Users of the Apple iPhone are among the heaviest users of digital content and are also more willing than any other consumer to pay for a wide range of types of content, according to findings in this year’s Olswang Convergence Survey. iPhone users are heavy users of services such as on-demand TV – not only […]

Qualcomm has revealed that Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has recognised MediaFLO technology as one of two official technologies for nationwide mobile multimedia broadcasting services in Japan. This milestone signifies that MediaFLO-enabled mobile TV services may be deployed in Japan once spectrum is made available in 2011. The only other mobile broadcast […]

Google has agreed a deal to buy the mobile advertising firm AdMob. The search giant is paying $750 million in stock for the firm in a bid to take advantage of advertising opportunities in mobile devices. AdMob specialises in selling adverts displayed on small screens for handsets such as the iPhone or the Blackberry. Google […]

The Indian government is in the process of formulating a policy for mobile TV through terrestrial broadcasting. According to reports, a licensing regime, on the lines of private FM radio, is being planned for mobile TV as well. The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry is actively considering the proposal. If the proposal is cleared by […]

Polish mobile TV operator DVB-TV-FM has launched a pilot DVB-H project in Warsaw. Polish operators Polsat, Canal+ Digital, Centernet, Vectra and Netia are taking part in the project, reports Telepolis.pl. The goal of the pilot project is to research market interest for a future retail offer of the service. It will last more than two […]

German commercial broadcaster ProSieben will launch a mobile data service via the network of Vodafone Germany. The prepaid service will be called ProSieben Web & TV Stick and is developed by ProSiebenSat.1’s multimedia division SevenOne Intermedia and Vodafone. The service offers mobile data access via UMTS and free mobile TV via DVB-T plus free access […]

Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) has completed a draft proposal for the release of two national mobile TV operating licences in Taiwan in 2010, according to AN Economic Daily News report. The government will be neutral on the adoption of either DVB-H or Media FLO developed by Qualcomm broadcasting technology, the paper noted. […]

French broadcast transmission company TDF has proposed to mobile operators and TV broadcasters that it would finance the mobile TV network rollout and broadcasting costs during a first phase to reach 17 per cent population coverage. Until now, TDF had proposed to pay for the rollout, but only for a quarter of operating costs. Under […]

Mobile subscriptions will rise to 4.6 billion by the end of this year, boosted by a continuing mobile phone boom in emerging economies, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said. That represents about two mobile subscriptions for every three people in the world, although in developed economies many people have more than one subscription. Mobile broadband […]

Nokia, Samsung, Silicon Image, Sony and Toshiba gave confirmed the formation of a Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group that intends to create an industry standard for an audio/video interface to connect mobile phones or portable consumer electronics (CE) devices directly to high-definition televisions and displays. This new mobile connectivity standard, based on Silicon Image's Mobile […]