CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile TV and video services could run into capacity constraints on third-generation networks in as little as two years, according to a new report from Analysys.The report, "Making a Success of Mobile TV and Video," said operators are offering streamed TV and video...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular to offer its third-generation subscribers personal interactive TV on their mobile devices. RealNetworks' deal...
Mobile TV company MobiTV announced it crossed the 500,000-subscriber mark, news that coincides with the launch of its new multimedia software platform. "Things are just going through the roof," boasted Paul Scanlan, chief operating officer of startup Idetic Inc., the company behind the MobiTV...
Startup Roundbox today announced $8 million in its first round of venture funding, news that coincides with the company's emergence from stealth mode. Headed by executives from Dynamicsoft, Flarion Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Roundbox is positioning itself directly within the nexus formed by...
WASHINGTON-A revised, $250 million emergency alert system bill set to be introduced would give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-not the Department of Homeland Security-the lead in modernizing the nation's Cold War-era disaster warning regime by taking advantage of wireless and other digital technologies....
GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Berg Insight. The leading services in the region will be games, sports content, music and multimedia downloads, and content messaging,...
In the face of the lofty pronouncements and promises from official Washington about improving emergency communications and muscling up our telecom infrastructure in the aftermath of 9/11, the Asian tsunami and now Hurricane Katrina-and the results to date-can real progress be achieved only in...
WASHINGTON-In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that he intends to create a new Homeland Security and Public Safety Bureau. Likewise, the issue of public-safety interoperable communications-including the return of analog TV spectrum-gained momentum in Congress. The FCC's Homeland Security...
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile TV and other wireless video services could overwhelm third-generation networks within two years, according to a report from technology consultant firm Sound Partners.Carriers rushing to push video services with low prices-or even offering free mobile video-risk clogging their networks if too...
BRISTOL, Conn.-ESPN renewed rights to Major League Baseball across its many platforms through 2013 with an eight-year, $2.4 billion deal announced this week.The pact builds on baseball's current agreement with the cable giant and soon-to-be mobile virtual network operator, allowing ESPN to broadcast clips...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile TV subscriptions could reach 65 million worldwide by the end of 2010, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The report predicts streamed services will account for 56 percent of customers and 51 percent of revenues during that timeframe. However, the...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Berg Insight.The leading services in the region will be games, sports content, music and multimedia downloads, and content messaging, said...
Music-rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired music-recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.BMI, which collects royalties for musicians and publishers, formed Landmark Digital Services, a subsidiary that will market song-identification services...
Music rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired the music recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.BMI, which collects royalties for musicians and publishers, formed Landmark Digital Services, a subsidiary that will...
DENVER-While much attention at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show last week in Denver was given to interoperability, at least one inventor was pushing something else. Though his technology is not new, Joe Miller's digital magnetic frequency transmissions have never been applied...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The wireless industry garnered unprecedented attention from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as MobiTV and Sprint Nextel Corp. were named winners of an Emmy Award. MobiTV is owned by Idetic Inc. The companies were honored with a Primetime Emmy Engineering...
WAYNE, Pa.-Traffic.com Inc. said it signed an agreement with the Maryland State Highway Administration that will allow for construction of a network of wireless roadside traffic sensors.The project will provide Traffic.com with sensor coverage from north of Baltimore to south of Washington D.C., including...
Leap Wireless International Inc. announced free Wireless AMBER Alerts for its Cricket customers. Wireless AMBER alerts are short text messages with local information about abducted children. In May, nine wireless carriers announced they would send text messages to people who opt in to receive...
The rising tide that is the mobile-content industry is hitting choppy waters for some publicly held content providers. Dwango Wireless is the latest company to get pummeled by the waves. The Seattle-based aggregator saw its shares plummet last week on news that it posted...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. completed its merger with SpectraSite Inc., creating a combined company with more than 21,500 wireless towers, more than 400 broadcast towers and nearly 100 in-building sites. Stockholders of both companies approved the merger in separate meetings Aug. 3. The merger deal...
FREMONT, Calif.-Digital Fountain Inc. unveiled a deal to license its Forward Error Correcting technology for wireless multimedia broadcasts to Nokia Corp., the software developer said last week. The world's largest handset manufacturer will use Digital Fountain's DF Raptor technology, which protects third-generation wireless broadcast...
Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS expanded their mobile music offerings this week with two announcements. Verizon Wireless will team with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast clips from the Latin music concert tour Juntos en Concierto. The carrier will deliver video from three concert...
American Tower Corp. completed its merger with SpectraSite Inc., creating a combined company with more than 21,500 wireless towers, more than 400 broadcast towers and nearly 100 in-building sites. Stockholders of both companies approved the merger in separate meetings Aug. 3. The merger deal...
As tower companies' second-quarter earnings begin to roll in, three firms posted net losses last week, but industry analysts said the companies are on the right track and most rate the stocks as strong buys. In addition, a merger proposal between two tower firms...
