UK and U.S. based mobile entertainment firm ROK (LSE: ROK) has announced the acquisition of Jalipo Limited, the UK-based online video firm offering live streaming content. The acquisition, for 600,000…

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Is mobile TV gaining momentum or isn’t it? In recent weeks, both Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Qualcomm have said the service isn’t getting the take up it had expected, with…

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AT&T (NYSE: T) Wireless will finally launch its much delayed mobile TV broadcasting service next week, and it has made all the necessary moves to make sure it never really…

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-- The Australian Jockey Club has launched a sponsored content service at Randwick racecourse in Sydney. Supported by brands like Thrifty and Lexus the Bluetooth service sends form guides to…

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The market for rich media advertising on mobile—in the form of TV, video, games, user-generated content (UGC) and music—will reach $2.79 billion by 2012 predicts Screen Digest. The bulk of…

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Consumers can remotely pick and choose full-length movies on their phone that they want to start downloading to their home PC while on the go, according to CinemaNow, an online…

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Satellite TV company Dish Networks is planning to launch a mobile TV service. The company will trial a DVB-SH service with Alcatel Lucent, reports Dow Jones, in a bid to…

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Production company Fremantle is abandoning direct distribution deals with operators for its video-on-demand (VoD) content for shows like The Apprentice, Pop Idol and the X Factor, reporting that it was…

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Streaming TV provider MobiTV has received $5 million in funding from Leader Ventures, in addition to the $125 million it raised from VC firms Gefinor Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Redpoint Venutres,…

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By the end of 2007 there were more than 17 million mobile TV users in Asia, according to Media Partners Asia and reported by Asia Media Journal. While that’s a…

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There was a time when operators wanted to lock in people to their own content portals, but for Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), that’s the past. Since last year, the UK operator…

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The possible prices and channel line-up for AT&T’s (NYSE: T) mobile TV service due May 4 has been leaked by an anonymous source, according to PhoneMag quoting The Boy Genius…

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Broadcast mobile TV is one of the most controversial technologies around, in terms of whether it will work or not. El Reg has a commentary post suggesting that mobile TV…

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Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) is apparently keen to use its MediaFLO technology for services other than mobile TV. I’ll just quote Kamil Grajski, vice president of engineering for Qualcomm and president…

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The market for mobile TV in India will hit $360 million in revenue and 12 million customers according to Springboard Research—which would be impressive considering that there is currently only…

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There are starting to be some figures coming out that support the idea that mobile TV will be a big money-spinner in the future—although admittedly the figures tend to be…

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Although the vast majority of mobile advertising is currently based on SMS, Juniper Research predicts that streamed and broadcast mobile TV services will become the most lucrative channels for mobile…

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Does the Open Mobile Video Coalition know something about mobile TV others don’t? While both Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and MediaFlo have recently acknowledged that mobile TV hasn’t picked up the…

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MobiTV has hit the 4-million subscriber mark, adding a million subscribers in the last six months as well as the six months before that, reports RCRNews. It has also announced…

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This afternoon you can watch a satellite launch into space that will ultimately provide interactive media services, such as navigation, roadside assistance and the mobile video. ICO Global Communications is…

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One of the hardest parts of reporting on mobile content is working out exactly what companies are offering… the word most bandied about and misused is “exclusive”. For example, in…

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If navigation services are becoming more common on the cellphone, why can’t mobile TV move to the personal navigation device? Garmin said this summer it is moving into the mobile…

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-- SEGA Mobile: The company announced a portfolio of new games today that includes both original titles and licensed brands. Some of the titles include: Sonic at the Olympic Games;…

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The Latino market continues to be an attractive one for the mobile industry, with figures like “3.1 percent of the general population used their mobile devices to watch videos, 6.7…

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Orange France has struck multi-year deals with Warner Brothers International Television, HBO, Gaumont and Fidélité Film, which will provide the content—some of it exclusive--for its new cinéma series, available to…

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