A quick tip to all media companies looking to extend their brands to wireless: Yes, even mass-market phones now have many of the bells and whistles of a home PC, but that doesn't mean you have to use them.Today's wireless devices offer a host...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--TV Guide...
MobiTV Inc. has named Charlie Nooney its next CEO. Nooney will succeed Phillip Alvelda, who helped found the company in Northern California and develop it into one of the early pioneers in mobile television.Nooney will take the reins Oct. 15.Nooney's resume reads like a...
The list of mobile device manufacturers is about to get much, much longer.While a handful of "connectable" wireless devices have come to market in recent years-including Sony Corp.'s Play Station Portable and Kodak's EasyShare cameras-wireless hardware has generally been limited to pagers, mini-computers and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works...
Solis Energy recently launched a line of products specifically targeting power needs within the wireless space, from providing power for wireless security cameras to powering Wi-Fi and WiMAX network equipment.The company's products rely on solar energy to provide power for low-wattage electronic infrastructure and...
Mobile video startup mywaves has seen traffic increase more than fourfold over the past three months, the startup said, with viewers tuning in for an average of 20 minutes per visit.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based outfit hopes to become a kind of mobile YouTube, allowing users...
Annual consumer spending on mobile broadcast TV services is expected to surpass $6.6 billion worldwide by 2012, according to a new report from Jupiter Research.The service is expected to be in the hands of more than 120 million users in at least 40 countries...
Aloha Partners L.P., the parent company of broadcast mobile TV outlet HiWire L.L.C., entered into an agreement to purchase 32 lower 700 MHz licenses from LIN TV Corp. for $32.5 million in cash.The acquisition will boost the company's portfolio to more than 270 licenses...
Digtial video broadcast-handheld technology appears to be securing its place as the No. 1 broadcast mobile television technology. The technology has scored at least 47 trials in 22 countries, according to the DVB Project.Twelve of those trials have been completed, and at least eight...
CLEARWIRE CORP. AND ICO GLOBAL Communications Ltd. are trying something new with broadcast mobile TV. The two Craig McCaw-backed companies are collaborating on a new mobile TV trial that will use satellites to broadcast directly to mobile devices.The trial marks the first time mobile...
In-Stat last week touted a new study with the observation that "Competition in mobile video could threaten mobile operators."Duh.But the fact that In-Stat's conclusion is self-evident doesn't minimize the risk mobile network operators increasingly face in the broader digital entertainment arena. Carriers are on...
Broadcast mobile TV technology DVB-H scored another point stateside as Clearwire Corp. announced it has agreed to use the technology as it collaborates on a new mobile TV trial with ICO Global Communications Ltd.The trial, which is set to begin early next year in...
LAS VEGAS-Less than two months into a broadcast mobile TV service trial, HiWire L.L.C. has wrapped the first phase of its study and is now preparing to increase its scope by 800% before month's end.T-Mobile USA Inc., which has signed on with the Aloha...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--NBC Universal...
Less than six months after its commercial launch, mobile TV vendor MediaFLO USA Inc. is in the midst of an executive shuffle.Dan Novak, who has been the public face of MediaFLO at trade shows and other industry events, is now playing a key role...
Qualcomm Inc. reached a deal with Maxis Communications Berhad and ASTRO All Asia Networks plc to conduct a technical trial of the San Diego-based company's MediaFLO mobile broadcast TV technology in Malaysia. Expected to begin in the fall, the trial will feature 25 live...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...
CBS Mobile is pushing ahead full steam this month, announcing another deal with Verizon Wireless to put full-length episodes of its late-night programming on the carrier's Vcast Video service.The "Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" will both...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, Current Analysis'...
Friction is growing between wireless executives and their Hollywood counterparts as both begin to experiment with mobile entertainment. One of the few points people from the telecom and television industries can agree on is that no one has yet discovered the best way to...
One way to get a sense of how much priority Hollywood networks are placing on mobile is to look at the executives on board and how many people are working on their respective teams.The big four networks-ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox-each takes a different...
"Big Brother" is coming to the small screen in a whole new way beginning Sunday. For the final month of the TV show's eighth season, MediaFLO USA Inc. is launching a new dedicated channel to air real-time activity from inside the Big Brother house.This...
I-play will continue to move beyond mobile gaming this week with a series of more than 100 video shorts for poker players.The U.K.-based publisher plans to launch Win at Texas Hold 'Em, a series of two- to three-minute clips from professional card player Daniel...
