FLO TV Incorporated, provider of the award-winning FLO TV live mobile TV service and a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced the expansion of its service in 19 markets around the country. The expansion extends FLO TV’s coverage for more than 10 million potential new viewers ahead of the June 12 final date for the DTV transition and is a precursor to FLO TV’s nationwide expansion to reach more than 200 million consumers in 100 U.S. markets by the end of 2009.

Following this most recent growth phase, FLO TV’s service now covers previously unserved portions of 16 existing markets and provides coverage for the first time in three new markets: Atlantic City, N.J.; Greensboro, N.C. and Wilmington, Del.

Underscoring the momentum for mobile television, industry analysts have projected that mobile TV viewership in North America will grow from an estimated 12.7 million users in 2009 to more than 93 million users by 2013. These findings align with survey results issued today by Harris Interactive and FLO TV demonstrating that U.S. consumers currently watching mobile TV are 43 percent more likely to watch on a cell phone today than they were the previous year.

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The four major U.S. mobile operators have agreed to align their mobile marketing practices with a set of guidelines to be worked out with the Mobile Marketing Association, a move the industry group said will lead to a more consistent user experience and lower costs for marketing companies.

Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA all agreed to the plan, which was established with the help of major mobile content owners and aggregators. Among those were VeriSign, Neustar, Limbo and Thumbplay. The MMA’s Consumer Best Practices Committee will review the first draft of the planned guidelines in early April, and the group expects a final document to be released to the public by the end of June.

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Today at CTIA Wireless, Spb Software, a leading maker of mobile applications, announces the release of Spb TV, a practical mobile TV player with patent-pending on-screen controls and fast channel switching technology, use of intelligent stream correction, picture-in-picture mode, and an integrated TV guide with export of show reminders into Outlook.

Spb TV is a subscription-free and international live mobile TV solution that is geared up to utilize the new generation of faster wireless networks.

Spb TV 1.0 is compatible with Windows Phones running on Windows Mobile 5 and later Professional and Standard platforms and requires a reliable 3G, WiMax or WiFi network connection for proper streaming

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Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited, TTML, has launched Mobile TV in Mumbai - i.e. TV channels which can be viewed over TTMLs mobile network.

MiMobiTV is the product of the Hyderabad-based Apalya.  The application is not available as yet, but should be available for download from Tata Zone soon.

Apalya has partnered with 40 TV channels in total.

The service will be charged at Rs 15 for 5 minutes

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Orange ha anunciado el lanzamiento de un nuevo servicio llamado Orange TV y que por el momento estará dirigido específicamente para el iPhone.

La fecha prevista para dicho lanzamiento será el próximo 7 de abril. El servicio es realmente una televisión móvil que ofrecerá a los clientes 20 canales gratuitos o bien 64 canales si éstos deciden abonar el extra de 9 euros al mes llamado TV Max, que da la posibilidad de disfrutar de esos canales extra.

Para poder acceder a este servicio, los clientes tendrán que estar abonados al plan Origami Star Plus, que cuesta 42 euros al mes.

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Skype’s imminent availability at Apple’s App store has set off speculation that long-awaited video conferencing capabilities are just ahead for iPhone users.

To date, the iPhone has lagged the pack in the camera race. The current iPhone features a meager 2-megapixel camera and no video capture. Research In Motion’s  BlackBerry Curve and Storm have 3.2-megapixel cameras, as does Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile Google Android G1 phone.

Speculation about some of the key features on the new iPhone has included a first-ever video camera, and the possibility of two cameras, one on the front and one on the back. Now, with Skype ready to start offering its iPhone software Tuesday, there’s anticipation that a front camera would let users do a Skype-powered video chat on the iPhone.

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The 1st Annual Streamy Awards were held last Saturday, honoring the best in original shows on the Internet, and they could be watched around the world online.

In front of a sold-out crowd of over 1300 guests at the Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles, the first ever Streamy Awards show honored 2008’s best web series and the talented people behind them. Winners were selected by the International Academy of Web Televisionafter a public submission process that saw tens of thousands of entries.

For the thousands of people who tuned in to the live stream of the show, they may not have realized they were a part of history, watching the first ever professionally produced awards show live streamed to the internet.

You can see the list of winners here

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La televisión interactiva por Internet nació en España este jueves en Córdoba, y se prueba ya en diez municipios andaluces de esta provincia, de la de Granada y Almería.

La primera emisión fue desde las instalaciones de la Televisión Municipal del Ayuntamiento cordobés. Su funcionamiento se basa en un sistema de retransmisión por Internet a través de software libre y en alta definición, explicó en su presentación Carlos de Castro, presidente de la Fundación Red Especial España y del grupo de investigación de la Universidad de Córdoba EATCO, que desarrollan el proyecto.

El objetivo de este proyecto es crear nuevas formas de acceso a Internet con aplicaciones y contenidos digitales que permitan una nueva ventana al ocio, la comunicación, la salud y el control domótico del hogar.

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RIM may be launching a full-length TV service for its Blackberry customers as early as next week at CTIA.

It will be a paid-for unlimited monthly subscription service. Content will be downloaded through a Wi-Fi connection. The service has managed to license content from multiple broadcast and cable networks.

Such a move wouldn’t be surprising, especially given the renewed interest in mobile video from handset makers. Last week, Samsung launched a full-length movie and TV show download store in Europe that could be viewed on select handsets.

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Simo, la feria de Madrid dedicada a la informática y las nuevas tecnologías, que el año pasado canceló su celebración por falta de expositores, regresa este año con otro planteamiento.

Cambia de nombre. Se llamará Simo Network y se define como feria internacional de servicios y soluciones TIC para empresas e impulso del conocimiento. Cambia de fechas. Habitualmente se celebraba en noviembre y este año se celebrará del 22 al 24 de septiembre, acortando igualmente la duración del certamen.

Irá destinado exclusivamente al público profesional, renunciando al modelo de feria mixta, abierta también a los consumidores particulares.

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