by Pivot
Tag: MobileTV
CinemaNow Offers Remote Wireless Movie Downloads
CinemaNow and uVuMobile, a mobility software and services company, announced the availability of remote wireless downloads and wireless movie trailer viewing. The new feature allows subscribers to preview movies on their WAP enabled cellular phones…
AT&T Launching MobileTV
AT&T announced they will be launching MobileTV in May 2008 on Qualcomm’s MediaFLO platform. The new video service will launch on two handsets initially, the LG Vu and the Samsung Access. Content will come from…
Sprint Goes Hollywood With Own Mobile Content
Sprint has announced the launch of Sprint Exclusive Entertainment (SEE), its own network of originally produced content for Sprint mobile phones. SEE, which will initially focus on sports, music, and other entertainment focused programming, will…
AT&T’s Aloha Purchase May Alter 700 Mhz Landscape
AT&T’s announced purchase of Aloha Partners 700 Mhz spectrum for $2.5 billion may alter the competitive landscape for both mobileTV and mobile broadband. The implications impact companies like Qualcomm on the mobileTV side as well…
MobileTV Gaining Momentum
The U.S. is the unofficial king of couch potato syndrome. Fitness enthusiasts swear that syndrome contributes to the obesity problem in the U.S. Despite numerous strategies, we as a nation can’t seem to get off…
Clearwire to Trial Mobile Video
Clearwire is partnering with ICO, a satellite communications company based in Reston, VA, to test a mobile video service. The trial is expected to commence in 2008 and will use both Clearwire’s 2.5 Ghz spectrum…
Verizon Wireless to Offer Full Length College Football Games
Verizon Wireless announced the launch of live, full length college football games on wireless handsets, coming this fall. Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO, a QUALCOMM subsidiary will partner to offer over 100 games on on CBS…
Alltel Launches Mobile Video Clip Service
Alltel and mywaves announced the availability of mywaves on Alltel wireless handsets. Mywaves allows customers to browse thousands of “Web videos” and watch them from their phone. Alltel will charge $3.99 per month for the…
Alltel Offers Mobile Content with NBCU Deal
Alltel and NBC Universal announced a mobile TV content deal which will feature several NBC channels on Alltel mobile wireless devices. Alltel will distribute eleven NBC video-on-demand channels, mobile Web sites, ringtones, ringback tones and…
Verizon MobileTV Now in 28 Markets
Verizon’s V CAST Service is now operating in 28 markets across the U.S., including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. V CAST offers 8 live TV channels, including CBS Mobile, ESPN, MTV Fox Mobile,…
I’ll Take U-verse To Go Please
Let the differentiation battles begin. AT&T announced “U-Verse On The Go,” a new service allowing U-verse subscribers to view select U-verse IPTV content on any broadband connected computer. A somewhat similar model to Sling Box,…
Verizon Vcast is Live
Verizon launched its mobileTV Vcast service today in 20 markets. Pricing ranges from $13 to $25, depending on the number of channels subscribed to. Verizon is using Qualcomm’s MediaFLO service, which can provide true TV…