mSpot, Inc. launched today mSpot Mobile Movies a service that offers instant streaming of full-length feature movies available on-demand to millions of mobile phone users. mSpot Mobile Movies is available on all four major U.S. carriers (Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T) via mSpot's mobile web. The service is available on 30 handset devices, which includes the iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, Windows Mobile and many high-end feature phones, reaching over 40 million subscribers.
To access mSpot Mobile Movies, go to m.mSpot.com on your mobile phone. Individual movies cost $4.99 each, or subscribe to a monthly Movie Club membership which cost $9.99, $12.99 or $15.99 per month. A credit card is required to purchase a movie or membership. The phone’s web browser is used to access the movie instantly, no need to wait for download or syncing to a PC.
SPB Software, a manufacturer of mobile applications, has announced the release of SPB TV for Android phones. SPB TV is a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer, designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world. SPB TV features exclusive and patent-pending usability innovations like picture-in-picture mode and gives the mobile subscribers easy access to over a hundred of international TV channels, directly from their phones.
SPB TV is available for Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android platforms providing diverse mobile carrier customers with the next generation mobile TV experience.
SPB TV is available for smartphones running Android 1.5 with HVGA screen resolutions, as well as Windows Phones running Windows Mobile 5 and later Professional and Standard editions, S60 3d edition FP1 or higher, qVGA, VGA, Square QVGA, and WVGA screen resolutions are supported.
Blockbuster Inc. today announced plans to feature the Blockbuster OnDemand movie download service in select Motorola phones, giving Motorola access to the Blockbuster OnDemand service and furthering Blockbuster's digital strategy by providing its library of premium digital entertainment to mobile devices for the first time.
Through the agreement select Motorola phones will feature an exclusive Blockbuster OnDemand application, providing on-the-go download access to Blockbuster's digital library of thousands of current Blockbuster OnDemand movies.
The agreement will also further Blockbuster's multi-channel vision of eventually enabling customers to use the Company's Blockbuster OnDemand application with multiple consumer electronics and portable devices, such as PCs, portable media players, Blu-ray Disc players, personal video recorders (PVRs), set-top boxes, mobile phones and Web-connected TVs, to search Blockbuster's entire catalog of entertainment content and download available titles for rent or purchase, schedule movies for mail delivery through Blockbuster Online, or reserve titles for in-store pick-up at participating Blockbuster stores or at a Blockbuster Express branded vending machine.
If you own a Slingbox SOLO, PRO or PRO-HD, you can watch TV on your iPhone or iPod touch via Wi-Fi. Additionally, you can change channels and control your DVR right from you iPhone or iPod. There is no monthly fee; however, you will have to purchase the SlingPlayer for Mobile App for $29.99 from SlingMedia.com.
To watch TV of your iPhone or IPod you will need to install SlingPlayer on a PC or Mac on your home network. You will also need a high-speed (broadband) Internet connection of at least 256Kb upstream speed at home.
To watch TV away from your home, your Slingbox needs to have Internet viewing set up. The Slingbox AV, Slingbox TUNER, and Slingbox Classic are not fully supported for use with SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone & iPod touch.
ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technologies, applications and services company, has today announced its streamed Mobile TV service, ROK TV, is compatible with the latest BlackBerry smartphones.
"This is great news for ROK and represents huge potential for the continued deployment of ROK TV," said Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK,"as BlackBerry users tend to be tech-savvy and hungry for information and entertainment on their mobiles."
ROK TV, one of a suite of revenue-generating mobile services produced by ROK, enables the stream of live and on-demand video to mobile phones over mass-market 2.5G as well as over 3G and has successfully launched its subscription-based mobile TV service with several Operators worldwide.
DirecTV Group Inc. will allow its NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers to watch next season’s games on mobile phones as part of a $100 package. Fans paying $280 for National Football League games outside their home TV market can add access on handsets like the Apple iPhone, El Segundo, California-based DirecTV. The offer ends July 31.
Broadcasters and pay-TV operators are looking for ways to make money as viewers shift online. A Wi-fi link or access to a 3G high-speed wireless Internet service is required. Software will be provided on Apple’s iPhone AppStore by September.
The $100 package also provides computer access and additional TV features, which include the ability to watch eight games on a single screen, as many as 12 in high definition, a channel that shows scoring drives and another that condenses games down to 30 minutes.
For the first time, fans can be a part of the action by experiencing full-length live streaming of the games directly on their Sprint TV-capable phones. Through their phones, subscribers will also have front row seats to follow CONCACAF Gold Cup from the opening game kickoff in Los Angeles to the finals in New York with real-time game updates about their teams playing in the tournament, related news and tournament statistics, among other fun features.
Additionally, Sprint has teamed up with one of the most popular Mexican soccer legends, Luis Roberto Alves "Zague", to provide a one-of-a-kind pre-game experience at select matches in some U.S. cities.
At the games, fans can visit Sprint Mobile Experience to try firsthand how easy it is to enjoy real-time matches on the go on a wide range of Sprint phones.
FLO TV Incorporated, provider of the FLO TV live mobile TV service, today announced that the FLO TV service will expand its service nationwide following the DTV transition on June 12, which frees up broadband spectrum for FLO TV's dedicated network. FLO TV will expand into 39 new markets, offering its service to an additional 60 million customers with a total reach of more than 100 major markets and more than 200 million potential consumers nationwide by the end of 2009. This will complete FLO TV's creation of the only dedicated, linear, live mobile TV network, allowing consumers to access broadcast-quality news, sports and entertainment on their mobile devices.
Fifteen new markets will go live immediately following the DTV transition on June 12, bringing service to major markets such as Boston, Houston, Miami and San Francisco, while others will follow throughout the year. In addition to adding new markets, immediately upon the transition, FLO TV also will expand service in existing markets including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC.
Later this summer, Washington D.C., will be the first city to get free, over-the-air digital television signals for mobile devices such as cell phones, smartphones, and laptops.
The TV signal will be broadcasted in a standard known as Mobile DTV with the exact programming that is sent to televisions. The programming as with regular TV will include advertising. Washington D.C. was chosen because the city is full of tech-savvy viewers who watch the local news.
The Open Mobile Video Coalition has pushed to have free mobile TV across the U.S. and by the end of the year; they expect to have free, over-the-air programming to cover about 39% of U.S. households.
Currently, there are no devices that can play this standard, however the coalition wants to spur device makers by offering the service. Dell has already showcased a prototype Inspiron Mini 10 netbook with a TV tuner that can utilize this standard, and LG Electronics and Samsung are working on cell phones that can watch this television standard.
MobiTV is partnering with Sinclair and PBS. They revealed a vision for the future of mobile television, mixTV, at the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB).
mixTV is a potential business model for Mobile DTV, combining free Mobile DTV content with a subscription based 7-day window of on-demand programming. The mixTV demonstration opens multiple new monetization opportunities for broadcasters, mobile network operators and content providers while providing the most compelling user experience for consumers.
MixTV also supports interactivity, audience measurement and dynamic ad insertion via mobile broadcast, or on-demand content over existing wireless networks.
For the NAB Show demonstration, mixTV will feature a combination of Mobile DTV from PBS (KLVX) and the CW (KVCW), with a seven-day library of all previously broadcast content available on-demand over Mobile WiMAX.
FLO TV Incorporated, provider of the award-winning FLO TV live mobile TV service and a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced the expansion of its service in 19 markets around the country.
The expansion extends FLO TV's coverage for more than 10 million potential new viewers ahead of the June 12 final date for the DTV transition and is a precursor to FLO TV's nationwide expansion to reach more than 200 million consumers in 100 U.S. markets by the end of 2009.
Following this most recent growth phase, FLO TV's service now covers previously unserved portions of 16 existing markets and provides coverage for the first time in three new markets: Atlantic City, N.J.; Greensboro, N.C. and Wilmington, Del. The expansion is the result of approvals obtained from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ahead of the DTV transition..
Samsung has launched an online store that allows customers to purchase or rent movies and TV shows and download it to their mobile phones. The movies includes over 500 blockbusters from top studios Warner Bros, Paramount and Universal. Samsung plans to double its titles to 1,000 by the end of the first quarter and again to 2,000 movies and TV shows by the end of June.
The initial launch is in Britain and Germany and will extend to other European markets later in the year. The service will be compatible only with video-enabled Samsung phones such as its new Tocco Ultra Edition.
Today Ustream.tv announced the release of Ustream Mobile. Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size.
In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further build their brand.
Ustream's one-to-many live interactive video encourages broadcast-to-viewer and viewer-to-viewer interaction, empowering a much more engaging experience for everyone involved.
Ustream Mobile Applications were designed and developed by Ustream for Ustreamers. Ustream.tv mobile applications are Truly Live, have Audience Activation with Twitter and are Fully Interactive with Yes/No one-click polls and real-time chat, and even are GPS enabled.
On2 Technologies, a provider of video compression solutions, will demonstrate high-definition mobile video solutions at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 16-19. On2 will unveil new hardware design solutions for mobile and multimedia chip-set manufacturers, demonstrate its latest mobile video software implementations, and preview its cloud transcoding service at its Stand 1A55, in Hall 1 of La Fira convention center.
On2 announced the Hantro 8190, the first high-definition hardware decoder supporting MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and H.264 for low powered chipsets, at last year's Mobile World Congress, and the company recently unveiled the industry's most advanced video compression format, On2 VP8. The convergence of web and mobile content is a growing industry trend, and On2's technology solutions deliver customers high-quality, low-bit-rate video with minimal processing requirements, making them ideal for mobile devices.
The Disney/ABC Television Group, ESPN and Verizon announced today that a comprehensive portfolio of news, entertainment and sports video programming, including full-length episodes of shows from ABC Entertainment, ABC News and Disney Channel, as well as content from ESPN, will be available to Verizon Wireless V CAST Video and Mobile Web customers.
The agreement covers mobile distribution of on-demand, full-length episodes to V CAST Video, complementing existing short-form content currently available from ABC and ESPN. Full-length programs will include:
Maltese company Melita, provider of home entertainment and telecommunications, has become the first in the world to integrate HSPA mobile broadband into its existing cable-TV network, adding mobile broadband to its TV, internet and fixed telephony offerings. Ericsson was selected as the end-to-end integrator, using its expertise and technology to make this achievement possible.
The Ericsson solution will allow Melita to deploy new services rapidly and cost-effectively, while optimizing its existing infrastructure. The new network will assist Melita to offer its consumers an enhanced end-user experience based on TV, internet, fixed telephony and mobile broadband services.
MySpace, the world’s premier social network, and RipCode, an innovator of Internet and mobile video infrastructure solutions, announced today that MySpace Mobile users across the globe will now be able to enjoy MySpace video content from their video enabled mobile devices. The first social portal to launch video streaming for mobile, MySpace’s beta mobile video initiative is committed to ensuring the best user experience by providing the highest quality video for mobile viewing. Users will now be able to view videos they’ve uploaded or have marked as a favorite.
The MySpace Mobile site receives approximately three billion worldwide page views per month from more than 10 million monthly unique users. Combining the popularity of the MySpace mobile site with its vast online video library creates a compelling and dynamic mobile environment.
Tivo has launched TiVo Mobile, a free mobile phone-optimized Web site that allows subscribers and non-subscribers alike to browse, search, and discover television shows, regardless of mobile platform, carrier or browser. The site can be accessed with any Internet-enabled phone through any network, regardless of carrier, opening up the service to millions and millions of cell phone owners.
The new mobile site, located at m.tivo.com, lets television fans stay in touch with their TiVo DVR when they are away from the living room, giving them the power to schedule recordings directly to their TiVo box from their mobile phone.
TiVo is known for its simple, intuitive interface, and the TiVo Mobile web site delivers more of the same. The site is optimized for easy use on a small screen, offering the exceptional user experience TiVo fans know and love.
Sprint today announced that it will become the first wireless carrier to offer live NFL game telecasts starting Nov. 6 when NFL Network televises the first game its eight-game schedule. Sprint will be the only wireless carrier to offer the NFL Network game telecasts via its exclusive NFL Mobile Live application and on Sprint TV, free of charge to Sprint data subscribers.
The first televised game features the Cleveland Browns hosting the Denver Broncos on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football broadcast. NFL Network's six subsequent Thursday night telecasts will be available to Sprint subscribers as well as the final NFL Network game on Saturday, Dec. 20.
NFL Mobile Live, only from Sprint, has been in high demand since launching on the Now Network on Sept. 4. When NFL Mobile Live launched at the start of the NFL season, fans made it the most-downloaded application for a weekend in the company's history, and it set the company's single-day record for downloads on Sept. 7 - the first Sunday of the NFL campaign.
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