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mSpot Launches Horror Movie App

Jan 18 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments

If you’re a fan of creepy, campy horror movies, you’re in luck. Mobile entertainment provider mSpot has just launched a subscription-based iPhone app devoted to the best of the bunch, making full-length movies available instantly, without downloading, waiting, or syncing to PC. The mSpot Horror Movie App costs $3.99 for unlimited access for one month to the list of 10+ movies, which are refreshed weekly.

AP Mobile Launches on Windows Mobile Platform

Nov 18 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments

There are an estimated 30+ million Windows Mobile phones out there. That spells reach for AP Mobile, says Jeff Litvack, AP’s general manager of mobile and emerging products. Litvack, who reports that the existing AP mobile app, with more than 2.5 million registered mobile users, is “the top news app and the No. 4 most popular app in Windows Marketplace for Mobile.” Developed by Associated Press, AP Mobile launched in May 2008 (covered in MobilizedTV) as a mobile WAP site.

Mobile Monday LA Panel Looks at Content

Nov 05 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments

Mobile Monday Los Angeles tackled the topic of mobile content, opening the evening with remarks from MobiTV’s Jack Hallinan, who was named Mobile Ambassador at the 2008 Mobile Excellence Awards. He listed some astonishing statistics about the growth of mobile TV, quoting InStat’s estimate that wordwide viewership will expand from today’s 54 million to 300 million by 2013. “We’ve seen a migration in the last year or two shifting from a focus on advertising towards a focus on content,” he said. “In the early days, content was minor league. Now you have a tremendous uptick in mobile content players, including big players like ESPN, CNN, Comedy Central. Sports, news, comedy and entertainment are the big drivers. Everything will happen on mobile.”

More News from CTIA 2009

Oct 12 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments

In a follow-up from last week’s news from CTIA 2009, the following is more news from the show. First, Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) gave a keynote talk and, as part of its effort to gather information for the development of a National Broadband Plan, held a field hearing in San Diego to provide a West Coast perspective on spectrum availability, mobile applications and the role they play in the development of America’s broadband infrastructure.

Mobile Video Ringtones: Vringo Brings Marvel Super Heroes

Sep 10 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments

It was only a matter of time before Super Heroes came to the rescue…on the mobile phone. Marvel Entertainment, with its library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years, is the prime library for all things Super Hero, and the company just inked an agreement to collaborate with Vringo to create and distribute mobile videos and video ringtones based on Marvel’s Super Hero library.

AP Mobile: News with a Bullet

Jun 09 by Debra Kaufman | 2 Comments

After launching in May 2008, AP Mobile is now celebrating its first anniversary of providing a mobile news service from the respected Associated Press brand by debuting Version 2.0, a “significant update” to its Apple iPhone/iPod Touch app. At the one-year anniversary, AP Mobile reported that 55 million local stories have been read on www.apnews.com, since its launch. The mobile news service’s member organizations have also skyrocketed, from 107 a year ago to 1,000 local sources today. “We’ve also learned that mobile isn’t the third or fourth screen - it’s the first screen,” said AP’s Jeff Litvack. “It’s the first screen that people are turning to for their news and information.”

Linux to Offer Seamless Mobile App & Content Sharing

Dec 03 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments

This interview with Andrew Shikiar, director of global marketing fo the LiMo Foundation focuses on the future of Linux in the mobile ecosystem. Shikiar talks about LiMo interest in creating a mobile standard around the Linux O/S.

Can Actimagine Energize Mobile Video?

Feb 03 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments

Battery life is one of the stumbling blocks for acceptance of all kinds of mobile devices. And video sucks up power like no other application. Actimagine, a French company, says it’s solved the problem with its patented video codec, Mobiclip, which offers VGA resolution at 30 fps for 7.5 hours on a Nokia N73. Henri Linde, president of Actimage, Americas, describes the company’s plans for enabling video on all kinds of mobile devices.