Category Archives: Mobile TV
Guest Post: Better connected at home
by Jerome Rota, an svp for consumer products and services with Twonky
Recent findings from Deloitte revealed that there are now more than on billion smartphones and, as you would expect, this has completely changed the way that we consume our media content. Due to the ready availability of Wi-fi services, old favourites like the TV remote are becoming an endangered species as users look to discover content on their smartphones or tablet and enjoy content on the go. Mobile devices play a huge role in the content discovery process and the lines between mobile and TV screen have become blurred as a result. Here I’ll look at the concept of the ‘connected home’ and exactly where mobile devices fit in. Continue reading
2012′s Top Stories: Nokia N73 Software Update
Rating: Hundreds of responses from the Indian sub-continent
Although the original story was posted as long ago as May 23rd 2008, the story ‘Nokia update N73 Software‘ continues to haunt us here at GoMobile News Towers. That story merely reported that in Europe, Nokia has released a newer version of the OS for the N73. The benefits of the upgrade included support for mobile TV (but only when used with the Nokia SU-33W receiver) and plus an Express Mail client. That story has now generated an astonishing 103 responses. Most of these comments are simply a plea for help but not one of the readers we have written back to via email have ever replied. So the saga continues. Continue reading
Guest Post: Enjoy live TV streaming with mobile apps
by Jayanta Singha, blogger and SEO analyst
It’s television live on your mobile device! With action, entertainment and information, the fun is unlimited. Television and mobile phones are converging giving rise to a new entertainment area – the mobile television. You can now take a break in between your day’s work to watch your favourite TV show or movie right on your mobile phone. So, if you are on wheels or taking rest in a café – you are free to have the pleasure of watching television. Continue reading
BSkyB updates its Sky Sports for iPad app for more F1 action
Rating: GoMo discovers the best way to watch Sky F1 via iOS
BSkyB offers a number of apps to iOS owners. However, just in time for the Santander formula 1 British Grand prix 2012 on July 8th, the satellite TV broadcaster has updated its Sky Sports of iPad app which can be found here. The new ‘F1 companion experience’ features split-screen technology – allowing users to simultaneously follow action from two different cameras angles. The updated Sky Sports for iPad app is available for free from Apple’s iTunes App Store but it is also available to non-Sky customers on a standalone basis for £4.99 per month through in-app purchase. Don’t be fooled by this last option, though. Non-Sky customers still won’t have access to the F1 channel through the paid-for app. You want the Sky Sports TV app for that. Continue reading
Mobile Indians prefer Pepsi to Coke
Ahead of ad:tech New Delhi 2012, a digital marketing event, independent mobile video service, Vuclip, has revealed the findings of its mobile survey on favorite cola brands in India and globally. Continue reading
Guest Post from Martin Hayward, Director of Marketing of Mirror Image Internet – Making the Most of Today’s Connected World
About Martin Hayward, Director of Marketing of Mirror Image Internet
Martin Hayward has over 20 years of marketing experience in key areas including product marketing and management, market strategy, marketing communications and market analysis. Hayward has worked directly with mobile marketers within organizations to find the best content delivery methods for their marketing strategies. Continue reading
BSkyB reveals Mintel research on mobile
Rating: While launching another app for the Apple iPad
It seems that leading media company, News International, has definitely been bitten with the iPad app bug. Hot on the heels of our story (here) about a new iOS-centric division, Project Two22, another arm of the company has just annouced a new iPad app. This time it is BSkyB which has released Sky Sports News for iPad. It offers live and on-demand video; rich interactive graphics; and up-to-the-minute data. In a blog on the official Sky site here, the company’s director of mobile, David Gibbs, revealed that it had specially commissioned research from Mintel looking at the popularity of mobile tablets and smartphones. This makes very interesting reading indeed. Continue reading
Swedish chairman to broadcast 24 hours from mobile
Rating: Just another cruddy attempt to get the Bambuser app mentioned
It took us a little while to figure out what was behind this particular publicity stunt, then we realised the aim was to promote the existence of a really neat mobile broadcasting app. The event will be known as the ‘Bambuser Challenge‘ and will kick off in Central London at noon on Friday September 9th [2001] and finish 24 hours later. What it involves is Bambuser‘s executive chairman, Hans Eriksson, coming over from Stockholm and trotting around the parts of London that most tourists don’t see. All the time broadcasting using a mobile phone and communicating with his audience. GoMo News tried to find out which mobile phone he intends to use as we can’t imagine anything exists with a battery life that long. He’s obviously going to have to switch handsets. Frequently. Continue reading
Norway get immersive 2-screen experience thru never.no
Rating: TV station uses it to enhance Tour de France
No way? TV 2 Norway has announced that it used the world’s first live synchronised companion app for iOS and Android devices during its live coverage of the Tour de France. The number of app downloads increased by 267 per cent from 2010, while the number of paid VoD (video on demand) users increased by a massive 533 percent. To do this, TV2 employed the Synchronized Companion App Framework which is part of the Interactivity Suite (IS) from never.no. The company claims it enables a completely complementary and immersive two-screen experience. Continue reading
Kama Sutra Android app from Lovers’ Guide
Rating: Your first position absolutely free
Talk about teasers. In an effort to promote its TV program, Body in Balance is launching, a free ‘Lovers’ Guide‘ app. This app will be available from the Android Market and the first position is free. GoMo News guesses that it’ll probably be the reverse cowgirl. Always is. Anyway, the Lovers’ Guide app – the Kama Sutra of Sex Positions- uses video footage from the TV series to illustrate different sexual positions and then gives advice on how to have great sex. If you don’t have an Android handset, don’t panic. The TV company says, “The App will also soon be available to download for BlackBerry, followed by iPhone and the new Windows enabled Nokia phones.” So not only does the company know more about sex than us, it apparently knows more about Nokia’s plans, too. Continue reading
Get God live on your iPhone
Rating: Thanks to Vision IPTV and Revelation TV
It’s seems that the first success for mobile specialist, Vision IPTV, has been to land a deal with Revelation TV. This is a UK-based religious broadcaster which is extending its reach beyond traditional broadcast channels via a white-labelled video app. So now you really can get God live on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Naturally, Vision IPTV ha slots of fancy technology which ensures that the video streaming actually works and iOS users have an acceptable viewing experience. The chief benefit, though, is that TV and video content owners can now have access to a dedicated iOS app not only swifty but a reduced cost from having to develop the app themselves Continue reading
Hulu launches Android app for just 6 devices
Rating: Maybe more, maybe less can run Plus app
The US based TV streaming service, Hulu, has launched an Android app which enables smartphone owners to watch its streamed video service. It is only available in North America and subscribers have to pay $7.99 a month for the privilege of using the service. Strangely, the app claims to run on only six different handsets: – three Motorolas; two Nexus handsets and the HTC Inspire 4G. GoMo News can’t work out exactly why this is. Attempts to download and run the software (which should offer access to some free content) from outside the USA failed. By doing so we may have also exposed a hoax. More info on Hulu here. Continue reading
UK’s ITV plays iCatchup with Android app
Rating: Some reviewers already say it’s pants
UK Android fans will have been delighted by the announcement made by ITV’s md for Online and On Demand, Robin Pembrooke, that his company’s first foray into mobile distribution is an Android app. “Android is just the first step in a mobile strategy that will see us rolling out ITV Player across mobiles and tablets, including iPhones and iPads, across the rest of this year [2011],” Pembrooke commented. One in the eye for iPhone fanboys, then. Before you get too excited, however, this app only runs on Android apps supporting Froyo (2.2) and above. Plus half the early reviews say the app is pants. Continue reading
Will Brit Royal wedding crash the mobile networks?
Rating: GoMo News does its bit to help
With any major event – like the Womad music festival, for example – you’re going to have large numbers of people congregated in a small area where there are normally only a few masts. The forthcoming wedding of Britain’s Prince William to Kate Price Middleton, is going to cause mega headaches. Luckily, at least one of the UK’s four major operators – o2 -has been planning ahead for some time. If you want to plan ahead as well, you might want to work out how to stream TV coverage to your handset. Or you might want to download mxData ‘s Tube Map app in time to avoid the congestion on London’s streets. Continue reading
Mobile TV viewers want more sports!
MobiTV is one of the biggest mobile television providers in the world. It’s mainly a technology provider – the biggest operators in the US, including AT&T, Verizon and Sprint all use MobiTV for mobile TV. Today, it has restated it’s claim that the biggest driver of mobile TV usage is live sports events. Continue reading
