mocoNews.net - Unhealthily Obsessed with Mobile Content
Mobile TV
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 30 Sep 2008 11:18 AM PST
Almost half of all cellphone customers in the U.S. use their mobile devices for entertainment purposes, according to a new survey from mobile app developer Artificial Life. The survey, which…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 25 Sep 2008 06:20 PM PST
GoTV Networks, which produces videos about the music industry and others for both mobile and broadband networks, is getting close to launching a social media widget for sites like Facebook,…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 22 Sep 2008 06:42 AM PST
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has launched what it’s calling a “mobile TV channel”, featuring short shows from some top UK hosts, to go with the imminent new N96 handset. “Capsule N96”…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 16 Sep 2008 04:58 PM PST
Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW has been using Kyte.tv for the past month and today provided some results on how the live-video streaming service has been going. The station…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 16 Sep 2008 10:18 AM PST
Live mobile video broadcaster Flixwagon is trumpeting what it’s calling its “platform”. The offering is barely different from the downloadable app and web widget the Israeli and US firm began…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 15 Sep 2008 05:06 AM PST
-- *Vodafone*music: Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is launching Omnifone’s MusicStation unlimited subscription service in New Zealand. Subscribers will get to download and share an unlimited number of tracks, from a repertoire…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 15 Sep 2008 04:25 AM PST
In a celeb-obsessed world, the cellphone is fast-emerging as the perfect tool for keeping abreast of gossip. In a lengthy feature, the IHT covers the number of gossip magazines and…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 11 Sep 2008 03:49 PM PST
Zed is definitely not dead. The mobile content company announced a deal with movie studio Lionsgate to co-develop a suite of mobile entertainment projects based on Lionsgate films, TV programs,…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 11 Sep 2008 11:27 AM PST
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie announced a series of new partnerships with content providers in a morning keynote at CTIA, but hinted at much more to come. After…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 11 Sep 2008 12:00 AM PST
MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is launching its first ad-supported, mobile video-on-demand service with carriers. With the U.S. Air Force signed on as its first advertiser, pre-roll ads from the military…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Wed 10 Sep 2008 03:33 PM PST
A group of executives from MediaFLO USA, MobiTV, MTV, Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Fox sat in on an afternoon panel that addressed the various business models and use types that…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Wed 10 Sep 2008 11:47 AM PST
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) added a whole mess of new video content to its V CAST Video service today from at least 13 content providers. The carrier added the following channels…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Wed 10 Sep 2008 09:00 AM PST
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Television is revamping its mobile advertising capabilities with a new service that will enable the entertainment giant to automatically insert ads, a first of its kind…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 09 Sep 2008 11:25 PM PST
MobiTV is taking a calculated gamble on business-related content through a new service that will launch on RIM’s Blackberry Bold next month. Mobi4BIZ will combine live TV and video-on-demand content…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:59 PM PST
GoTV Networks, a mobile and broadband video firm, has inked mobile advertising deals with Millenial Media, Digital Sidebar and Ad Infuse. GoTV, like many others in this space, believes advertising-supported…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 01 Sep 2008 08:03 PM PST
The CW network is taking most of its programming mobile this season on a new WAP site that’s been under beta since early August, Adweek reports. The CW is equally…
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 29 Aug 2008 02:07 PM PST
GetJar, which distributes free mobile applications to consumers on the Internet and over the phone, said it is branching out its business by building application storefronts for wireless carriers. A…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 28 Aug 2008 02:11 PM PST
TV viewership didn’t drop off in Canada during the Olympics despite a jump in mobile and online access, the Canadian Press reports. CBC generated more than 46 million page views…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Wed 27 Aug 2008 04:45 PM PST
Cricket Communications and Mexico’s Telcel both announced two separate mobile video services today: -- Cricket is rolling out a flat-rate unlimited streaming mobile video service for $5 a month. Subscribers…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 26 Aug 2008 08:06 PM PST
More often than not, video on mobile phones is a lackluster experience. MediaFLO has been the most obvious exception to that rule in the United States since its service launched…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 25 Aug 2008 04:37 PM PST
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has the right to simulcast Southeastern Conference (SEC) games on mobile under a new 15-year deal with the powerhouse athletic conference. The deal, reported by SBJ to…
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 25 Aug 2008 12:46 PM PST
Now that the 2008 Summer Olympics have come to a close, the mobile industry is looking for the next big news event that could drive traffic and create long-term users…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 25 Aug 2008 10:32 AM PST
MediaFLO USA beefed up its news programming slate over the weekend with the addition of three new permanent 24/7 cable news channels: CNBC, MSNBC and Fox News. NBC Universal’s NBC…
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 21 Aug 2008 02:21 PM PST
Our sister site PaidContent.org is reporting that ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media group (MLBAM) are extending their digital rights deal through 2013. Staci Kramer covered the…
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…
Mobile Options
RSS
paidContent.org feed mocoNews.net feed paidContent.co.uk feed contentSutra.com feed
View all feeds »Channels
Send a News Tip
About
mocoNews.net is a news site covering the business of mobile content.
Rafat Ali
Publisher & Editor
Staci D. Kramer
Co-Editor
Tricia Duryee
Principal Correspondent
Matt Kapko
Senior Entertainment Reporter
Dianne See Morrison
Contributing Writer
James Quintana Pearce
Contributing Writer
Robert Andrews
U.K. Editor
Search
ContentNext Headlines
mocoNews.net
- New Combo Pricing For Our Oct. Events: FOBM, EconSports And EconWomen
- Online Clothing Store myShape Gets $12 Million From Lehman Bros. And Others
- MMOG Developer MindFuse Secures $1 Million In Debt; Plans To Raise Venture Capital By Next Month
- KIT Digital Acquires Telco/IPTV Services Provider Visual Connection
- Slowdown Shows In H108: Online Ad Spend Gained 15.2 Percent; Q2 Up 12.8 Percent: IAB





