Mobile video

On2 Technologies Announces Apple iPhone, iPod, & QuickTime Support with Flix Engine

admin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:48:41 +0000

On2’s flagship multi-format video encoding platform update released to create iPhone, iPod, and QuickTime compatible video

San Francisco, CA -- January 2008 -- On2 Technologies, Inc., (AMEX:ONT), a leader in video compression solutions, announced today at Macworld Conference and Expo 2008 that it has released a new update to its popular Flix Engine for creating Apple iPhone compatible video.

Flix Engine is a leading server side encoding platform used by a large number of Web 2.0 websites and leading enterprises for creating video in multiple formats, including video for Adobe® Flash® Player 8 and 9, H.264 and 3GPP. As a result of this announcement, Flix Engine now also supports Apple QuickTime files for iPhone and iPod, providing video programmers and service providers support for the leading video formats for web and mobile video within a single encoding platform. » read more »

Universal Studios and I-play Launch Hollywood Movie Minutes on Mobile

admin — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:25:38 +0000

Universal Studios’ Blockbuster Movie Clips – live on a mobile near you

I-play, the mobile entertainment company, and Universal Studios today announced a groundbreaking streaming video service offering the most memorable scenes from Universal’s catalog of blockbuster movies to North American fans. ‘Movie Minutes’ marks the first agreement in mobile history where blockbuster film clips are available on mobile.

Content from Universal Studios’ extensive film archive includes scenes from King Kong, The 40 Year Old-Virgin, and The Fast and the Furious, as well as classic hits Animal House and The Breakfast Club. Re-live John Belushi’s classic food fight scene from Animal House, Steve Carell’s wax job in The 40 Year-Old Virgin, or the monumental battle between Kong and the T–Rex in King Kong. Every day new clips will be available for purchase from the vast Hollywood Movie Minutes library.

I-play has diversified into the broader mobile entertainment space in order to leverage its strong relationships with Hollywood studios and to utilize the full capabilities of its proprietary » read more »

Gameloft secures Exclusive Mobile Gaming Rights to the 20th Century Fox "LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD" Movie

admin — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:26:07 +0000

Mobile Game Scheduled for June 2007 release

Gameloft®, a publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones, today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with 20th Century Fox™ to develop, publish and distribute Live Free or Die Hard, the official mobile game of the highly anticipated sequel to the famous film series. The game will be exclusive to the mobile platform and will launch worldwide shortly before Live Free or Die Hard’s theatrical release on June 27th, 2007.

In the “Live Free or Die Hard” film, action star Bruce Willis reprises his role as John McClane, a heroic police officer determined to take on and neutralize terrorists at any cost. The mobile game’s storyline stays true to the feature film: a criminal plot targeting the nation’s computer infrastructure threatens the technological foundations of the U.S. economy. » read more »

Verizon Makes The Tribeca Film Festival Available To Movie Lovers Nationwide

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:09:21 +0000

2007 Film Festival Content and Events Available For The First Time On Verizon Wireless V CAST, VerizonSurround Broadband Portal and Verizon FiOS TV

Verizon customers will be able to enjoy the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival from a number of convenient options that will keep them tuned into festival happenings from home or while on-the-go. Movie lovers will soon be able to see selected content from the Festival, which runs from April 25 – May 6, on their Verizon Wireless mobile phones, VerizonSurround (www.verizon.net/tff) and Verizon FiOS TV.

Beginning on April 24, Verizon customers can access an outstanding list of movie trailers and short films that will be making their debut at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Verizon customers can experience the excitement of Independent film with access to short films that range from one women’s journey through obsessions and distractions in “The Home” to the chronicle of love between a Christian boy and Jewish girl in “Kosher.” » read more »

Hantro Paves the Way for Microsoft Silverlight in Mobile

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:50:50 +0000

Hantro, a market leader for wireless video IP, announces the support for Microsoft Silverlight. Recently announced Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for next generation rich media applications for the web. Silverlight video is based on Windows Media Video (WMV), Microsoft’s implementation of VC-1 video standard, and enables interactive video experiences even up to HD resolution.

“Microsoft Silverlight is an exciting new technology for the growing web video markets.” says Eero Kaikkonen, CEO of Hantro Products Oy. “Hantro has been shipping low power consumption hardware VC-1 video IP products to the leading wireless semiconductor vendors since early 2006. We’re pleased to say that many of our customers already have undoubtedly the best technology for enabling Silverlight in mobile devices.” » read more »

Atlantic Records UK Adopts ShoZu-Enabled Phones To Broaden Artist Reach, Providing Instant Mobile-to-Web Image Transfers

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:48:17 +0000

Warner Music International the First Music Major to Work with ShoZu in Europe

Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music International, has announced that it is adopting ShoZu’s one-click handset-to-web video and photo uploading service to connect its artists and fans online. The agreement is the first in Europe and the latest in a series of ShoZu/record label partnerships that enables artists to easily post video clips and photos taken with camera phones onto their own websites, social network sites, and photo and video sharing communities such as YouTube.

Atlantic UK performers equipped with ShoZu-powered phones will now be able to create their own behind-the-scenes photos and video clips with the handset, add comments or captions, and immediately transmit the content to assorted web destinations with one click. » read more »

Airvana Collaborates With Qualcomm To Develop Next-Generation Deployable Communications

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:30:57 +0000

Technology Enables High-Speed Data, Video and Specialized Voice Applications

Airvana, Inc. (http://www.airvana.com/), a leader in mobile broadband infrastructure based on 3G wireless packet data technology, has announced its collaboration with QUALCOMM (specifically with the company’s Government Technologies division). Airvana will provide CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A (Rev. A) commercial-grade equipment as core components for a QUALCOMM deployable EV-DO Rev. A base station designed to provide reliable and responsive high-speed data connectivity in a modular cellular system.

“Airvana and QUALCOMM are working to bring the benefits of mobile broadband to QUALCOMM’s government customers,” said Randy Battat, CEO of Airvana. “By leveraging the commercial mobile broadband ecosystem, our solutions will provide significant economies and the broadest possible coverage.” » read more »

Volantis and Mobixell Announce Joint Mobile Video Offering

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:57:33 +0000

Volantis, a supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation™ solutions for the Mobile Internet, and Mobixell, a provider of mobile multimedia solutions, have announced a partnership to deliver a broad variety of multimedia capabilities optimized for every media type, mobile device, and value added service (VAS).

The two companies have completed development on a fully integrated mobile video solution that takes advantage of Mobixell’s unique multimedia capabilities (supported by its recent acquisition of Adamind), together with Volantis’ market-leading content delivery platform.

Leveraging Mobixell’s Content Production suite for mobile multimedia production and adaptation, Volantis extends and enhances its content management and delivery capability to include intelligent asset transcoding and real-time streaming adaptation of video and audio of any format. This ensures that the mobile subscriber experience is always optimized for any type of media, regardless of mobile devices, domains and networks. » read more »

Yahoo! and MobiTV Form Strategic Mobile Advertising Alliance

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:04:13 +0000

MobiTV Names Yahoo! Their Mobile Video Advertising Partner

Yahoo! Inc., and MobiTV, Inc. have formed a new mobile advertising alliance. Yahoo! will be the ad network partner for MobiTV’s mobile video advertising sales and delivery – providing top brands access to a one-stop, fully integrated mobile media-buy across all advertising modes, including text, banner and mobile video. This announcement builds on the launch of the new Yahoo! Mobile Publisher Services today.

“MobiTV is the pioneer in mobile television and we are excited to work with them to continue to grow the mobile advertising marketplace,” said Bruce Stewart, vice president, business development, Yahoo!. “As an undisputed leader in digital advertising across both the PC and mobile, we are uniquely able to combine valuable inventory with our global sales force and deep technology to deliver the comprehensive solution top advertisers are looking for as they go mobile.” » read more »

Ashley Tisdale's Debut Album Soars with ShoZu Phone Videos

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:01:06 +0000

Warner Bros. Records Puts Singer on Map with Low-Cost Mobile-to-Web Viral Marketing Tool

Ashley Tisdale, the 21-year-old actress whose debut album for Warner Bros. Records bowed at #5 last month, has become the first performing artist to make the charts on her freshman outing with the aid of an Internet-enabled camera phone. The strategy hatched by the record label has turned Tisdale into a YouTube star and helped drive over 65,000 first week sales of her “Headstrong” CD. Ashley’s first single, “Be Good To Me” is currently climbing the Top 40 radio chart, with Z100 (NYC) leading the pack.

Using a handset equipped with one-click image uploading technology from ShoZu Inc., Tisdale has created and posted dozens of personal behind-the-scenes videos that have generated more than 6.7 million YouTube views at an average of 225,000 views per clip. Her YouTube channel has ranked #4 in the music category for months and is the #5 most-viewed of all channels this month. » read more »

KTF begins HSDPA services nationwide from March 1

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:56:32 +0000

1 March 1896 marked the arrival of the magneto telephone in Korea. After 110 years, the era of voice-only communications has come to an end with the start of video communication, as marked by the Revolution in Communications Day. KTF will create a new story as a top telecommunications entity, as it leads the video-communications era.

KTF CEO Young-chu Cho (www.ktf.com) held a press conference on the 28th to announce the launch of KTF’s HSDPA service – a world first – reaching 99% of the population.

Construction and Building a Nationwide HSDPA Network

The KTF construction of HSDPA lines across the country involved 1 year and 5 months of concentrated work in building the lines themselves and also in quality improvement. Through these efforts, KTF was able to improve on existing CDMA standards and ensure the same quality anywhere in Korea with the uniform network possible with HSDPA. » read more »

Nortel Completes Industry's First Call over Ultra Mobile Broadband Network

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:52:26 +0000

Nortel Able to Deliver High Bandwidth Multimedia Over Any Major 4G Technology

Nortel said it has achieved the industry’s first live call over an Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) network delivering high-definition video and VoIP. With this demonstration, Nortel is the first in the industry to complete live calls using MIMO advanced antenna technology in each of the major 4G technologies - WiMAX, Long Term Evolution (LTE), and UMB.

The UMB call demonstrates Nortel’s ability to deliver a personal wireless broadband experience anywhere, anytime over 4G networks with high-quality services such as video-conferencing, live video-streaming, and VoIP. Using Nortel’s IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and UMB technologies, crisp and clear voice conversations can be delivered with other high bandwidth applications running simultaneously on the network. Voice calls can also be maintained across multiple networks, meaning users can roam from UMB coverage to 2G without interruptions in their conversations using Nortel’s VoiceCall Continuity (VCC) based handover. » read more »

Nortel to Showcase Super-Fast 4G Broadband at CTIA Wireless 2007

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:50:56 +0000

Innovations in 4G and IMS Support Demand for Mobile Video and Multimedia Services

Nortel announced it will demonstrate high-speed 4G and next-generation technologies essential to delivering quality voice, video and TV services over true mobile broadband at CTIA Wireless 2007. The wireless industry’s largest show will be held in Orlando, Florida March 27–29. » read more »

Telefonica's Anywhere, Anytime Mobile Attendant Service Powered by Nortel

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:49:04 +0000

Communications Delivered by IMS-Ready Mobile Service

Telecommunications operator Telefónica SA is delivering anywhere, anytime communications in Spain with its Mobile Attendant service. The new service, powered by a Nortel* IMS-ready solution and providing personalised communications for businesses, was introduced by Telefónica at the recent 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.

Telefónica's Mobile Attendant delivers a consistent communications experience between its wireless and wireline networks wherever needed. For example, film crews on location or construction crews in a remote region can receive advanced and personalized communications in a specific location at any time.

Mobile Attendant is one of Telefónica's first steps towards a Fixed Mobile Converged Multimedia Network, offering a more effective communication experience to users across multiple access networks. » read more »

Nokia 6288: Slide phone with video capture and playback capabilities

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:42:58 +0000

Nokia has announced the new Nokia 6288 for the China market, a compact tri-band GSM slide phone that adds high-quality video capture and playback capabilities among its mix of other compelling features.

Nokia 6288

The built-in FM radio and music player on the Nokia 6288 supports multiple formats such as MP3, AAC and eAAC+ allows easily accessible mobile music enjoyment. Nokia 6288 has been launched worldwide during Q4 2006 and since it has enjoyed strong sales momentum, while this is a new version tailored to the requirements of China market. The Nokia 6288 for China is expected to begin shipping at the end of March, 2007. » read more »

LG-Nortel Showcases Mobile Videophone Remote Monitoring at CeBIT 2007

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:23:55 +0000

Live Demonstrations Focus on Portable Videophone Surveillance and IP Telephony Solutions for SMBs

LG-Nortel, the Nortel and LG Electronics joint venture, announced what is believed to be the first videophone that allows visual monitoring through a remote Wi-Fi camera link. The new videophone is showcased at CeBIT 2007, being held March 15-21 in Hannover, Germany.

LG-Nortel will demonstrate how this unique videophone allows individuals to remotely monitor the inside of their homes anywhere, anytime while they are away. In the case of a disturbance such as a fire or an intruder, a sensor installed on the premises transmits a radio signal to the videophone that is then immediately received by the owner as an SMS text message. The owner can then visually check the home via the on-site Wi-Fi camera which sends real-time video to the videophone. The videophone will be available in the third quarter of 2007. » read more »

Hantro Delivers Windows Media Video on austriamicrosystems’ High Performance Mobile Entertainment Platform

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:37:40 +0000

Hantro and austriamicrosystems announced a licensing agreement for Hantro’s 7100 VC-1 video decoding technology on austriamicrosystems’ new Mobile Entertainment platform. Hantro’s 7100 VC-1 decoder conforms with Microsoft’s PlaysForSure V2.0 specification and delivers QCIF+ Windows Media Video decoding performance on the AS3525/7 Mobile Entertainment platform.

austriamicrosystems’ versatile and highly-integrated ARM9 SoC in the AS3525 and AS3527 delivers over 200MIPS of processing power and allows the implementation of an MP3 player with only 50mW total power consumption. Hantro’s highly optimized 7100 VC-1 software decoder enables full motion Windows Media Video content playback on the ARM9-based design and is integrated with the system firmware available for AS3525/7 platform. These chip sets are the ideal engines to power premium MP3 players, Music Phones and Juke Phones. » read more »

Hantro Delivers Windows Media Video on austriamicrosystems' High Performance Mobile Entertainment Platform

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:39:24 +0000

Hantro Delivers Windows Media Video on austriamicrosystemsâ€™ High Performance Mobile Entertainment Platform

February 14th, 2007 - 3GSM World Congress Barcelona, Spain - Hantro and austriamicrosystems today announce a licensing agreement for Hantroâ€™s 7100 VC-1 video decoding technology on austriamicrosystemsâ€™ new Mobile Entertainment platform. Hantroâ€™s 7100 VC-1 decoder conforms with Microsoftâ€™s PlaysForSure V2.0 specification and delivers QCIF+ Windows Media Video decoding performance on the AS3525/7 Mobile Entertainment platform. » read more »

ShoZu Inks Mobile Video & Image Sharing Deal with Atlantic Records

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:26:37 +0000

ShoZu Inks Mobile Video & Image Sharing Deal with Atlantic Records

Select Artists To Be Equipped with ShoZu-Enabled Phones

3GSM World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 15 Feb 07 - ShoZu Inc. today announced an agreement with Atlantic Records that will make aggressive use of the mobile channel to advance the labelâ€™s street marketing efforts. Under the agreement, select bands will be equipped with ShoZu-enabled camera phones that allow one-click uploading of photos and video clips in near-real time for distribution to artist and fan sites, MySpace and other popular online destinations. » read more »

Hollywood Genre Directors Tackle the Small Screen with Trailers from Hell

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:15:01 +0000

Good Taste Runs Amok: Hollywood Genre Directors Tackle the Small Screen with Trailers from Hell

2/26/2007 -- Elizabeth Stanley Pictures, Metaluna Productions and Mobile Streamsâ€™ US subsidiary, The Nickels Group, proudly announce the launch of Trailers from Hell (TFH), a new series available to view through websites and mobile devices around the world.

Trailers are those fast-paced 2-to-4 minute theatrical promo shorts that have preceded the â€˜feature attractionâ€™ since the dawn of sound and are an exciting montage of all the best parts of a movie that the producers want and need you to see. These mini-videos include all the highlights but in just a few minutes of swirling letters screaming hyperbolic and promises of Thrills! Action! Mystery! Romance! » read more »

Widerthan Powers Digiturk Video-On-Demand Service

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:51:27 +0000

Widerthan Powers Digiturk Video-On-Demand Service

Subscribers can instantly access the latest video entertainmen

BARCELONA, SPAIN at 3GSM â€” February 13, 2007 â€” WiderThan Co., Ltd., the global leader for delivering integrated digital entertainment solutions to communications services providers worldwide and a subsidiary of RealNetworks Inc.,(Nasdaq:RNWK), announced that it has been selected by Digiturk, the largest satellite broadcast provider in Turkey, to power their video-on-demand (VOD) entertainment services. » read more »

Iwatsu selects the Opera browser for new Visual IP video phone

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:43:22 +0000

Iwatsu selects the Opera browser for new Visual IP video phone

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan - February 13, 2007 -- Opera Software today announced that Iwatsu Electric Co. Ltd., a leader and pioneer in the telecommunication industry, has selected the Opera browser to provide the full Web to its Visual IP phone, a part of Iwatsu's new communication system called PRECOT (Premium Communication Tool). PRECOT is a next generation solution over a broadband IP connection for the enterprise market. With Opera, PRECOT users can access Web mail or any Web page from the convenience of their screen phones. » read more »