LfK, the media authority of the German state of Baden-Würtenberg, has today announced the start of a new nationwide DVB-H pilot project. The authority takes responisbilty for the whole of the country and applications can be submitted until mid-April. The launch of the new project is foreseen in the spring of 2008 and should offer [...]
ORF launches dedicated mobile TV channel
March 5, 2007 09.08 Europe/London By
Austrian public broadcaster ORF has launched a dedicated mobile TV channel with Mobilkom Austria and 3 as part of the current DVB-H pilot with 1,000 customers. Called ORFmobile the new channel will bring a variety of short clips on various subjects. “ORFmobile is specifically designed for DVB-H usage,” said Thomas Prantner, ORF director for online [...]
Flemish analogue switch-over in 2008
March 1, 2007 02.49 Europe/London By
Flanders (Belgium) will switch off its analogue terrestrial television signals at the end of 2008, the Flemish government has decided. The Dutch speaking part of the country is highly cabled with around 97% of all homes connected and it is thought about 60,000 homes will be affected who only receive television over the air. A [...]
CSA extends mobile TV consultation
February 26, 2007 11.35 Europe/London By
The French media regulator CSA has put back the date for the completion of its consultation into mobile TV by two weeks. The second phase of the consultation including a call for candidates began on January 17, 2007, following a plenary meeting of the regulator, and ahead of the National Assembly’s revision of French broadcasting [...]
Research: Modest interest in mobile TV
February 20, 2007 14.07 Europe/London By
TF1 shuts mobile TV services
February 20, 2007 10.50 Europe/London By
Mobile TV has suffered another blow after top French commercial channel TF1 announced it was shutting down its mobile TV services. TF1 Mobile launched last May, but five months on the service failed to reach more than 60,000 subscribers, despite rival services attracting significantly higher levels. Last April, TF1 chief executive Patrick Le Lay said [...]
Sundance shorts for mobile TV
February 15, 2007 14.48 Europe/London By
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. The five short ‘made for mobile’ films, premiering exclusively at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona this week, are now available for mobile users to download around the world. Information on the project and instructions for accessing the films can be found on the special website. To download the short [...]
Bollywood to mobile
February 15, 2007 11.10 Europe/London By
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. Bollywood productions will be made available to mobile phone TV viewers. The Congress marks the start of the adaptation of thousands of vibrant Bollywood productions for the mobile screen. The Bollywood Mobile Initiative is driven by Roamware, a company specialised in roaming and mobile connectivity solutions; Hungama Mobile, an aggregator, [...]
And the winner is….
February 15, 2007 10.32 Europe/London By
3GSM WORLD CONGRESS – BARCELONA. The winners of the Global Mobile Awards 2007 have been announced. In the category ‘Best Made for Mobile Video Service’ the prize went to marblemedia, NFB and Bravo! FACT for their production of Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction. Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction is a candid [...]
First live demo of Alcatel’s Unlimited Mobile TV
February 13, 2007 15.48 Europe/London By
3GSM CONGRESS – BARCELONA – Alcatel-Lucent shows the first demo of the proposed Unlimited Mobile TV service using the new DVB-SH standard, which combines satellite broadcasts in the S-band with terrestrial gap fillers. The prototype was made by Sagem, but Samsung will also produce a working model in the near future. With the system, which [...]
