Telegent Systems has released research findings that point to significant potential for free-to-air mobile TV. Fifty-eight per cent of the British online research sample identified at least one environment, such as while on a train/ bus/ tube, queuing, or in the home or at work/ their desk, in which they would be likely to use […]

Following up its iPhone app Sky has launched a Sky Mobile TV app for the Apple iPad, offering access to all Sky Sports channels and Sky News. The new bespoke app has been created to take advantage of the increased screen size offered by the new device. Sky Mobile TV app for iPad allows users […]

Online video consumption amongst younger age groups has now grown to the point that it looks set to overtake traditional television as the platform of choice. The results of the YouGov online research, commissioned by RealNetworks, have revealed that amongst 18 to 25 year olds, roughly half (46 per cent) split their video time at […]

From David Del Valle in Paris Mobile operator Movistar is launching HD TV services through Apple’s iPhone at a fee of E4 to E5 a month. There will be four HD TV packages available: the first, called Futbol will include Gol TV and Tribuna’s six channels and Multigol; other thematic packages will be Musica, composed […]

On Demand Group and HBO have announced a deal to provide on-demand access to full episodes television shows from HBO via 3 UK's TV: On Demand TV subscription VOD service. Under the terms of the deal, 3 UK's SVOD subscribers will be able to watch episodes of HBO hit series. The SVOD mobile service called […]

From David Del Valle in Madrid The Spanish Government has put DVB-H Mobile TV and Interactive TV on the back burner because, it says, “there isn’t sufficient demand and it lacks an adequate business model [for mobile TV].” For Interactive TV it says “it has very little or nil presence” in the market. The comments […]

ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technology, applications and services company, has made an agreement with leading pan-African VAS aggregator, Groupe Digital Afrique (GDA), to deliver World Cup football content – supplied by Goal.com – to 25 countries and up to 45 Mobile Operators across Africa beginning 1st June. The ROK-powered WAP service containing goal alerts […]

Telegent Systems has revealed that continuing growth in demand for its free-to-air mobile TV receivers has propelled it beyond a milestone of 80 million units shipped since it first launched its mobile TV receiver technology in mid-2007. Analyst firm Forward Concepts estimates that 78 million broadcast TV handsets were shipped globally in 2009. “We have […]

Walt Disney has said that owners of Apple's iPad played more than 1.5 million episodes of ABC television shows since the computer went on sale. More than 400,000 copies of the free ABC player have been downloaded since April 3rd, Disney said. Free shows are sponsored by advertisers, others are for sale from the Apple's […]

Spend on UK mobile ads rose 32 per cent from 2008 to £37.6 million (E44 million), says the Internet Advertising Bureau / PWC. This compares with £3.4 billion online. In keeping with online, search ads are the fastest-growing kind on mobile – up 42 per cent to £20.2 million. Display ads (banners, text links, pre-/post-roll […]