Category Archives: mobile video
QuickPlay launches mobile video service for operators
Quickplay is a Canadian manufacturer of mobile entertainment solutions – with a real focus on mobile video. Their OpenVideo platform powers the SiriusXM for Blackberry, Android and iPhone apps as well as the popular PrimeTime2Go service. Today, it is promoting a new service to mobile operators: Multi-Screen Movie Solution.
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Video ringtones launch in Singapore with Vringo
As the second largest mobile operator in Singapore, Starhub is always looking for ways to attract some attention. The most recent attempt was announced today, as Vringo announces it will be launching video ringtones on the network. Continue reading
Mobile advertising and marketing hots news: video, SMS and India
GoMo News is here again with the round-up of mobile marketing and advertising stories for this morning. It’s a good day for mobile video, as two advertisers announce a mobile expansion; SMS gets props as a great marketing channel; and more… Continue reading
Syfy to offer TV clips via Shazam tags
Rating: Special content from Warehouse 13 and Eureka shows
Syfy (formerly the SCI Fi TV channel) has combined with music recognition masters, Shazam, to offer video tags during two finale TV episodes. The shows in question are Warehouse 13 and Eureka and they’ll be aired on September 21st and September 10th (tomorrow) respectively. The Shazam logo will be embedded into the TV programs so that users can ‘tag’ the show using Shazam at any point during the TV broadcast to get the customized tag result. Shazam can also be used for cheating during radio show competitions. Continue reading
Forbidden claims smartphone breakthrough via N900
Rating: Must surely be working in the Cloud Cuckoo space
Displaying a tenuous grasp of the smartphone sector, ‘Cloud’ video platform specialist, Forbidden Technologies, has announced that it has identified the smartphone as an entry level device to enable it to break into the consumer market. So what has it done? Built an iPhone app? No. Built an Android app? No. Built an Ovi app? Er,No. It’s picked “Nokia’s flagship smartphone, the Linux-based Nokia N900.” Oh, dear. That’s no flagship, that’s a tender. Continue reading
Sprint offers mobile video for free – for unlimited football fans
It’s the news that all mobile video enthusiasts have wanted to hear. Through an officially-branded app, Sprint is offering subscribers access to live television free from additional charges. The only piece of bad news is that it’s only of use to you if you’re also an American football fan. Continue reading
No FaceTime? Get mobile video calls on 3G from Knocking
FaceTime was one of the sexier reveals from the iPhone 4. Making video calls over your mobile is so very futuristic – it’s the kind of thing we’ve been looking forward to since Bladerunner came out. How disappointing, then, to discover the FaceTime only works over WiFi. And even at that, after some clever chicanery gets it running on 3G, the data consumption is 3MB per minute. Video broadcasting app Knocking claims to have solved both those problems in one release, with the launch of Knocking 2.0 Continue reading
Mobile advertising and marketing hot news: Amobee, video and tweens
Welcome to today’s round-up of the hottest mobile marketing and advertising stories from GoMo News! Mobile advertiser Amobee has stepped across the Atlantic with a major German deal; Sears is targeting the “tween” demographic with mobile; eMarketer claims mobile video is ready to start earning some real revenue; and more… Continue reading
The best phones you’ve never heard of: India becoming a hotbed of new handset manufacturers
Review: Relative lack of established brand loyalty, extreme price sensitivity, and rapid growth have made an opening for new entrants to the mobile phone business. India might become a launch pad for these new companies to scale and break into the Western markets. Continue reading
New York using mobile barcodes to promote recycling
New York’s Department of Sanitation has joined forces with NYC Media, the “official network” of New York City. NYC Media is placing mobile barcodes on the sides of around 2,200 garbage trucks – which will send videos about recycling to residents’ smartphones. Continue reading
Data compression is the answer to 3G’s woes
Rating: Human Technology unites with Innoace to cut MMS sizes
We all know how much strain the explosion in smartphone data usage is putting existing 3G networks under. The obvious answer is to utilise data compression in a way which requires no hardware changes – so it can be deployed to the existing handset userbase. Well, Human Monitoring claims its Hipix solution can cut the data traffic associated with images in half. Continue reading
Skyfire outperforms Flash 10.1 on Android mobile browsing
Mobile browser Skyfire is releasing its latest version for Android today, and it has kicked off with a direct jab at Flash 10.1. The beta of the long awaited new version of Flash from Adobe came out this week, and Skyfire claims that version 2.1 of its own browser is better on battery life, video quality and speed. Continue reading
UK operators link arms to deal with mobile video
Sharing the burden: new technology could help UK operators collectively deal with mobile video
A coalition of mobile operators in the UK are looking into a new standard for broadcasting TV and video to mobile. Called Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB), the technology could potentially allow networks to create a true mobile TV and video network at a comparatively tiny cost. Continue reading
Brightcove jumps on mobile video for Android and Flash
Brightcove is a massive on-line video platform – and it has been moving steadily into mobile for some time now. Seemingly inspired by the announcement of Adobe’s Flash 10.1 beta, Brightcove has revealed a new service for serving videos on Android mobile devices, along with new mobile tools for Flash 10.1 Continue reading
Jumptap mobile ad network expands into video
Mobile advertiser Jumptap has announced that video is now part of its offering. The primary goal of the network is to be the most comprehensive mobile advertising service out there, and building in a decent video service is a necessary step. GoMo News talked to Jumptap CMO Paran Johar about the new service, and how it will work. Continue reading
