Myxer is the largest and fastest growing site for free ad-supported mobile content - with over 11 million users, more than 22 million mobile downloads a month, and a catalog of over 1 million ringones, wallpapers, videos and games. I attended their product demonstration at CTIA and it was a pretty interesting take on the mobile music market.
Continue reading about Myxer, the ad-supported mobile content company
I just attended the session “Hollywood and mobile content” which featured John Smelzer, SVP & GM, Mobile, FOX Interactive Media, and Andrew Wallenstein, Deputy Editor, The Hollywood Reporter. The session was focused on the issue of whether mobile is a growing platform for video entertainment and other forms of consumer content. It also asks the question: How is Hollywood participating?
Continue reading about Hollywood and mobile content at CTIA 2008
Viva Vision is a Santa Monica based company that provides content for slideshows, video on demand, and live video for mobile phones. They already have over 250 million subscribers worldwide and were recently named to the Inc. 500 List which recognizes the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. We’re keeping an eye on this company because video streaming is growing quickly in North America and with all the advances in data plans, we can expect some great content coming to mobile.
It looks as though Hungary will be getting mobile TV. The service, DVB-H will likely start later this year in and around Budapest with approximately 16% coverage. Other cities will be getting the service later on including the area surrounding Lake Balaton by the end of 2009. The coverage will be 30%, which is expected to reach 50% by 2012.
[Via rapidtvnews.com]
Qik allows you to take video from your phone and upload it to the web where people can watch it on their computer or another mobile device. The community is now growing with the addition of HTC device support.
Click here to see what HTC devices are now supported by Qik
Although the Nokia N96 will not come preloaded with the BBC iPlayer, it will be offered free to N96 users from the BBC website. This way, you’ll be able to get all the audio and video content from the BBC for the past 7 days straight to your device. The N96’s UK launch is scheduled for October 1st.
[Via mobile-ent.biz]
Cricket has announced that it’s offering an all-you-can-eat mobile video service that is available right now. Now you can get music videos, artist interviews, music documentaries, sports clips from FUEL TV such as soccer and mixed martial arts, entertainment news from Hollywood Insider, movie trailers, horoscopes, comedy, cartoons and selected Spanish language content straight to your Cricket phone for $5 per month. Best of all, there are no data charges attached to the plan!
[Via Slashphone]
On August 25th, Sony Ericsson wil be launching PlayNow Arena, its media download site. On the day of the launch, the site will be offering 1 million, DRM-free songs (ramping up to 5 million) from Sony BMG, Warner Music, and EMI. It will also offer games, ringtones, applications, and themes for your mobile. Prices are going to be comparable to iTunes at $0.99 / €0.99 per song except for in Sweden where songs will cost a little more, close to $1.50 USD. We’re anxious to see how the download service does and I’m sure the launch day will be a good indicator of future success.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
Mobile TV has become much more affordable with the launch of the LG Invision, the 3rd phone on AT&T to support mobile TV. The phone has a great look to it, sleek and thin, and offers all the multimedia functionality that we love. For $99 you can’t go wrong.
Click through for specs and details regarding the phone’s multimedia capabilities
Fox has recently bought the mobisode The Cell, a 20 x 2-minute drama series about a man who finds himself locked in a lawless prison with no idea of how or why he got there. He’s got a mobile phone with a stranger on the other end a la Phone Booth meets Prison Break.
One of the most annoying things about writing this article is that the website for this mobisode, www.thecell.tv, isn’t available to anyone in North America. Can someone from the UK send screenshots or something?
[Via BroadcastNow]
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