Phones4U to offer b@TV’s streamed music

Rating: Will it put a big strain on mobile broadband?

In what is believed to be its first commercial agreement, b@T, has signed an agreement to provide its streamed content services for the Nokia X6. The deal will be exclusive to Phones4u customers. Interestingly, independent UK handset retailer, Phones4U, hasn’t said which networks it will offer [...]

AT&T finally eases up on SlingPlayer: mobile TV iPhone app now works on 3G

This was an interesting story when it first broke last year. Apparently worried about the amount that mobile data was costing it, AT&T was rumoured to have put pressure on Apple to ban a particular application. But now AT&T has announced that SlingPlayer can run over 3G after all. Also, someone may have had a bit of a chat with Ralph de la Vega about mobile data services.

Rok launches free UK TV for phones

Rating: Watch the Beeb for free without iPlayer
Those guys at Rok never give up,do they? Now the firm has launched Rok TV UK as free download to UK viewers, although it is still in beta version.
ROK TV uses the company’s purpose-built media player to allow moving video to play on virtually any mobile phone’s screen. [...]

Sick of waiting for true internet TV? X-factor drives traffic to the mobile web

As we all know, there is no better way to shut your mind down completely after a long day than to sit in front of the TV. It’s a completely passive activity. But the ultimate TV dream seems to be in transforming it to an active pastime, where the user can pull in information they want along with what the TV is pushing on them. Making TV as interactive as the internet makes watching TV all that more addictive and appealing. Digital TV is one way of accomplishing this, but proper infrastructure for that isn’t in place yet. Touchscreen tablets like the CrunchP.. uh, JooJoo are another, and that area has its own problems. But as stats from Novarra are showing, while we’re waiting for those technologies to mature, mobile internet is filling the gap very nicely.

New mobile TV network bypasses 3G technology

A trial of a new mobile TV service is taking place in Paris. A “hybrid network” created by two French companies and one Irish company is intended to combine mobile and satellite technologies to broadcast instant TV to any mobile device.

NBA is really getting behind mobile video

The National Basketball Association in the US has launched what looks like a pretty damn good mobile video service. Like many sports organisations, the NBA has generally been pretty brave when it comes to the mobile industry. And with this new product the NBA has combined up-to-date mobile tech for video streaming with a well designed, user-friendly application.

Mobile TV made simple: the new digital standard explained

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is an America body responsible for… well, advanced television systems. It was founded in 1982, and is responsible for the standards that govern digital television in the United States. This body today announced that it is approving a new standard for digital transmissions to mobile devices, which could lead the way for a new era of mobile television.

Free mobile video app on iPhone from Metacafe and Babelgum

Mobile video specialist Babelgum hasn’t exactly been quiet so far this year. The company has been launching custom iPhone and iPod apps for brands like Coldplay and Funny or Die, and premiered a movie in the form of Sally Potter’s Rage. Now it has launched a free application for one of the most popular video services on the web - Metacafe.

BBC and We Love Mobile aim for “first time” mobile search

When the BBC decided to create a bespoke mobile search service for it’s mobile site, it hired on mobile design and marketing agency We Love Mobile. They have now completed the design for the BBCs new mobile search - with the focus being squarely on getting the right result on the first search.

Two Mobile TV stories: advertising from 3, and Telecom launches free service

Mobile TV seems to be like buses - there’s nothing new for ages and then a bunch of good stories come along at once. Today we’ve gotten two interesting announcements. New Zealands Telecom is launching a mobile TV service for free (initially), while 3 has gotten together with 4th Screen, Mobix and FremantleMedia to launch pre-roll mobile TV ads on the 3 mobile portal.

Mobile TV from ROK is now available on BlackBerry

ROK Entertainment Group provides a fairly wide range of products. It has some applications there, some technologies it implements for operators, and a bundle of news and entertainment services. So far the biggest success has been its Mobile TV service. Today it has announced that Blackberry users can now access mobile TV through ROK.

HDTV provider AnySource to provide mobile TV for two content providers

AnySource Media supplies what is called “over-the-top-TV”, which delivers live television to TV sets via an Internet connection. The AnySource platform, Connected HDTV, has been signed on by two mobile content providers. Comedy Time and Salacious Streets TV, both pure-mobile providers, will broadcast TV stations over mobile using the Connected HDTV Platform.

Telemak chooses Envivio to expand its IPTV service for operators

IPTV specialist Envivio has announced it has a new agreement with Telemak to provide better mobile TV services for operator. Telemak provides mobile multimedia streaming for operators, and will be using Envivio services to improve its already existing mobile and web television solutions.

Orange Spain attempts to lure customers with free, unlimited mobile internet

Oranges spanish branch has apparently introduced a summer bargain for contract subscribers. So long as you connect via the Orange World mobile portal, you have free access to as much music, gaming and TV content as you like. On the Orange World Portal.

The deal applies to new or existing contracts with Orange - so it’s [...]

Mobile television provider MobiTV claims 7 million subscribers

MobiTV today claimed that more than seven million people are subscribed to its mobile television and video-on-demand service. It claims part of this success is due to a special offer worked out between the iPhone App Store and CBS Sports during the March Madness season.

MobiTV claims to be available on 350+ handsets and 20 carriers [...]

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