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Vudu on iPad

Vudu is making itself available on Apple’s iPad, a move that will help the streaming-video service expand distribution and keep pace with market leader Netflix. Vudu said in a joint statement with parent company and retailing powerhouse, Wal-Mart Stores, that iPad owners in the US can now access Vudu through their browsers (not through an […]

August 10, 2011

Hauppauge brings live TV to iPad

Hauppauge Digital, a developer and manufacturer of TV tuner products for personal computers, has confirmed the launch of the ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ application optimised for Apple’s iPad and available at no charge in the App Store. ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ allows Hauppauge WinTV Extend customers to watch TV programmes live on their iPad in […]

August 5, 2011

Time Warner to debut UltraViolet cloud movies

Time Warner has confirmed that it is to introduce UltraViolet, the technology that bridges a single piece of content to a variety of devices, to its home movies the coming autumn. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner’s chairman and chief executive, told analysts during a conference call that two movies, Horrible Bosses and Green Lantern, would be […]

August 4, 2011By Colin Mann

US mobile TV gears up; adds Conditional Access

Mobile Digital Television is on track to reach two-thirds of US households by early 2012, as dozens of TV broadcast stations are now installing new transmission equipment that will allow live, local TV signals to reach viewers wherever they go in a local market. Based on a new survey of member plans, the Open Mobile […]

August 4, 2011By Colin Mann

US Cellular launches Mobile TV powered By MobiTV

Delivering on the increasing demand for mobile media services, US Cellular has launched US Cellular Mobile TV, powered by MobiTV. US Cellular Mobile TV, a downloadable application, features live TV, VoD programming and the option to download content for offline viewing. Subscribers will have access to top programming from ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN, The Disney […]

August 3, 2011

Spain raises €1.65bn in 4G auction

Spain’s Industry Ministry has revealed that the successful bidders in a spectrum auction will pay a total of €1.65 billion as they look to launch high-speed fourth-generation services. The country’s three main mobile telcos – Telefónica, Vodafone and France Telecom’ secured spectrum in the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands in the auction. Vodafone paid €518 million […]

August 1, 2011

ESPN launches enhanced goals app

Following its launch for the 2010/11 English Premier League football season, ESPN has confirmed that its ESPN Goals app is now free for the coming campaign. Goals and video clips from all 380 Premier League matches will be available on mobile devices via Apple iTunes, Android Market Nokia’s OVI Store, the BlackBerry App World and […]

August 1, 2011By Colin Mann

Swisscom adds mobile subscription to TV packages

On August 2nd 2011 Swisscom is launching a new Vivo Casa package. In addition to Swisscom TV, fixed-line telephony and Internet, the new Vivo Tutto package will also include a mobile subscription. The package will allow customers to make free mobile calls to the Swisscom fixed network and mobile network. Over 300,000 Swisscom customers currently […]

July 28, 2011

Spain: 5m+ pay-TV subs

Spain’s pay-TV market has surpassed the 5 million-subscription mark mainly as a result of the significant growth of mobile TV. As of the end of March, the number of mobile TV subscribers grew by 28 per cent to 638,340 an amount that is added to 4,394,441 clients to the traditional pay-TV platforms, reaching a total […]

July 27, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid

Mobile data bandwidth usage up 77%

Findings from the H1 2011 Allot MobileTrends Report suggests that mobile data bandwidth usage continued its steady rise, with 77 per cent growth during the first half of 2011 based on data collected from the service optimisation and revenue generation solutions specialist’s worldwide mobile operator customers. The report found that video streaming continued to show […]

July 26, 2011