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Credit-Card-Sized Hard Drive Offers up to 120 GB of Storage
TrekStor introduced the DataStation microdisk, a 1.8-inch external hard drive measuring 9 × 5.7 × 0.64 cm, with 20, 80 and 120 GB capacities.
Mobile Video Community ViiF Strengthens Its Team
The mobile-video community appointed Sebastian Nicke as director of Content & Cooperations and Cora Schulz as product manager in response to growing demand.
Apple Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Profit in Its History
Apple reported first-quarter fiscal 2008 revenue of US$9.6 billion and net profit of US$1.58 billion, compared with US$7.1 billion and US$1 billion a year earlier.
Web TV Boom: Users Broadcast Self-Made Shows Live
Video platforms offer a wide range of technical possibilities.
Adobe’s “Flash Lite” Conquers Mobile Phones by 2012
Web videos on mobile phones attract customers and device manufacturers.
MW: Apple Enhances iPhone with a Software Update
Apple announced a free software update for the iPhone that lets users locate their own position in the redesigned Maps application, send an SMS text message to several people at once, create Web Clips of favorite websites, configure the Home screen, and watch rental films from the new iTunes Movie Rentals directly on the iPhone. New iPhones ship with the update; existing iPhone users receive it automatically and free when synchronizing with iTunes.
MTV partners with mobile video service ViiF
Using a short break to watch a music video on a mobile phone or catch up on the latest music news: the partnership between MTV Networks Germany and mobile video service ViiF now makes this possible.
MyVideo and WWF: Protecting the rainforest with music and videos
MyVideo is supporting a new WWF fundraising campaign that draws attention to the threatened state of the rainforests in Germany’s largest video community. With its own WWF- Channel, nature conservation is now a major topic on MyVideo
Gates bids farewell with high-tech forecasts and irony
Since 1994, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had opened the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas almost every year. But Gates, generally considered rather shy and media-averse, was rarely seen as cheerful, relaxed and self-ironic in a public appearance as he was that Sunday during his farewell from the big high-tech stage.
Internet use 5.3% cheaper in 2007 than in 2006
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), prices for Internet use in the 2007 annual average were 5.3% below the 2006 level. Compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, prices for Internet use fell by 4.9% in December 2007. Prices remained stable compared with the previous month.
Overview of the Most Important Changes in the IT and Telecommunications Sector
In the new year, consumers and companies must once again prepare for a series of legislative changes. BITKOM has compiled an overview of the most important changes for the ICT sector:
Customers Benefit from Increasing Price Competition
The liberalization of the telecommunications market ten years ago has developed into a genuine success story. "This is a very successful chapter in German economic history," said Prof. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer, President of the BITKOM Federal Association, ahead of the anniversary on January 1, 2008.
Actimagine previews mobile-video technology
Actimagine will demonstrate its Mobiclip mobile-video codec and rapid HD-video synchronisation at Mobile World Congress 2008.
Freenet Sale Called Off for the Time Being
A sale of telecommunications provider Freenet AG is off the table for the time being. After reviewing the strategy, which included both a complete sale and a split into individual parts, Freenet decided to remain independent, the company announced in Büdelsdorf.
“CeBIT PreView 2008” Fully Booked
The "CeBIT PreView 2008" - the largest media event ahead of CeBIT - is fully booked. For ten years now, media representatives have begun their professional preparation for CeBIT (March 4 - 9) with this product and innovation show on January 16/17 in Hamburg and January 22/23 in Munich. Well-known companies from "A" for ASUS to "V" for Vodafone present innovations, trends & strategies in the IT and telecommunications industry in advance in an exclusive setting.
Industry Initiative Targets Better Camera Phones
Twenty-two technology companies have joined the Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative to improve mobile-camera image quality.
Palm Slips Deeper into the Red
Smartphone and handheld computer manufacturer Palm slipped deeper into the loss zone in the past second fiscal quarter.
Balda: Sale of Mobile Phone Housing Production Still in 2007
Shortly before the end of the year, mobile phone supplier Balda is sticking to its intention to sell European production of mobile phone housings in 2007.
ARD and ZDF Each with One Programme on Mobile 3.0’s DVB-H Platform
ARD with "Das Erste" and ZDF with its main programme will be broadcast nationwide unencrypted and barrier-free on Mobile 3.0's new DVB-H platform.
83 Percent of German Broadband Users
83 percent of broadband users in Germany are interested in “Connected Life” services. With “Connected Life”, households can store, manage and access all digital media regardless of location and terminal device. More than half of broadband users in Germany would be willing to pay for “Connected Life” services – an average of five euros per month.
Forum Software phpBB Focuses on the Mobile Web
Version 3.0 promises security and easier administration.
German Developer Award 2007 Goes to FISHLABS
Blades & Magic best mobile phone game of the year.
Hands-On Mobile, Xendex and the New Game BEEzzz
Hands-On Mobile today announces the initial release of the new game BEEzzz.
Amazon Talks to Vodafone About Cooperation for E-Book
According to a press report, online retailer Amazon is negotiating with mobile communications provider Vodafone over worldwide distribution of its reading device for electronic books.
Google Wants to Get into Television. Handelsblatt Annual Conference “Future Television” January 29 and 30, 2008, Berlin, InterContinental
The revenue forecasts for the media and entertainment industry are rosy: For the distribution of television signals, PricewaterhouseCoopers expects annual revenue growth of 9.3 percent to 251 billion US dollars. Television broadcasters' revenue will rise by 5.8 percent to a good 228 billion US dollars in 2011.
ASTRA and RTL Deepen Cooperation on Interactive Service Blucom
Special aspect of the new cooperation: The increased integration of interactive offerings accompanying the programme.
Coca-Cola Launches Marketing Campaign in Virtual World
Corporation lures consumers to bottle-shaped Internet island.
Actimagine builds mobile-video retail platform
Actimagine develops a secure mobile-video distribution platform for India’s Mobile Magic retail chain.
Dr. Rudolf Gröger Becomes President of Mobile 3.0
Platform operator Mobile 3.0 gains experienced mobile communications manager.
MTV.de Relaunches: Agency Promises More “User Involvement”
Concept and design by Deepblue Networks, technical implementation by Exozet Interactive
AT&T Chief: “iPhone with UMTS Definitely Next Year”
Apple wants to solve battery problem in 2008.
ProSiebenSat.1 Group Cooperates with Mobile Entertainment Specialist ViiF
TV content from ProSieben and Sat.1 via ViiF. Watch best-of television programming on the mobile phone. ViiF enables mobile video independently of the telephone provider.
Mobile Phone Version of Firefox Planned
Browser is to come to mobile phones with full functionality.
Industry Meeting MobileMonday Sees Itself Established in Germany After Just One Year
First national summit on 3.12.07 in Frankfurt / Berlin chapter is to launch in February 2008
eco survey: Awarding the license to the Mobile 3.0 consortium sets mobile TV back
Without mobile network operators, the new format will not be able to establish itself.
Sachertorte and Emmentaler: Google Maps expands
Swiss know-how refines search functions and content preparation.
Cinema feeling anytime and anywhere
Strong Motorola partners make the Moto Z8 an entertainment giant.
DivX Acquires H.264 Specialist MainConcept
DivX plans to acquire MainConcept for about $22 million, adding H.264 technology and broader broadcast, mobile and consumer-video licensing.
ACCESS and EXPWAY Integrate DVB-H Platform
NetFront Browser DTV Profile integrates FastESG for DVB-H mobile TV across broadcast, unicast and local services.
Official music video by Fantastischen Vier created by a MyVideo user for the first time
In an unprecedented campaign, Die Fantastischen Vier, together with MyVideo.de, Vodafone, ProSieben and Radio Energy, had the official music video for the new single from the album “Fornika” filmed by fans and creatives. Since the call two months ago at fanta4.myvideo.de, more than 300 clips were submitted in the first, three-week phase, a huge response when one considers the effort behind an animated video.
sleeq shows where friends are
Community network is intended to make coordination within circles of friends easier.
Sybase 365 launches new gateway for MMS content
Central connection enables direct delivery of rich media content to millions of mobile users.
Wireless & Mobility conference on November 8 at Interop Berlin
The organizational and technical linking of mobile communications and WLAN is the focus of the Wireless & Mobility conference at the Interop Congress on November 8. High-caliber speakers from Hewlett-Packard, Veriwave, Nokia, Aruba Networks, Cisco, Ipass and Extricom report on concrete solutions and new technologies at the Berlin exhibition grounds.
WLAN chip consumes “almost zero energy” in standby mode
Manufacturer promises 100 hours of VoIP calls on one battery charge.
Sybase launches mBanking 365
New service offering enables banks and customers to interact efficiently and cost-effectively – anytime and anywhere
Bavaria Film at the Media Days
Representatives of the Bavaria Film Group will be present on various panels during the Munich Media Days 2007 from November 7 to 9 – headed by Bavaria Film Managing Director Dr Matthias Esche, who will discuss “Setting the course for German film – The amendment of the Film Promotion Act (FFG)” on Thursday, November 8 at 2 p.m.
Eidos presents mobile games line-up
New series and familiar classics form the basis of Eidos’s Christmas offensive
Billion-euro mobile content market: Business models sought
Social platforms are the most important drivers of the mobile Internet.
Google integrates IMAP function into Gmail
Feature is intended to simplify e-mail organization via mobile devices.
VoIP: No emergency call currently possible. Exact localization of devices remains problematic.
With a VoIP connection, in addition to the cost savings, one also enjoys the advantage of being able to make calls from any Internet connection in the world and to be reachable. However, this fact also has a catch, because the mobility makes geographic location difficult to impossible.
NeoMedia and Gavitec AG – mobile digit present the NeoReader
NeoReader is a mobile universal 2D scanner and offers easy access to any content via mobile phones. The know-how of NeoMedia Technologies Inc. and Gavitec AG - mobile digit went into the joint development.
Further training Mobile Animation Content
Creative content for mobile distribution is rapidly gaining in importance with increasing sales and the dynamic development of mobile devices. Multimedia entertainment no longer takes place exclusively on the computer, in the living room or at the cinema. Viewers are increasingly deciding for themselves when they want to watch which programmes and, above all, where. Networking with thousands of other viewers turns media consumption into a communal experience.
The International Film School Cologne offers an in-service training programme that provides an overview of opportunities and business models.
Focal points:
Made for Mobile - Case Studies
Story Development
Location Based Services
Mobile Games
Mobile Marketing
Business models and value chains
Basics of mobile technologies and standards
Basics of series development
Mobile TV
Stages of production and workflows
Project/concept development
Presentation training
Mobile rights: Copyright protection, rights ownership
Media impact research
Mobile 2.0 - mobile social communities?
Excursion to Helsinki:
Innovation Network Forum Virium /
Nokia Research Centre
Structure:
In 8 workshops of 2 to 3 days each (Wednesday to Friday), needs and basics of production for mobile devices are taught in the form of presentations and papers and implemented in project work.
Digital entertainment market in upheaval
Gloomy prospects for mobile TV - iTunes comes under pressure.
Emulator brings PalmOS programs to Symbian phones
“We build the bridge between two smartphone worlds”. The Canadian software company StyleTap has presented a PalmOS emulator for smartphones.
The MP3 search engine eSpew.com cooperates with HooQs(TM) and launches a service for free music downloads to mobile phones
eSpew, the world’s largest online search engine for free downloads of MP3 music, is growing, with over 19 million MP3 songs and more than 1.3 million visitors per month.
Apple also wants to allow third-party software on the iPhone
From next year, Apple will also allow third-party programs on its iPhone mobile phone. Programmers are to receive the necessary information for this in February, company chief Steve Jobs announced on the Apple website on Wednesday.
A rat gets the mobile-phone display cooking
THQ Wireless, Inc. commissions carmunity to create a mobile portal for the new Disney-Pixar film “Ratatouille”.
Legal music downloads grow by 37 percent
The boom in legal music downloads continues. In the third quarter of 2007 alone, 9.3 million digital products were downloaded from the Internet, media control reports. "The past quarter was the strongest single quarter in history," says Ulrike Altig, managing director of media control. The increase corresponds to 37.1 percent compared with the same period of the previous year.
Starting signal for mobile TV in Germany is imminent
Capgemini expects a hesitant start with three million users in 2012.
SYNCING:NET and MOBILITY-OFFICE cooperate
Berlin data-synchronization specialist SYNCING.NET Technologies GmbH and MOBILITY-OFFICE Solutions AG from Munich are concluding a cooperation agreement. With the partnership, the two providers make it possible to make data and programs available at any time and in any place. Together, the companies are further developing their technologies for mobile use and automatic synchronization of data.
Britons suffer from mobile-phone addiction
No other European country so obsessed with mobile telephony
Mobile-phone manufacturers tinker with iPhone competition
"Apple has shown how a mobile phone must be designed"
Mobile 3.0 Plans German DVB-H Platform
MFD and NEVA Media form Mobile 3.0 to operate a German DVB-H mobile television platform, subject to regulatory approval.
Remote maintenance goes mobile
Remote Software Solution specialist NTRglobal is clearly focusing on mobile remote access and support of IT systems at this year’s Systems: Using reference examples, the company will show in Hall A2, Stand 326, how IT administrators will in future be able to access the IT infrastructure to be managed from any location with their Pocket PC using NTRadmin.
Mobile 3.0 Plans German DVB-H Platform
MFD and Neva Media form Mobile 3.0 to operate a German DVB-H mobile-television platform, subject to regulatory approval.
Secure, flexible and innovative – Mobile Solutions at SYSTEMS 2007
Mobility is trumps in the business world: Whether smartphones for field staff, navigation solutions via satellite for the vehicle fleet, mobile data capture or remote-access solutions - mobile devices and solutions are a flexible and effective alternative to conventional communication and business processes for many industries and areas of companies.
BerlinCalling Opens Mobile Content Market
BerlinCalling launches a marketplace for mobile video, sound and animation, with artists retaining copyright and receiving half the revenue.
Mobile social networking with 12.3 million consumers
Social communities are becoming one of the most important drivers of the mobile Internet. 12.3 million users have access to Web 2.0 offerings on the mobile Web. M:Metrics publishes authoritative data on the mobile community market for Germany and Europe.
MFD provides information about mobile TV at the Munich Media Days
Visitors receive detailed information about mobile TV at the MFD stand and can try out mobile television live
Nicolas Cage in Pocket Format
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Nokia are releasing the blockbuster Ghost Rider with Nicolas Cage on an SD card for mobile phones – thanks to Actimagine. The French company developed the Mobiclip video compression codec for mobile platforms, which can play any type of video, free or premium content in DVD-like quality (24fps Full Screen) without limiting battery life.
Advertising-Funded Zero-Rate Mobile Phone Is Implemented with Mobile Virtual Network Operator Services from TietoEnator
TietoEnator supports Blyk, a new advertising-funded mobile phone service for young people, by building a Mobile Virtual Network Operator Service (MVNO). The project includes application and business process management and the provision of a scalable and cost-efficient IT infrastructure.
Adobe Releases Flash Lite 3
Flash Lite 3 adds Flash video and dynamic web content to mobile devices across S60, BREW, Windows Mobile 5 and embedded platforms.
BerlinCalling Seeks Creatives for Mobile Content Platform
New marketplace for mobile content promises creatives fair and transparent revenue participation / Opens at the beginning of October
Further Training Mobile Animation Content
New continuing education offering from the International Film School Cologne.
TV-Loonland Takes Penelope Distribution Rights
TV-Loonland gains television, home-video, VOD, IPTV and mobile rights to the preschool 3D series Penelope across multiple regions.
Apple: iPhone Coming on November 9
At a press conference at the Berlin Telekom representation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the launch of the iPhone in Germany
Qualcomm and conVISUAL Present Interactive Mobile Broadcast Live at IBC 2007
Qualcomm Incorporated and conVISUAL AG announced during IBC 2007 that they would collaborate in the field of Interactive Mobile Broadcast in the future.
NDS Demonstrates New Technology Platforms at IBC 2007
NDS’s presence at this year’s IBC in Amsterdam is entirely focused on digital media convergence: NDS responds to trends in digital media use with a portfolio of new technologies based on convergent and integrated solutions.
Impressions from IBC 2007
DIGITAL PRODUCTION is on the road at IBC 2007 for its readers and reports on the latest products and current trends in the broadcast sector.
eco: New WLAN iPods Make Mobile Internet a Mass Market
Internet industry association sees WLAN capability as the beginning of the end of the mobile-network corporations’ oligopoly over mobile Internet
ZDF News Studios Target Late 2008 Launch
ZDF's Mainz news complex will house two digital studios serving television, internet and mobile-TV output from late 2008.
IBC 2007 Opens with Conference Section
Europe’s most important broadcast trade fair runs until September 11. DIGITAL PRODUCTION is on site and will report continuously
Apple: iPod like iPhone
At a specially scheduled event of its own at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs presented a completely renewed iPod range.
Sydney DVB-H Trial Tests Five Channels
Thomson supplies DVB-H encoding and SmartVision management for a Sydney mobile-TV trial carrying CNN, Boomerang, ABC, ABC2 and SBS.
In Berlin, voyages Is Coming to the Analog Cable Network
The travel channel voyages has agreed to expand its 24-hour reach in Berlin. From today, 650,000 analog cable households in provider Kabel Deutschland’s Berlin network can receive voyages all day.
ZDF Launches On-Demand Television at IFA
ZDF launched its new media library at IFA in Berlin with presenters and actors from across the broadcaster's programming.
Mobile Content Day Again in Hamburg
The fifth Mobile Content Day will take place on September 14, 2007 under the motto "Mobile Content for Publishers and Agencies".
IBC: News Equipe + RT.1 mobil media = rt1.tv!
From September 7, 2007, the start of IBC in Amsterdam, News Equipe GmbH (Cologne) and RT.1 mobil media GmbH (Augsburg) will receive a new, uniform brand identity.
Time Is More Valuable Than Money
For one of every two working Germans who took part in a Sony Ericsson survey, a lack of time is such a big problem that they would even pay something for more time.
NVIDIA Sponsors the International Mobile Gaming Awards
The best games for mobile consoles and cell phones are honored with the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA). The fourth edition of the IMGA is now also supported by NVIDIA. Other sponsors include Adobe, Nokia, AMD, Movida, Qualcomm and the Belle de Mai Media Park in Marseille, France.
MFD Launches Mobile Text with Fraunhofer IIS
Germany's first mobile-TV provider is using Journaline, the text-news service developed by Fraunhofer IIS.
Football Could Drive Mobile TV Adoption
German mobile operators plan at least 16 DVB-H channels, with football coverage expected to support wider mobile-TV adoption.
Jamba Shows Mobile Games at Games Convention
Jamba and Mr Goodliving will present sports, action, multiplayer, and other mobile games at the Games Convention.
Actimagine Expands Mobiclip Operations
Actimagine is adding staff in France, Japan, and the United States as it expands the Mobiclip mobile-video codec.
2D Barcodes Connect Print to Mobile Video
Camera-readable 2D barcodes are linking print advertisements and editorial pages to mobile websites, video, and digital tickets.
IP Deutschland Managing Director Florian Ruckert is AGF board member
Florian Ruckert, Managing Director Marketing at IP Deutschland, was appointed to the board of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fernsehforschung (AGF) as representative of the RTL channel family and as deputy chairman effective July 1.
tv14 searches for the video star
tv14, Europe's largest programme magazine from the Bauer publishing group, and the Internet portal clipfish.de are now launching a summer campaign: They are looking for the most beautiful children's video - the main prize is a family trip to Mallorca worth 2,000 euros, while places two to six each receive 1,000 euros in cash.