BROWSING: mobile TV

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Like many other forms of entertainment, watching mobile TV wastes time - at least to some. For the executives running mobile entertainment companies that routinely talk about the medium as such, there's an apparent sense of pride or ease that comes...

ROK Entertainment Group Inc. is expanding its Internet video offerings with the acquisition of Jalipo Media Limited., a fellow U.K.-based outfit.ROK, which delivers streaming and on-demand video to 2.5G and 3G handsets, will issue 600,000 of its shares - the equivalent of roughly $16.8...

Total annual spending for advertisements on mobile devices will exceed $1 billion this year and could increase to about $7.6 billion by 2013, according to a report from Juniper Research. The firm said mobile streamed and broadcast TV services will become the most lucrative...

America is the proverbial "melting pot," a nation of immigrants and their neighborhoods. With greater than 80% wireless penetration, everyone needs a mobile phone. Add the complexity of the shifting landscape from voice to advanced data services and you have a business proposition for...

AT&T Mobility announced that it will launch AT&T Mobile TV with FLO this Sunday. As previously announced, the service will include a pair of exclusive channels -- CNN and PIX, a channel of full-length movies programmed by Sony Pictures Television -- in addition to...

NEW YORK CITY -- The tears, deafening screams and all-around giddiness were nonstop last night as Madonna played a six-song set at the Roseland Ballroom for a select group of wireless subscribers, promotion winners and hardcore fans.The "Material Girl" took the stage shortly after...

AT&T Mobility's MediaFLO-based mobile TV service has not yet officially launched; after a couple of false starts, the carrier appears set to launch the service, along with a pair of devices, in the coming weeks.However, RCR Wireless News obtained an LG Electronics Co. Ltd....

Fresh off a handful of license wins in the 700 MHz auction last month in the United States, Qualcomm Inc. is now eyeing spectrum in Britain, yet the company says it is not interested in becoming an operator in that country."Qualcomm does not intend...

Dish Network Corp. isn't wasting time as it considers what technology might be the best fit for spectrum it recently won in the 700 MHz auction. The company partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to test DVB-SH mobile TV broadcast technology with equipment, tools and training provided...

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless resale relationship with three of the nation's largest cable companies has come to an end. According to media reports, Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Cox Communications Inc. are pulling out of their Pivot-branded effort with the nation's 3rd...

There's a lot of debate these days about what might push mobile television into its next growth spurt, but most seem to agree that offering ad-supported channels can only help.GoldSpot Media, a Silicon Valley start-up, is banking on that strategy with what it says...

LAS VEGAS - EVER SINCE television was invented in 1926, the industry has seen over-the-air broadcasts reach more screens as the medium exploded in popularity. The industry's first push was to get a single TV set into as many living rooms as possible, then...

LAS VEGAS - "There is an expression - if there is something that people want to watch, you can broadcast it on a rock in the desert and they will watch it," Frank Nein, co-founder, partner and senior VP at Lexicon Digital Communications, said...

LAS VEGAS -- Five companies promoting the A-VSB standard for mobile TV broadcasting said they have made progress on the technology, and offered demonstrations during the National Association of Broadcasters Show this week to underscore their efforts.The Advanced Television Systems Committee is expected to...

MobiTV Inc. has spent the past 18 months developing new technologies that will speed up the time between channel changes to less than a second and optimize cellular network backhaul by automatically switching video streams from unicast to multicast depending on usage in a...

To hear Cyriac Roeding tell it, CBS Mobile started in 2005 as a "department of one." Just two suitcases and three boxes in tow, Roeding left his home in Europe after convincing top executives to let him build a new mobile business out of...

THE NATION'S TOP TWO CARRIERS plan to deploy Long Term Evolution network technology over their recent spectrum winnings. However, Verizon Wireless executives said an LTE rollout won't happen until 2010 at the earliest, while those from AT&T Mobility pegged a rollout date as far...

Sony Pictures Television will broadcast movies on one of the two exclusive mobile TV channels that AT&T Mobility is gearing up to launch this summer using MediaFLO USA Inc.'s network. The studio announced that its channel, called PIX, will be available to AT&T Mobility...

When is the wireless industry, collectively and individually, going to start showing off a little?The networks are being built. The devices will take care of themselves (there is nothing like a little competition from an outsider to spark a little creativity in device options)....

The nation's top two carriers plan to deploy Long Term Evolution network technology over their recent spectrum winnings. However, Verizon Wireless executives said an LTE rollout won't happen until 2010 at the earliest, while those from AT&T Mobility pegged a rollout date as far...

Mobile television is all over the place, yet going nowhere fast all at the same time. Consumer choice for TV and video on their cellphones is pretty robust, but that's only if they know it even exists.Sure, mobile TV and video usage is growing...

ICO Global Communications announced it will be launching a $500 million satellite into space April 14th that will eventually provide broadcast mobile TV service nationwide using digital video broadcast-satellite handheld (DVB-SH) technology. "It is the largest commercial satellite ever lifted into space by (Atlas...

AT&T Mobility hopes a new 30-inch touchscreen table will lead to more customers leaving its stores educated and satisfied with the entire shopping experience -- a little fun and simplicity wouldn't hurt either. The nation's largest carrier will be installing Microsoft Corp.'s Surface at...

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...