Mobile television provider MobiTV today inked a deal with Yahoo Inc. for mobile advertising. Under the agreement, Yahoo will act as the ad network for MobiTV's mobile video ad sales, placing advertisements against mobile content, including video, banner and text ads.The market for mobile...
Modeo L.L.C. has officially canceled its press conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the CTIA Wireless 2007 show in Orlando, Fla. The broadcast mobile TV provider was expected to announced results from its beta trial currently underway in New York City, and discuss more...
Mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. announced it will begin selling Motorola Inc.'s Q smartphone starting next month. And the device has the Amp'd approach to wireless entertainment written all over it-the Amp'd Q marks the first time a U.S. wireless provider will...
NBC Universal will expand its partnership with MobiTV to offer on-demand hit television shows such as "The Office" and "Heroes" to U.S. wireless users. The broadcast company said it plans to offer a 24-hour viewing period for some of its top-rated shows starting at...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Hollywood is battling for consumers' eyeballs on more fronts than ever before. As people spend more time on their cellphones and computers, television studios find themselves pursuing viewers on at least three screens. Many agree the industry is still three to five years...
NBC Universal said it will expand its partnership with MobiTV to offer on-demand hit television shows such as "The Office" and "Heroes" over U.S. mobile phone networks.The broadcast company said it will offer a 24-hour viewing period for its top-rated shows starting at $2,...
Buongiorno S.p.A. reported a net profit of $16.2 million for 2006, more than doubling its bottom line from the previous year.The content aggregator said it generated $253 million in revenue last year, up 41 percent from 2005, selling 1.4 billion pieces of content to...
Broadcast mobile TV provider Modeo L.L.C. received a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission late last month that allows Modeo to increase the transmission power of its 1670-1675 MHz spectrum, which the company purchased in 2003. The spectrum, which is clear and unencumbered nationwide,...
ADVERTISEMENTS, PRODUCT endorsements and commercials have been the bread and butter of the TV business for decades. Mobile television-albeit a new distribution channel-is no different, though broadcasters of the new medium are still developing the technology and business plans that advertisers have dreamed of...
World Wrestling Entertainment will provide about 100 video clips each month to AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless customers under a new content deal between the two parties.The partnerships calls for WWE to provide an Internet portal to mobile phones for WWE content that will include...
The volatility of the early user-generated mobile content market was highlighted as one player strolled onto the playground while another was carried off the field.Zannel Inc. officially launched service this week with an offering that allows users to create and share videos on wireless...
Qualcomm Inc. announced that China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd. (TTV) have signed an agreement to conduct a technical trial of the San Diego-based company's MediaFLO technology in Taipei this month. The trial will feature four live channels of CNS content...
California is sprinkled with television studios, and while many of the traditional Hollywood studios already have or are in the process of creating separate divisions for endeavors in the mobile TV space, a small group of entertainment companies have been built with mobile in...
The mobile handset has become something of a looking glass in Wonderland. And mPortal Inc. was founded in 2000 to help clients-network operators, mobile virtual network operators, content providers and enterprises-offer consumers and employees a means to step through that looking glass into the...
Motricity Inc. once again added to its bank account, pocketing $50 million in equity funding from controversial investor Carl Icahn. Whether the cash will be enough to see the company through the troubled wireless entertainment waters is uncertain, as the mobile content space increasingly...
Verizon Wireless launched its streaming mobile TV service last week with little of the expected fanfare. The service, dubbed Vcast Mobile TV, uses MediaFLO USA Inc.'s technology and network, with Verizon Wireless initially offering the service in 20 markets across the country. The service...
Despite Verizon Wireless' attempt to downplay the launch of its Vcast Mobile TV service, the availability of the streaming TV service in the Denver area forced-and I do mean forced-a quick trip to the mall so we could check out the new offering.Verizon Wireless...
Despite Verizon Wireless' attempt to downplay the launch of its Vcast Mobile TV service, the availability of the streaming TV service in the Denver area forced-and I do mean forced-a quick trip to the mall so we could check out the new offering.Verizon Wireless...
Verizon Wireless has launched mobile TV service using MediaFLO USA Inc.'s technology and network, initially offering the service in 20 markets across the United States from Richmond, Va., to Portland, Ore. The service is priced at $15 per month for mobile TV only, which...
MobiTV Inc. announced that it has surpassed two million subscribers, a doubling of its paying subscribers worldwide in less than a year. MobiTV offers more than 100 television channels worldwide and nearly 40 channels in the United StatesThe company passed one million paying subscribers...
Verizon Wireless will begin offering mobile television on March 1, according to coverage maps on the carrier's Web site. No further details were offered, and the maps offered the caveat that mobile TV would be available only in "select markets" on March 1. The...
For years, the nation's two largest wireless carriers, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, have focused on their network's reach and reliability in marketing strategies and their business models. But now that both carriers are going to use Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO USA Inc. network...
WHILE MUCH OF THE ATTENTION LAST WEEK AT THE 3GSM WORLD CONGRESS TRADE SHOW IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, WAS SPENT ON MOBILE BROADCAST TV PROVIDER MEDIAFLO AND THE FUTURE OF ITS U.S. DVB-H COUNTERPARTS, HIWIRE AND MODEO, PLENTY OF OTHER COMPANIES ARE CLAMORING FOR THEIR...
The ripples are still making their way across the lake in the wake of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s surprise announcement that it will offer mobile broadcast TV through Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO USA Inc. network. The nation's largest wireless carrier somewhat stole the thunder from its...
