Video Optimization

Motricity Inc. once again added to its bank account, pocketing $50 million in equity funding from controversial investor Carl Icahn. Whether the cash will be enough to see the company through the troubled wireless entertainment waters is uncertain, as the …

Verizon Wireless launched its streaming mobile TV service last week with little of the expected fanfare. The service, dubbed Vcast Mobile TV, uses MediaFLO USA Inc.’s technology and network, with Verizon Wireless initially offering the service in 20 markets across …

Despite Verizon Wireless’ attempt to downplay the launch of its Vcast Mobile TV service, the availability of the streaming TV service in the Denver area forced-and I do mean forced-a quick trip to the mall so we could check out …

California is sprinkled with television studios, and while many of the traditional Hollywood studios already have or are in the process of creating separate divisions for endeavors in the mobile TV space, a small group of entertainment companies have been …

The mobile handset has become something of a looking glass in Wonderland. And mPortal Inc. was founded in 2000 to help clients-network operators, mobile virtual network operators, content providers and enterprises-offer consumers and employees a means to step through that …

Despite Verizon Wireless’ attempt to downplay the launch of its Vcast Mobile TV service, the availability of the streaming TV service in the Denver area forced-and I do mean forced-a quick trip to the mall so we could check out …

Verizon Wireless has launched mobile TV service using MediaFLO USA Inc.’s technology and network, initially offering the service in 20 markets across the United States from Richmond, Va., to Portland, Ore. The service is priced at $15 per month for …

MobiTV Inc. announced that it has surpassed two million subscribers, a doubling of its paying subscribers worldwide in less than a year. MobiTV offers more than 100 television channels worldwide and nearly 40 channels in the United StatesThe company passed …

Verizon Wireless will begin offering mobile television on March 1, according to coverage maps on the carrier’s Web site. No further details were offered, and the maps offered the caveat that mobile TV would be available only in “select markets” …

For years, the nation’s two largest wireless carriers, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, have focused on their network’s reach and reliability in marketing strategies and their business models. But now that both carriers are going to use Qualcomm Inc.’s …

The ripples are still making their way across the lake in the wake of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s surprise announcement that it will offer mobile broadcast TV through Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO USA Inc. network. The nation’s largest wireless carrier somewhat stole …

BARCELONA, Spain-While Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s announcement last week that it planned to use Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO network to launch a mobile television service later this year cemented the technology as the de facto leader of streaming TV in the States, …

The motion-picture industry’s vision for the mobile screen is coming into clearer focus. The Sundance Film Festival Global Short Film Project and the Mobile Bollywood Initiative both released their first short, made-for-mobile films in conjunction with the GSM Association (GSMA) …

WHILE MUCH OF THE ATTENTION LAST WEEK AT THE 3GSM WORLD CONGRESS TRADE SHOW IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, WAS SPENT ON MOBILE BROADCAST TV PROVIDER MEDIAFLO AND THE FUTURE OF ITS U.S. DVB-H COUNTERPARTS, HIWIRE AND MODEO, PLENTY OF OTHER COMPANIES …

Sprint Nextel Corp. wrapped up its trial of Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO service last month, and has decided not to use the MediaFLO network to offer mobile TV services-at least for the time being.A Sprint Nextel spokeswoman said the carrier might …

Former users of mobile TV and video services in Europe outnumber current users by more than 19 percent, according to new research from M:Metrics.Users cited price, reliability and quality issues as the main reasons for not continuing with such services. …

Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO USA Inc. mobile TV business racked up another major customer win as AT&T Inc.’s Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation’s largest wireless carrier, announced it expects to introduce commercial mobile TV services in “late 2007” using the MediaFLO …

Editor’s Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics’ Chris …

The content and user interface of the short-lived Mobile ESPN L.L.C. mobile virtual network operator is set to be resurrected as an addition to Verizon Wireless’ Vcast data service. ESPN and Verizon Wireless said that they have signed an exclusive, …

Carriers looking to cash in on mobile TV services should pony up and build their own dedicated multimedia network, according to a new report from a consortium of industry players. Then they should somehow convince subscribers to pay $20 a …

The interactive arm of CBS said it is creating a new division to focus on building the company’s wireless entertainment properties.The creation of CBS Mobile is the latest step in CBS’ mobile video strategy. Already CBS has inked deals to …

The content and user interface of the short-lived Mobile ESPN L.L.C. mobile virtual network operator is set to be resurrected as an addition to Verizon Wireless’ Vcast data service. ESPN and Verizon Wireless said that they have signed an exclusive, …

Just six weeks after the company debuted, mywaves has launched a new, free personalized mobile video search to accompany its mobile video service, which the company said has already clocked 300,000 users in 90 countries. Mywaves said its new Auto …

While Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO and Crown Castle International Corp.’s Modeo L.L.C. service have been taking up most of the ink on mobile broadcast TV, Hiwire L.L.C. has been working behind the scenes to build out its network based on the …

Glowing praise for Modeo L.L.C.’s recently launched mobile broadcast television beta trial service in New York City is already rolling in.“WOW!” is how Ric Prentiss of Raymond James and Associates Inc. summed up his two-day experience with the service and …