Officials in Hong Kong have announced plans to auction spectrum earmarked for mobile television services. Hong Kong's Commerce & Economic Development Bureau said it will hold the auction as early as mid-2009, with hopes that mobile TV services will formally launch in 2010. An implementation framework introduced by the bureau calls for point-to-multipoint mobile TV broadcast services, ...

Roughly four months after its managed mobile television and radio network surpassed the 4 million subscriber benchmark, MobiTV announced it now boasts more than 5 million subscribers. MobiTV is currently available on more than 350 handsets across 20 operators, including AT&T, Sprint and Alltel--the firm said it experienced a surge of viewer interest in conjunction with this fall's U.S...

Mobile television service MobiTV said today that its subscribership is now more than 5 million people.

The problem with mobile television services -- besides the fact that no one seems to use them, that is -- is that unless you happen to be in Japan or South Korea, very, very few handsets have the hardware necessary to take advantage. Chinese company Permian seems to have it all figured out, though, crafting a nifty dongle that does the heavy lifting of pulling in and tuning a TV signal, streaming ...

The market for analog TV broadcasts to mobile phones is starting to gain traction in some of the developing markets of Southeast Asia, as consumers are learning about the new free-to-air TV handsets. For the first 9 months of 2008, we have observed triple digit growth in a few of the emerging markets in Asia such as Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Research and Markets has announced the additi...

CBS announced that it would be expanding the Victoria Secret Fashion Show presence through the use of multiple platforms including the on-air broadcast, a dedicated website and its own Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show mobile television channel.

Nokia today unveiled its own mobile television channel in an attempt to showcase its latest multimedia device and persuade users to finally embrace watching programmes on the move. The Finnish hand...

With the increased popularity and use of mobile video and television, the MMA has updated their mobile marketing guidelines to reflect the additions. In mobile television services, the MMA now recommends that advertisements stay within the 10-15 second range instead of the longer 30-60 second spots that are far less likely to engage viewers.  Likewise, when

Verizon Wireless today unveiled the Motorola Krave ZN4, a touch-sensitive phone to compete with Apple's iPhone. The Krave has a clear cover that flips open to reveal a touch-screen virtual keypad. Users can access popular features such as mobile television and navigation by pressing their fingers on the cover, even when the phone is closed. Texting and emailing is simplified with a virtual la...

Nokia encroaches further into services and risks more operator fall-out