Category Archives: mobile video
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Is there really a market for mobile video surveillance?
There was a heist in Central London and 40 millions pounds worth of equipment was stolen. But a man recorded parts of the robbery on his mobile phone. The video and article are here.
When I saw it I wasn’t sure if it was complete stupidity, the chance for glory or just panic video blogging that was behind the guy’s measures. You can hear and see the video move in panic when he hears the shots and by that time the guy was probably sweating in terror the gunman had seen him. Continue reading
Dilithium offers operators streaming mobile video for iPhone OS 3.0
Dilithium has announced a live video and VoD (Video on Demand) product for iPhone 3.0. The company specialises in multimedia over broadband and the mobile Web. The Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA) is designed for operators to push mobile TV to consumers. So iPhone viewers don’t need to download or install any software – they can just watch through their browser. Continue reading
NTT DoCoMo explains 4G mobile Internet push
NTT DoCoMo has been aggressively pushing towards a 2010 LTE launch. The Japanese giant claims it will have its 4G network in place in 2010, even its competitors wait and take a more cautious approach. Continue reading
3rd Space brings ad-funded mobile video content to Reliance
Reliance Communications is one of the biggest telcos in India. Part of the huge Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, it has both CDMA and GSM mobile networks in India. Today, it announce that UK-based mobile marketing 3rd Space will be creating a free, ad-funded mobile video service for Reliance customers. Continue reading
Limelight Networks Kiptronic: More ex-Infospace/Motricity employees set to conquer mobile
Yesterday I went to the Smaato BBQ in Hamburg. I mentioned on Twitter I was going and a blast from the past Ludo Bergkamp (Infospace Business Development) contacted me on Facebook and asked if he could meet me. I (with Smaato’s permission) invited him to the party. Continue reading
NTT DOCOMO invests $45 million in mobile video
This morning mobile operator NTT DOCOMO announced that it has invested $45.5 million in mobile video. The Japanase giant used that money to buy 35% share in San Diego mobile video firm PacketVideo – which has been working with NTT DOCOMO since 1998. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Multimodal services from TravellingWave and Carnie Mellon University
Multimodal input technology TravellingWave has teamed with the Quality of Life Technology Centre which is lead by Carnegie Mellon University to create VoicePredict. Continue reading
Interview with Graham Rivers CEO WIN Plc
I started off my conversation with the CEO of WIN Graham Rivers with a reflection on the past year. I said, WIN seemed to have been extremely quiet and the last I had heard was from a financial update, which was positive. But prior to that very little news came from WIN.
Graham mentioned that the [...]
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 [...]
Content experts Limelight buy up mobile video advertisers Kiptronic
Limelight Networks today announced that it has bought Kiptronic. Limelight is a digital content publisher that follows an “any device, any time” ethos, trying to move content to an iPod as easily as it would an Xbox. It’s purchase of mobile video advertising company Kiptronic follows the launch, last month, of the Limelight mobile internet [...]
