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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Siano Mobile Silicon’s SMS1100 multistandard mobile TV receiver chip is powering SoftBank BB’s and SoftBank Mobile’s newly launched iPhone mobile TV accessory for Japan’s ISDB-T (1-seg) mobile TV.

The accessory is available with new Japanese iPhones and can be added to existing handsets as well.

The device picks up mobile TV signals and streams them via WiFi to a free iPhone application. The two-step approach is necessitated by Apple’s walled-garden design.

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CBS Mobile has released TV.com, a free new mobile application that allows iPhone and iPod touch users to watch full episodes of select CBS shows and other programming over WiFi or 3G mobile networks.

The new app is the first example of an iPhone application providing free TV content directly from a TV studio in the US; the BBC already streams its free content to iPhone users in the UK using its iPlayer app.

CBS is pushing TV.com in competition with the Viacom-backed Joost and Hulu, a joint effort between NBC and Fox, to reach audiences beyond the TV and deliver a “direct to users” model of web-oriented offerings. Hulu currently does not have a mobile app for the iPhone like TV.com’s offering. Joost does provide a player app for its content, but it does not use the standard QuickTime player on the iPhone.

See other companies that are working on TV applications for iPhone devices

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Orb Networks has announced a new release of its OrbLive application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.  The new mobile application features live TV media recording and access to thousands of Internet television and radio stations.

OrbLive is available in Apple’s App Store for $9,99.

The application provides a new text search capability to discover new media content. Another feature is the ability to zoom-in on content during playback and offers controls that can rotate in a landscape mode.

OrbLive has been one of the most popular downloads from Apple’s App Store. The application provides anytime, anywhere access to live TV, video, and music for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices.

Here you can watch the OrbLive demo video

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The Spreety team has announced that NBC, CBS, CW and others have limited full episodes and clips available to stream to your iPhone. They are free, legal, and do not consume the precious iPhone memory.

Full episodes include 30 Rock, Beverly Hills 90210, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Crusoe, Days of our Lives, Heroes, Kath & Kim, Knight Rider, Life, Lipstick Jungle, MacGyver, My Own Worst Enemy, The Office, Smart Girls at the Party, Star Trek, and The Young and the Restless.

See a demo on how Spreety iPhone TV works

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Sling Media says it is developing a new version of its SlingPlayer that would allow owners of iPhone to access TV programming from their home on their mobile phones.

In an example of deployment by press release, Sling,  which timed its announcement for the opening of the Macworld confab in San Francisco, says it hopes to submit the SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone to Apple executives for certification during the first quarter.

But Sling says it doesn’t know how the product will be priced, and the company also didn’t say when iPhone users will actually be able to access their cable TV or satellite programming from their mobile phones.

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Firms are determined to set up Mobile TV capability on smartphone iPhone as the main application.

Softbank recently announced  their 1-Seg TV  tuner/battery pack add-on for Japanese iPhone 3Gs. The Japanese iPhone 3G was criticized for its lack of an integrated TV tuner, and the One-Seg TV tuner accessory was to be Softbank´s answer. The external TV tuner connects to the iPhone 3G over WiFi, streaming the TV stream to the iPhone 3G.

Unfortunately, there’s the issue of power drain. Even with the integrated battery pack, you’re only going to get about an hour’s worth of TV viewing before your iPhone 3G starts complaining about low battery charge.

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Mobile software developer, Makayama, has launched a new ‘Television’ application for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users, allowing them to download pre-recorded content from a number of TV networks.

The application costs just $2.99 and comes with programming from 30 channels, including CNN, NBC, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, BBC, SKY, and ITV, as well as networks from Germany and France.

The Television application offers high-quality audio and video playback via any Wi-Fi internet connection. Its value is limited, however, in that all of the programming that is offered is already available for free on the web.

Other firms are developing Mobile TV applications for iPhone

See the news on Makayama´ site

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Mac and iPhone solutions provider equinux has launched a free iPhone app designed to allow users of the popular handset to be able to watch live TV services on their handset.

The new Live TV service shows all TV channels that the TV software, The Tube, receives. With the The Tube, Mac users can watch live television, pause running shows, Timeshift, go through the TV listings in the electronic program guide, EPG and schedule recordings.

To date, The Tube is the only TV application with TubeTalk live-chat and with the web service, TubeToGo, viewers can watch and program recordings via the internet on your iPhone or iPod touch online.

The Tube supports more than 20 TV devices and is localized in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Since iPhone was released many firms are working hard on developing applications so iPhone´s users can enjoy TV on their handsets.

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Web video service Joost is looking to the iPhone for a big comeback.

Joost was one of the first services to take the idea of watching TV shows online. But after launching last year to much fanfare, it was eclipsed by newer sites such as Hulu and Veoh.

Earlier this month, however, Joost got a head start on its competitors with a free iPhone application that lets you watch TV shows from CBS, Comedy Central, Warner Bros. and Sony at no charge over a Wi-Fi connection.

Joost’s application doesn’t work on Apple partner AT&T’s 3G phone network. That means you can’t access TV shows if you’re standing in line at a movie, waiting for a live sporting event or sitting in the back seat of the car and bored silly — unless there’s Wi-Fi.

Some days ago we reported that Babelgum is working on an application to offer VOD content for iPhone´s users and also LiveStation in developing and application that would offer live TV on iPhones

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