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Mobile Content Bits: LG Invision; AIM On Windows; DVD Extras; Qwest-Verizon; Mobile Flash Awards - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:29 AM PST

-- *AT&T* and *LG* launch Invision, latest MediaFLO handset: AT&T (NYSE: T) is refreshing its MediaFLO handset lineup with a new device from LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) that measures up…

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Olympics Review: Mobile.NBCOlympics.com Picks Up Baton Dropped By Generic NBC WAP Site - 1 Comment
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:15 AM PST

When it comes to Olympics coverage on the mobile phone, the best Olympics coverage hands-down was found at mobile.NBCOlympics.com.  That’s likely not surprising given NBC’s exclusive rights to the game,…

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Move Networks Plans To Stream High-Definition TV To Mobile Devices With Intel’s Help - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 20 Aug 2008 02:45 PM PST

At Intel’s (NSDQ: INTC) Developer Forum in San Francisco, Move Networks announced today that it was going to adapt its high-definition media player that streams content over the Internet for…

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Digital Switchover Stymies Free Mobile TV In US - 2 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 20 Aug 2008 06:59 AM PST

Would mobile television in the US take off if US consumers didn’t have to pay for it? At the three carriers that offer mobile TV services--AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon (NYSE:…

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Norway Has Chosen DMB For Mobile TV, Shunning DVB-H - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 18 Aug 2008 09:53 AM PST

Despite European official preference for DVB-H, the mobile TV standard backed by Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Norway has gone with DMB as its choice. A consortium comprising three of Norway’s largest…

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Flixwagon and Qik Offer Livestreaming From “Hacked” iPhones - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 15 Aug 2008 11:23 AM PST

Here’s a case in which you can’t help but think what would happen if the wireless industry made things easy. Both Qik and Flixwagon released applications this week that allow…

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Mobile Content Bits: Rock The Mobile Vote, NBC Series, CBS Mobile Hurricane; Vodafone Stores - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 14 Aug 2008 04:22 PM PST

-- *AT&T* partners with Rock The Vote, FunMobility to reach young voters: Another election that’s obligatorily being pegged as the one that will bring out the youth vote is nearing…

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Fox International Buys Made-For-Mobile Program ‘The Cell’ For First Push Into Online Programming - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 14 Aug 2008 01:42 PM PST

The Cell—no, not the J. Lo flick—but a made-for mobile show, produced by Endemol, has been purchased by Fox International Channels as its first online-only property, Brand Republic reports. The…

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Can Olympics Boost Mobile TV In China? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 14 Aug 2008 06:09 AM PST

The current quality of mobile TV may not be quite up to snuff in China, but that may not matter to those Chinese consumers hoping to tune into the Olympics.…

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Bowman: More Likely To Start For Yankees Than Float MLBAM IPO; On BlackBerry Video - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 13 Aug 2008 09:58 PM PST

Still waiting for an MLB IPO? Better hope Bob Bowman starts practicing his moves as a shortstop. Asked if a public offering is in the offing, the head of Major…

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Olympics Search Review: Google And Yahoo Get Gold; AOL Grabs Silver; Live Places Last With Bronze - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 13 Aug 2008 04:19 PM PST

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing are supposed to be one of the biggest digital events of all time with tons of content being available for all three screens: TV,…

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NBCU’s Cross-Platform Olympics: ‘Stunned’ By Mobile Adoption; But Will Users Return After The Games? - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 13 Aug 2008 03:32 PM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) execs claimed to have been “stunned” by the level of mobile adoption by users turning to their mobile phones to check out its summer Olympics coverage.…

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Siano Mobile Silicon Raises Third Round Of $17.5 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 13 Aug 2008 06:32 AM PST

Mobile TV chipmaker Siano Mobile Silicon has raised a third round of funding for $17.5 million for a total of $52 million. Draper Fisher Jurvestson’s Israeli partner, DFJ Tamir Fishman…

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Mobile Content Bits: Zed-Koch, Nappy Boy Digital; Handango Sells EA Games; ICO Broadcasts Cartoons - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 12 Aug 2008 11:33 AM PST

-- Zed strikes distribution deals: Mobile entertainment company Zed has struck two exclusive distribution deals, one with rapper T-Pain’s independent digital-only label, Nappy Boy Digital, and the other with independent…

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Mobile Content Bits: Airport Kiosks; Verizon’s Visual; Nokia’s Email Beta; Metacafe Goes Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 11 Aug 2008 03:51 PM PST

-- Best Buy launches airport kiosks: Best Buy said today it will install 12 vending machines in U.S. airports as part of a pilot project. The so-called Best Buy Express…

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Deutsche Telekom Invests $75 Million In Mobile TV Firm Devas Multimedia - 0 Comments
Posted By VCCircle - Mon 11 Aug 2008 08:40 AM PST

Bangalore-based start-up Devas Multimedia, a satellite-based mobile services company, will receive funding of $75 million (Rs 317 crore) from Europe’s largest telecom firm, Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT). The German telco…

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Updated: MTV Mobile Picks Thumbplay To Manage Mobile Content Storefront; Drops Motricity - 9 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Fri 08 Aug 2008 11:20 AM PST

Update: MTV and Thumbplay both contacted us to clarify a few points of their deal that got lost in the minutiae when it was brought to our attention on Friday.…

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5.2B Mobile Subscribers By 2011, 1.7B On Mobile Web And 2.1B Mobile Purchases By 2013: Reports - 1 Comment
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 07 Aug 2008 01:40 PM PST

A trio of new research reports detail the dramatic and swift rise of mobile in terms of subscription growth, mobile web usage and mobile payments for goods downloaded to mobile…

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Mobile Content Bits: AT&T Team USA Soundtrack; MediaFLO NASCAR; T-Mobile 3G; VH1’s Scandalist - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Wed 06 Aug 2008 04:58 PM PST

-- AT&T (NYSE: T) brings recording artists together to record Team USA soundtrack for Olympics: Here’s another one from the official wireless telecom sponsor of Team USA. AT&T brought 16…

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MobiTV Surpasses Four Million Subscribers, Growth Slowing In Face Of Competition - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 04 Aug 2008 12:15 PM PST

Although the company has been hinting at this achievement since April, MobiTV is now officially saying it has four million subscribers. Despite the new heights reached by the Emeryville, CA-based…

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Mobile TV’s Modest Numbers in Korea - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 03 Aug 2008 03:22 PM PST

We have reported on this before, but some new numbers on mobile TV’s non-pickup in Korea...more specifically, the TV broadcasting using digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) format. The story says DMB—which…

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Toshiba’s Mobile TV Subsidiary Mobile Broadcasting Corporation Shutting Down - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 01 Aug 2008 02:01 AM PST

Toshiba mobile TV subsidiary Mobile Broadcasting Corporation is shutting down, after failing to attract enough interest, the company said Thursday. “The number of subscribers has not reached a sufficient level…

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Apple Patent Foreshadows Broadcast Services On iPhone - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 31 Jul 2008 10:52 AM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has applied for a patent that “generally relates to receiving broadcasts and in particular to systems and methods for communicating and storing information associated with data within…

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Operators Kill DVB-H In Germany - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 31 Jul 2008 09:52 AM PST

The companies behind Mobile 3.0, publishing houses Burda and Holtzbrinck together with South African media company Naspers, are reportedly about to end their plans to launch a DVB-H network in…

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Mobile Content Bits: Verizon On Qwest; Mobile Web Guidelines; Criss Angel; Telegent - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Wed 30 Jul 2008 05:23 PM PST

--Qwest Begins Selling Wireless Services Under Verizon Wireless Brand: Qwest has begun offering Verizon Wireless services to all of its new residential and business customers in its service area. Under…

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