The Senate approved a digital TV delay bill initially rejected in the House, likely setting the stage for legislation lacking certain concessions requested by wireless and public-safety sectors to be passed and signed into law by President Obama within days.In signing off a second...
A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the cellphone's camera is used, in an effort to stem the voyeuristic tide of revealing, unauthorized photography.
Congress is poised to approve legislation postponing the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, with the public safety and mobile-phone sectors unable to win many concessions they sought. The Senate last night approved the DTV delay bill after satisfying Republican concerns....
Mike Wehrs took over the reins at the Mobile Marketing Association a few weeks ago and was immediately greeted with two fresh controversies.
// By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and...
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said a compromise reached on a bill to delay the digital TV transition to June 12 includes a carve-out for first responders, setting the stage for a floor vote and possibly full congressional passage next week. "This...
Dariusz Paczuski, consumer services director for Microsoft Corp.'s Tellme, described how the company's offering will work directly with Ford Motor Co.'s Sync platform, which runs on Microsoft technology. Tellme is a voice-command service for requests
// By use...
By the time final numbers are crunched, President Barack Obama's inauguration likely will have been watched by more people and on more platforms than virtually any other televised event in U.S. history - including the Super Bowl. This year's biggest winner: the web, with...
So there I was in the front section on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, within yelling distance of the man who would forever transform presidential campaigning and fund-raising by leveraging cellphone texting, the Internet and social networking en route to becoming the...
Jon Driscoll, Novatel Wireless Inc.'s VP of global product management, sat down to show us MiFi, a new wireless modem that allows about five people in a 30-foot radius to connect to Wi-Fi working through a 3G connection...
Winston Guillory, president of the company behind AT&T Inc.'s CruiseCast, clued us in on what the service entails. CruiseCast streams television channels to the vehicle through an antenna on top of the car. In fact, Guillory noted that...
HP Jin, CEO of TeleNav Inc., sat down to share his company's news. TeleNav will be providing the GPS and location-based-services program on the Ford Motor Co. Sync product. Jin discussed what went into getting this product ready,...
LAS VEGAS - During last week's Consumer Electronics Show, we planted ourselves at the Showstoppers Media Event. Oliver Coste from Alcatel-Lucent showed off the company's new satellite-based mobile TV product.
// By use of this code snippet, I...
LAS VEGAS - During last week's Consumer Electronics Show, we planted ourselves at the Showstoppers Media Event. Kamyar Moinzadeh, CEO of Airbiquity Inc., filled us in on his company's announcements inside the wireless/automotive space.
// By use of...
With the machine-to-machine market projected to boom in the coming years, Numerex Corp. is finding a simple way to sell its services to potential customers: The "Numerex DNA" stands for device, network and applications. The company aims to deliver all three to customers, regardless...
Attention mobile video entrepreneurs: One of the top executives at leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers is eager to find a mobile video company that offers "truly mobile video," and he hasn't seen it yet."We need to think what is mobile...
Verizon Communications and CBS Corp said on Monday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like "CSI" and "Survivor" on Verizon's FiOS TV service as well as its wireless network.
AT&T CruiseCast announced pricing for its satellite video service for the car due in March, and said its service will also be offered to Avis/Budget rental cars customers in April.
The Open Mobile Video Coalition said it will launch mobile DTV services across 63 stations in 22 markets, covering 35% of U.S. television markets.The group of U.S. broadcasters plans to provide live, local and national over-the-air digital TV services from affiliates of ABC, CBS,...
Boston-based go2Media is expanding beyond local listings with a new portal for local, personalized entertainment information.; go2Music; Boston-based go2Media is expanding beyond local listings with a new portal for local, personalized entertainment information
// By use of this...
Wireless video services and trials are spinning their wheels all over the world, but MobiTV Inc. somehow continues to gain traction. The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm has parlayed $100-plus million in venture capital into an impressive, 5-million-strong subscriber base. We chatted with Ray DeRenzo, MobiTV's...
Babelgum, launched by the founder of the Italian telecommunication company Fastweb as a Web site that streams video for free, has set itself apart from sites like YouTube that are partially outlets for amateur video by providing only professionally produced content.
