It’s a development that lends favorably to the projection that the 2012 summer Olympic games will be the most “social” in history. On Tuesday, the team at Shazam – a leading media discovery company – said they are going for the gold with regard to coverage of and integration with the summer games this year. …
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Google-owned YouTube has reached another milestone in its meteoric rise to mobile supremacy. On Thursday, Sandvine – a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions – published its latest Internet traffic trends report, entitled “Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2012.” The information presented is based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 200-plus customers spanning North America, …
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How much mobile TV do you watch these days? Not much? If so, by 2014, that could change for you and millions more. On Tuesday, a new report from Juniper Research showed that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. Based …
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On Wednesday, the chief executive of Siano Mobile Silicon Ltd., an Israel-based maker of TV chips for mobile devices, spoke with Bloomberg about his company’s burgeoning opportunities in the United States. Siano, it seems, is moving toward an initial public offering sometime next year. The prominent manufacturer of chips that allow mobile devices to receive …
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On Monday, GoodMorningAmerica.com‘s launch on Yahoo began offering audiences new ways to continue the conversation before, during and after the broadcast on an around-the-clock basis. Yahoo! and ABC News are embarking on a strategic new alliance that will enhance and transform the delivery of news and information across the digital landscape. As a result of …
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Another prominent name in mobile technology has plans to go public. MobiTV, the popular platform that enables smartphone users to watch live television, filed to raise upwards of $75 million in an initial public offering of stock, according to a Bloomberg report late Wednesday. The company’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, however, …
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Mobile Digital Television is expanding at an exponential rate and will likely reach two-thirds of U.S. households by early 2012. According to the Open Mobile Video Coalition of America’s (OMVC) broadcasters, myriad TV broadcast stations are presently working overtime to install new transmission equipment that will allow live, local TV signals to reach viewers wherever …
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An exciting new venture in the world of mobile television has been undertaken by U.S. Cellular and MobiTV. Delivering on what the partners call “the increasing demand for mobile media services,” U.S. Cellular has launched U.S. Cellular Mobile TV, powered by MobiTV. U.S. Cellular Mobile TV is a downloadable application that features live TV, video-on-demand …
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Premium cable television giant HBO is on brag-watch. The iconic name in home entertainment says its recently released HBO Go app has reached three million downloads. HBO Go enables HBO subscribers to view more than 1,400 programs on demand via their Apple iPad tablets, iPhones, and Android devices, assuming their cable providers support the app. …
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The relevant video advertising technology specialists at YuMe have announced the expansion of YuMe into Europe with the launch of the aptly named “YuMe Europe.” Helping with the growth and transition into new territory will be the tools and resources that come from YuMe’s acquisition this week of Appealing Media, a mobile video advertising company …
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