ESPN, MLB Advanced Media agree to distribute MLB content across multiple platforms
The first simulcast live games will go out on ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV, indicating a trend toward multiplatform deals...
Open Mobile Video Coalition pumps up push for mobile digital video
The OMVC has committed funding, member station participation and manpower to the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s M/H standard testing...
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Approximately 1 million mobile viewers tuned into China Mobile’s 3G network for its Olympics coverageThe opening ceremony spiked record-breaking overall numbers... |
NFL Mobile Live to kick off ‘Thursday Night Football’ Nov. 6
The application offers personalized features TV doesn’t, including feeds on favorite teams and players...
Cable, iTunes subscription model, cultural factors ‘stalemate’ U.S. mobile TV growth
Operators asking ‘where's the money’ in mobile TV should aim for hot live content, TiVo-like features and never forget it’s a phone, advises Infonetics analyst Jeff Heynen...
Harris to deploy Freescale semiconductors in its UHF transmitters
Freescale’s laterally diffused MOS UHF technology allows it to build a compact and power-efficient UHF transmitter...
QUALCOMM offers new proposal for licensed spectrum
The company has asked the FCC to auction and license the spectrum for Internet use...
Appear TV to feature IPTV, cable headend solutions
The company will demonstrate its SC2000/SC2100 IP Streamer with a newly added DVB-S2 module for cable and IPTV headends...
DEV Systemtechnik to feature SNMP control
The company will highlight its use of the SNMP communication protocol in RF signal path controller devices...
Wilmington stations quietly conduct soft DTV test
The 60-second shutdown occurred in silence, without a single viewer reporting a problem....
Stations to perform additional mobile DTV tests in the fall
The Open Mobile Video Coalition is providing additional funding to the ATSC for testing....
FCC prohibits wireless mics in 700MHz band after DTV transition
The commission wants to ban the manufacture, sale or shipment of devices that operate as low-power auxiliary stations after the transition is complete....
Harris to demo IP-based security for transmission facilities at IBC2008
The demonstration will feature a new Intraplex video module for the Harris Intraplex NetXpress audio-over-IP platform that uses MPEG-4/H.264. ...
Google appeals to public on white space issue; MSTV responds
The search engine giant this week launched a Web site asking visitors to petition the FCC to allow white space devices into TV spectrum, while the Association for Maximum Service Television called for the commission to protect the ban and the economic interests of those who have purchased new DTV sets...
U.S., Western European DTV households to reach 274 million by 2012, says report
A newly released report from Datamonitor finds the number of households switching to digital television services will grow significantly, but those relying on over-the-air reception will wane...
