Archive for 'Mobile Media' Category
Mobile TV Looming on the Horizon
17 May 2008- Will Free Mobile TV Win Out?
- Local TV Stations Want Their Own Mobile TV Standard
“Is mobile TV ready for its close-up?” asks MSNBC’s Suzanne Choney, who says, “Momentum and interest are building for TV ’snacking’ on the small screen” in her article at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24586581/
Choney cites several events that point to the beginning of a […]
Mobile TV Guide for AT&T, Verizon Wireless
17 May 2008
AT&T’s and Verizon Wireless’ mobile TV service both use Qualcomm’s MediaFLO’s network to deliver content to some models of their mobile phones.
There are two differences in the two services, the channels that they offer and the price they charge.
AT&T Verizon Wireless
Mobile TV V Cast
$15 per month $13 per month
CBS Mobile yes […]
AT&T Fails to Impress with Me-too Mobile TV Launch
17 May 2008AT&T last week entered the US mobile TV battle, but with a tame offering delivered over the Qualcomm-owned MediaFLO network, barely better than Verizon’s VCast TV, which has reportedly bombed so far in the US, (although no access figures for VCast have yet been released or even leaked).
AT&T will take the same eight made-for-mobile channels […]
Dada Adds DRM-free Sony BMG MP3s
17 May 2008Mobile entertainment service Dada Entertainment is adding DRM-free MP3s to its online storefront complementing its existing offerings like ringtones, mobile wallpapers and games.
A joint venture of Sony BMG and Dada USA, Dada Entertainment hopes to add tracks from other record labels soon.
Dada subscribers pay $9.99 a month to get 15 tokens, each of which can […]
MobiTV to Offer Disney Channel
7 April 2008MobiTV will offer Disney Channel to its MobiTV service subscribers. MobiTV said the same content and programming as seen on cable and satellite television is now available to MobiTV service subscribers on their Web enabled wireless handsets via its carrier partners.
Thumbplay Gets Play on Clear Channel Web Sites
28 March 2008Mobile entertainment content services provider Thumbplay has inked a distribution deal with Clear Channel Radio to roll out customized mobile content stores across over 650 Clear Channel local music stations’ Web sites.
The customized mobile content stores will also appear on Clear Channel’s news and sports station sites.
Thumbplay’s content is to be contextually featured in areas […]
MoMac Buys Messagio SAS to Extend Presence in Europe
28 March 2008Mobile Web site developer MoMac has acquired mobile media solutions provider Messagio SAS.
MoMac hopes to extend its European presence and strengthen its technology assets.
Founded in 2003, Messagio provides technology for mobile Web, SMS/MMS and mobile video. It has clients such as Europsort, FIFA, PMU, AFP (Agence France Presse) and L’Oreal.
In 2006, Messagio released mobispirit.com, […]
Tapioca Mobile Gets Funding from Venrock
28 March 2008Tapioca Mobile said this week it received $5 million in Series A funding led by return investor Venrock.
Tapioca Mobile is a mobile content delivery network, and that’s about all we can say about the company thus far. Little information seems to be available about this stealth-mode startup, though we know that it received an undisclosed […]
30% of Chinese Mobile Users to Read Newspapers on Mobile Phones in 2013
28 March 2008In five years, more than 30% of mobile phone subscribers in China will be reading books and newspapers through their phones, says a new industry report.
China’s Cultural Industry 2008 report was released last week by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Shanghai Jiaotong University. The report also forecast that 90% of Chinese newspapers would […]
CBS Mobile, Aggregate Knowledge To Offer Content Recommendation Service
28 March 2008CBS Mobile and Aggregate Knowledge have teamed up to offer “discovery and recommendation” technology on mobile Web sites.
Aggregate Knowledge provides the Pique Discovery Network, which is a network of Web sites where people discover content and products based on what is being viewed and bought on the Web.
By drawing on the collective wisdom of mobile […]