Virgin Mobile Debuts Europe’s First Mobile TV Service Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com European cellular network provider Read more
Real Networks, NTT DoCoMo Join Mobile TV Party Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile operator, is the latest in the industry to jump on the fast-moving streaming video bandwagon. DoCoMo said on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Real Networks to jointly deploy software to bring video streaming capabilities to its mobile phones. DoCoMo will add the software to its… Read more
MP3s: The New 45 Singles of the Music Business Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com Back in the 1950s, Elvis Presley and other recording artists put out plenty of hit singles like “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Hound Dog,” and consumers clamored for the tunes. By the 1960s, with the success of “The Beatles (The White Album)” and blockbusters from other big groups, the album became the main medium of music sales.… Read more
NBC Shows ‘Conviction’ With iTunes Exclusive Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com Television fans are getting more and more TV to go from Apple’s iTunes and other services, including access to exclusive online offerings such as the broadcast-TV first announced Thursday by NBC. The network said the pilot episode of its new series “Conviction” will be available for free on iTunes until the show’s debut on television… Read more
Study: ‘Digital Home’ Device Sales Grew by 500 Percent in 2005 Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com The era of the networked home has finally arrived, as sales are soaring for Internet-Protocol-enabled multimedia devices. According to a new study by Boston-based Strategy Analytics, sales in the U.S. of IP-enabled devices rose by more than 500 percent to 16 million units in 2005, as consumers rushed to purchase digital video recorders, entertainment PCs… Read more
Fox Mobile Serves Up Mobizzo Media Service Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com More mobile video is slated to come to the consumer marketplace via a service dubbed “Mobizzo” announced by News Corp.’s Fox Mobile Entertainment this week. The service will offer games, music, mobile phone wallpaper and ringtones, including Fox programming such as episodes of “Family Guy” and films like “Napoleon Dynamite.” The venture, along with a… Read more
Broadband TV Market Shows Consolidation Signs Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com As an industry, delivery of television programming into the home over broadband connections is barely off the ground, but it’s already showing signs of consolidation. A continuing series of acquisitions in the IP video market will ultimately result in a smaller number of vendors, according to a report released by ABI Research on Wednesday. Worldwide,… Read more
Cingular Launches On-Demand Mobile TV Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com Cingular Wireless on Tuesday launched an on-demand streaming video service with a selection of content from providers including Fox and HBO. Consumers can now watch video clips of their favorite television shows, sports, news and weather, entertainment and premium content on their high-speed 3G-capable Cingular phones. “Cingular Video offers the highest degree of personalization and… Read more
DTV Deadline Driving Growth of Pay-Per-View Content Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com Unlimited, uncensored access to video featuring Howard Stern may or may not be the epitome of the new era of digital television. Nevertheless the pay television service “Howard TV” and similar offerings are emerging rapidly as the government’s deadline requiring conversion from analog to digital TV broadcasting approaches. The deadline — three years hence —… Read more
