The Office of Electronic Communications (OEC) is expecting the first commercial offers of mobile TV to appear in Poland this year, Anna Strezynska, the President of OEC confirmed. “I think that mobile TV will emerge this year because it already exists. Local tests give very promising results. About 12 channels of good quality can be […]

From Colin Mann in London Ofcom has confirmed details of plans to auction radio spectrum suitable for a range of services, including mobile television and satellite radio. The UK’s communications regulator also announced that the provisional deadline for applications is 10 April 2008, with the online auction likely to start at the end of April. […]

BBC iPlayer has launched its seven-day catch up service on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Users can access the service, which launched in beta today, by connecting to the internet via a Wi-Fi connection. The iPlayer will not use the iPhone’s EDGE connectivity, which it deemed too slow to stream video.

M:Metrics, the mobile media analyst, has unveiled M:Ad, its competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, in the UK, revealing the first definitive metrics for measuring mobile advertising inventory. The measurement firm reports that online retail companies such as Electronic Arts, Glu and Ebay are placing the bulk of mobile ads, with the category comprising of […]

M6 will offer the first unlimited TV plan for mobile phones in France with “M6 Mobile by Orange,” available from this week. Subscribers will have unlimited, 24/7 live mobile access to six of the M6 group’s channels including main terrestrial network M6, DTT channel W9 and cable stations M6 Music Hits, M6 Music Rock and […]

India’s mobile television market will be worth $360 million by the end of this year, according to a report by Springboard Research. According to – 'Mobile TV in India: Understanding the Mobile Entertainment Needs of Indian Users' – as many as 84 per cent of the users are waiting for an affordable mobile TV service […]

Broadcast Media, service provider for the broadcasting and media industries, has been given approval to build and operate a nationwide multiplex platform for mobile terrestrial broadcasting in Austria by the regulatory authority KommAustria. Broadcast Media will seek to develop and employ a DVB-H network before the Euro 2008 football tournament begins in the summer.

France's telecoms regulator Arcep has authorised domestic mobile operators Orange France and Societe Francaise de Radiotelephonie (SFR) to roll out 3G mobile technology using 900MHz band frequencies previously reserved for GSM services. The move will enable the two companies to up their national 3G coverage to include virtually the entire French population. France's third, and […]

Consumer research firm Parks Associates and entertainment technology think tank Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) have released a new study suggesting that content owners should offer more free content on mobile devices in order to aggressively promote movies and programming on traditional media. They say free content is essential to prime the pump for future premium […]

Communications equipment maker Motorola has acquired the assets of two Chinese firms in the digital cable set-top sector, as it seeks to expand its product range in China. Motorola has bought Zhejiang Dahua Digital Technology and Hangzhou Image Silicon, known collectively as Dahua Digital. It did not disclose financial details. Dahua Digital is a privately […]