Advanced Television

Portable Media

Zune ’3 screen’ goes international

Microsoft is taking its Zune service international to offer a “three-screen” music and movie service, across its games console, PCs and mobile phones. Consumers will be able to buy and rent movies, download tracks as MP3s or access an “unlimited” music streaming service, all under Microsoft’s Zune entertainment brand. Microsoft believes its Windows Phone 7 […]

September 21, 2010

Sky Deutschland: HD on iPad

Sky Deutschland plans to launch its Sky Sports HD 1 and Sky Sports HD 2 channels on the Apple iPad at the end of October. Meanwhile, ESPN America HD is to launch in Germany and Austria after striking a deal with Sky Deutschland. The iPad app will be free of charge to Sky subscribers until […]

September 20, 2010

Disney, Nielsen TV companion iPad app

Disney and Nielsen have partnered to launch a free iPad app that can turn the device into a companion screen for content and social media synchronised to a TV programme. The My Generation Sync iPad App will be available a week ahead of the premiere of the new ABC series it will supplement, ‘My Generation’. […]

September 17, 2010

Sky Deutschland iPad app powered by Irdeto

Irdeto’s Broadband solution for content management and distribution is at the core of the newly launched Sky Deutschland VOD iPad application.  The VoD iPad application, which enables consumers to access live streaming of sport events as well as access to news and sports clips, was developed by reply/syskoplan in partnership with bitmama, Irdeto (VoD), Plazamedia […]

September 9, 2010

US mobile data outpaces Europe

– UK (19.35 per cent) – US (18.88 per cent) – India (10.82 per cent) – South Africa (8.82 per cent) – Indonesia (4.08 per cent) Adam Kerr, VP of Bango North America: “The USA share of the browsing market has grown as an increasing number of phones come with bigger screens and service contracts […]

August 28, 2008

T-Mobile Dutch mobile TV

The channels will be distributed via the T-Mobile's UMTS/HDSPA network, using the Windows Media player, Real Time Streaming Protocol, H.264 video-coding and AAC+ audio-codec

August 28, 2008

Telcel, ROK mobile TV Service for Mexico

Powered by ROK technologies, Ideas TV will offer 10 channels, to include 3 live channels and 7 pre-recorded looped channels, and will be available to Telcel's 3G customers. The service will be available to prepaid and post paid customers at different pricing that will range from daily rates to monthly subscriptions. Telcel's Ideas TV offers […]

August 28, 2008

Alcatel-Lucent supports trial of BCAST mobile TV

The trial, which began in early this month, is based on Alcatel-Lucent’s industry-leading Mobile Interactive TV solution, which will power the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) platform for the trial. The trial also includes mobile devices from Samsung and Smartcard Profile-compliant SIM cards from Gemalto. Alcatel-Lucent’s DVB-H platform supports the Open Mobile Alliance Bcast Smartcard Profile […]

August 22, 2008

Asia, Latin America want news and sport on mobile TV

Of consumers interested in mobile TV, 72 per cent of consumers were very likely or likely to watch mobile TV if they are able to receive free, local broadcasts on their handset, compared to 40 per cent who were receptive to subscription services. Respondents preferred live, local broadcast coverage to made-for-mobile clips, although approximately one-third […]

August 21, 2008