The switchover to all-digital television broadcasting in the United States and other major countries will create an unprecedented opportunity for the mobile TV market, according to a new study from ABI Research.

Following the switchover traditional and mobile TV broadcasters and cellular operators in many regions will launch mobile TV services that are forecast to attract over 500 million viewers by 2013.

There's an important distinction to draw between content streamed to mobile handsets over cellular networks, and free-to-air broadcasting to mobile devices equipped with mobile TV tuners.

"Mobile TV users have yet to value the medium properly because it has not been validated as an independent product and service," says senior analyst Jeff Orr. "It has been primarily offered at the end of a long list of more preferred cellular services. However, Mobile TV will soon be positioned in a more proper role as an extension of traditional broadcast TV services."

On Monday the Senate approved the delay until June for broadcast television’s switch to all-digital services.

TV viewers will now have until June 12 to purchase a digital television or converter box.

The FCC auctioned that wireless spectrum in the 700 MHz block to AT&T, Verizon and Qualcomm. AT&T and Verizon approved of the delay while Qualcomm was not a happy camper.

Qualcomm spent more than $500 million tor eight licenses ito expand MediaFLO USA mobile broadcast service.

According to a letter written by Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs to the Senate committee dealing with the delay. The ongressional delay is “unfair, unjust and inappropriate” and wrote that Qualcomm stands to lose “tens of millions of dollars” by delaying the transition to June.

Audiovox will work with the FLO TV service to deliver live TV in autos.

FLO TV delivers TV signals over an advanced multicast network that can deliver signals to moving cars without a hitch.

Audiovox will develop products with FLO TV technology that will enable mobile TV solutions for existing or new in-vehicle video systems.

The mobile TV solution will be sold through Audiovox's channels of distribution including 12-volt retailer specialists, expeditors who service car dealers, car dealers, mass merchandisers, electronic retailers and an OE sales group.

The FLO TV service is delivered by MediaFLO USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated.

MediaFLO plans to make  FLO TV available to more than 200 million consumers across more than 100 markets in 2009.

MediaFLO's market research shows that consumers are adopting more mobile TV services. After they adopt to mobile TV, they use the services with increasing regularity.

Metrics show that FLO TV viewers spend an average of more than 20 minutes per day watching television on their phones. The time is about the same average as U.S. cell phone users spend per day talking on their cell phones, according to CTIA's Semi-Annual Wireless Industry Survey.

There will be public beta version of Sling Player Mobile for BlackBerry available on December 30, (next Tuesday.) SlingPlayer Mobile lets viewers watch and control your home TV and DVR via your Slingbox on a smartphone. 

They strongly recommend that when connecting to your Slingbox you use a 3G cellular or WiFi connection that meets our minimum network download speed requirements.

Models to be supported include, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve 8320, BlackBerry Pearl Flip and BlackBerry Pearl 8120.

The new Windows Mobile SlingPlayer update includes support for new screen resolutions, including 800x480 pixels, 640x480 pixels, 400x240 pixels, and 320x320 pixels.

Qualcomm's MediaFLO  tested mobile TV in cars with Toyota. MediaFLO  live televised programming was transmitted to a vehicle equipped with a MediaFLO phone connected to in-car video displays.

Their news release states, "The drive test, conducted successfully throughout San Diego County, demonstrated the MediaFLO platform's ability to deliver high-quality, uninterrupted video transmissions in real world driving conditions."

"We are very pleased to further demonstrate how the MediaFLO platform supports diverse broadcast mobile TV services in a host of solutions beyond mobile handsets," said Neville Meijers, senior vice president and general manager of Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies. "Purpose-built for mobility and speed, MediaFLO technology is an ideal complement to existing automotive applications."

MobiTV's mobile TV and radio has surpassed the five million subscriber mark. MobiTV is Available on more than 350 handsets across 20 carrier networks including AT&T, Sprint and Alltel in the U.S.

"With the addition of over a million new subscribers in less than five months, MobiTV is widening its lead in the mobile media delivery industry," said Charlie Nooney, chairman and CEO, MobiTV. "We've seen our subscriber base accelerate rapidly by creating an exceptional experience for the consumer and continuing to develop innovative offerings."

DiBcom’s latest generation Mobile TV receiver that power free-to-air digital TV broadcasts is part of the LG KB770.

DiBcom’s DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) receiver, on the LG KB770 is receives the standard free-to-air terrestrial digital TV signal that covers most European countries. With support for WCDMA 2100 and for GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and HSPDA data - this 3G/3G+ multi-band device is likely to become very popular on the European market where it will be launched in November.

If you want election coverage on your mobile phone, Verizon has a lot to offer with their

channels in the Election 2008 category on their V CAST Video-enabled phones. There's news form CBS, ABC, NBC, MTV News and Webcast '08.

For Entertianment:

• COMEDY CENTRAL - Indecision 2008 clips from "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report," as well as political stand-up comedy and digital originals
• Atom Political Parodies - A lighter look at election year politics
• NBC Universal - Video from NBC's "Saturday Night Live," "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursdays," plus political jokes from both "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
• Comedy Time - "Joke the Vote," a compilation of election related stand-up comedy and mash-ups featuring John McCain and Hillary Clinton

The entry of a broad range of new mobile devices able to display video will have a profound effect on the mobile video market, reports In-Stat .  The reach of new device choices will provide more markets for mobile operators, mobile broadcasters, advertisers and other content owners, the high-tech market research firm says.

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

• Shipments of 3G video-capable cell phones will increase at 11.2% annual growth, reaching over 641 million by 2013.
  
• The number and types of devices using digital mobile broadcast networks such as ISDB-T, DVB-H, MediaFLO, and DMB-T will expand to nearly 127 million in five years. China's CMMB will make up over 12% of those devices.
  
• More than a half-billion devices capable of viewing Internet video over 3G networks will be sold in 2013.  Cumulative sales will approach 2 billion units.

MediaFLO has a star-studded fall lineup ever available to mobile TV viewers. The fall season on FLO TV features eagerly awaited series debuts, NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" starring Christian Slater and CBS' "The Ex List," as well as new episodes of audience favorites such as "CSI" on CBS Mobile, "Prison Break" on FOX Mobile, MTV Networks' "The Hills" on MTV, and "South Park" on COMEDY CENTRAL. MediaFLO USA's award-winning FLO TV service is available to AT&T subscribers as AT&T Mobile TV and to Verizon Wireless customers as V CAST Mobile TV.

The 2008 fall season features an impressive array of drama, comedy and reality shows, many of which will air simultaneously on FLO TV and traditional TV. Among the highlights of the fall season on CBS Mobile are "The Ex List," "Gary Unmarried," "Harper's Island," "Worst Week" and "Million $ Password," as well as hit series such as "How I Met Your Mother," "Numb3rs," "CSI: Miami," "NCIS" and "The Unit."

Verzion is offering two options for watching the presidential debates this evening and on Oct. 15. Both debates will be aired live beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET on CBS News through V CAST Video and V CAST Mobile TV. Additionally, Verizon Wireless customers can access full election coverage on Nov. 4 on CBS News through V CAST Video.

Customers can check out V CAST Video whenever they want for  $3.00 for 24-hour use or by signing up for the $15.00 V CAST VPak monthly subscription, which also includes access to Verizon Wireless' ESPN MVP, Get It Now and Mobile Web services. Customers get unlimited basic video but application download fees may apply for 3D games and premium video