As the wireless industry gears up for the nation's biggest wireless show, CTIA's John Walls discusses the trade group's objectives for this year and beyond. ; CTIA's John Walls and the issues facing wireless; And in other news,...
Sony Pictures Television will broadcast movies on one of the two exclusive mobile TV channels that AT&T Mobility is gearing up to launch this summer using MediaFLO USA Inc.'s network. The studio announced that its channel, called PIX, will be available to AT&T Mobility...
During Wednesday's keynote address, industry titans from the infrastructure side of the market debated the status of 4G in wireless.
Vodafone's CEO Arun Sarin said the wireless industry should incorporate WiMAX technology into the LTE standard, so that industry players would be able to focus...
Blake Krikorian is CEO of Sling Media, purveyor of the SlingBox, which allows users to stream content from their home television to either a laptop or mobile device.Q: Mobile television and video services have continued to grow in scale and quality over the past...
Mobile television is all over the place, yet going nowhere fast all at the same time. Consumer choice for TV and video on their cellphones is pretty robust, but that's only if they know it even exists.Sure, mobile TV and video usage is growing...
Spring has arrived, Opening Day is in the rear-view, and once again we found ourselves at the annual hyperbolic chamber that is CTIA's Big Show. So in an effort to deflate the windstorm on the horizon, I have a few requests for this time...
The nation's biggest wireless show kicks into high gear, as Sprint Nextel announces its handset plans.
Dan Hesse, Sprint's CEO, releases the carrier's iPhone response, designed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Samsung's new sleek, black Instinct device features a touchscreen, graphically rich user interface, visual voicemail...
As the wireless industry gears up for the nation's biggest wireless show, CTIA's John Walls discusses the trade group's objectives for this year and beyond.
Walls, VP of public affairs for CTIA, said a major topic this year will be evaluating the regulatory framework for...
Considering its 100-year-plus history, Major League Baseball's mobile efforts are pretty cutting-edge. MLB.com offers a host of ways for fans to follow the sport on their phones, from text alerts to radio broadcasts to video highlights, which debut this year. We talked with Dinn...
Look at a map of the lower 700 MHz E-Block auction results and one thing is clear: Dish Network Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. were battling for a nationwide swatch of spectrum ideal for broadcast services.Neither got a nationwide footprint, but Dish just may have...
AT&T Mobility and MediaFLO USA Inc. announced they will launch their long-awaited mobile TV service in May, but the details of the offering still remain somewhat unclear.Neither company pointed to a specific date for launch, nor what content would be featured on two channels...
It seems AT&T Mobility and MediaFLO USA Inc. didn't want to risk getting lost in the glare of next week's CTIA Wireless 2008 trade show; the companies rushed out news this afternoon that AT&T Mobile TV with FLO will be launching this May.The service...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Late-night talk-show host Carson Daly offered an insider's view of the future of television during a speech at the storied Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel here yesterday afternoon. The 34-year-old entertainer, who climbed the ladder from radio to TV, said he has straddled...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Qualcomm Inc.'s push into the broadcast mobile TV space has been going slower than the company would like, CEO Paul Jacobs said in a keynote at the Tech Policy Summit here this morning.Qualcomm's subsidiary MediaFLO USA Inc. introduced services with Verizon...
Alltel Corp. has tapped mobile video startup Transpera Inc. to power a carrier-branded Internet video service.Alltel Social Video, which is available for $3 per month, allows subscribers to access, rate and share videos from popular Web destinations such as Break.com, AtomFilms and GrindTV.com. Users...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- "Internet circa 1996," M:Metrics senior analyst Seamus McAteer said. "If I had to give it a score, it's a C-minus at best," said Steve Smith, managing director at Playboy TV International. "I think it's a complete miss, I'm going back to...
Seems there are nearly as many wireless March Madness applications as there are teams in the men's NCAA basketball tournament.First-round games tipped off this morning, and hoops fans have plenty of ways to track the action -- and their savaged brackets -- on their...
The European Commission has formally adopted Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) technology as the standard for mobile television throughout the European Union's 27 member states.The move was entirely expected despite objections from three of the EU's most powerful members, some of whom where calling...
MobiTV Inc. claimed it is not trying to shut down a popular Web site that carried instructions on how to access its video service free.Howardforums.com, a forum for cellphone enthusiasts that claims nearly 800,000 users, drew attention after a user posted instructions that grant...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Handango: Several companies invested $9.5 million into smartphone content provider Handango. Participating in the Series C funding round were...
Hollywood content producers looking to cash in on mobile should take a cue from The Red Hot Chili Peppers and give it away - now.That's the message of a white paper released last week from Parks Associates and the think tank Entertainment Technology Center...
Like it or not, Bluetooth marketing is gaining traction in the United States as an effective - if sometimes intrusive - way for advertisers to get their messages in front of mobile users. So depending on your view, Verizon Wireless subscribers are either missing...
Vendors trying to cash in on mobile content should start by giving the stuff away, according to a new white paper from Parks Associates and the think tank Entertainment Technology Center @ USC.The mobile video market is plagued with challenges including limited bandwidth,...
Clear the set. It's back to business as usual in Hollywood.Members of the Writers Guild of America last week voted overwhelmingly to end the 100-day-long strike that brought most TV and film production to a screeching halt on Nov. 5.As if on cue, a...
