Samsung has shown off a "new" mobile phone, the "SGH-P960" in response to the EU choice of DVB-H as the Euro Mobile TV standard. This builds on previous P9xx series devices, to provide a 2.6-inch QVGA screen and 3.0MP camera. A number of device manufacturers support DVB-H (notables including Nokia, Motorola, LG, and of course Samsung), [...]

From previous posts, you might know that I am always quite optimistic about Mobile TV - well a report from In-stat is a real humdinger in terms of good and bad news - the good being that the M-TV market could be worth $12bn in 2012, the bad being that the fragmented standards are here [...]

Short but sweet - Echostar were very successful in the recent FCC spectrum auctions in the US - and a lot of people were pointing to the fact that the Satellite Pay-TV operator was going to go Mobile. As some of you probably already know, Echostar also snared SlingMedia not so very long ago, so [...]

A new service is to be added to Swisscom's mobile TV menu - Bluewin TV mobile will available on the new DVB-H network that is being rolled out, giving a quality that is claimed to be as good as home TV sets, with customer having access to 20 channels! Swisscom already has a pedigree in mobile [...]

U Mobile, Malaysia’s newest 3G wireless network operator, has launched commercially having trialled its network in the Klang Valley since September. U Mobile, in which South Korea’s KTF and NTT DoCoMo of Japan invested a combined USD200 million to purchase a 33% joint stake last December, held a ceremony to launch the 3G service in [...]

Now you might remember I have mentioned about the Motorola DH01 (here and here) - but already it's successor (?) is upon us, with more Mobile Multimedia goodness! The "Motorola DH02 mobile phone" will apparently have a 480×272 resoution screen (physical size 4.3 inch), which will support 25fps video. There is also enough memory for a [...]

PC World (the news site, not the shop…) is carrying a story that's questioning who is going to make money from Mobile TV. A lack of business models, and the fact that consumers are moving away from broadcast are key reasons it cites. It goes on to say that equipment vendors (infrastructure and handsets) are the [...]

  (IRIB chief Ezzatollah Zarghami watches Mobile TV on a device) Mobile devices are bringing broadcast TV to Iranian users, utilising DVB-H technology, reports Press TV. The service is currently delivering 10 TV and 4 radio channels to Mobiles, inlcuding 24/7 English-language news channel Press TV.Apparently the project has started in Tehran (the Iranian capital), and will soon [...]

Huawei has upgraded its USB pebble HSDPA modem to include a digital TV tuner. As many of you may already know Huawei is active in a number of areas within Mobile - both as an equipment manufacturer, but also as a channel for other vendors. The Pebble, (otherwise known as the E510) inlcudes HSDPA up to [...]

An industry expert has said that the 2012 games will "do for mobile TV what the Coronation did for early television" - so says Phil Lehmann, senior product manager of T-Mobile's mobile TV division. In the meanwhile, MNOs are deciding which Mobile TV techology to put their money and time behind. Part of that technology decision [...]