Nokia Siemens Networks outlines “TV 2.0” future
Innovation manager Lydia Aldejohann holds out the prospect of personalization of the offering, new advertising mechanisms, new forms of use
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Mobile television must also be committed to diversity!
ARD Chairman Fritz Raff sees himself in agreement with the responsible EU Commissioner Viviane Reding in the effort to advance mobile television as a platform.
CANCOM IT Systeme AG takes over partial assets of 4PC GmbH
CANCOM IT Systeme AG, one of the leading providers of IT infrastructure and professional services, is taking over partial assets of Düsseldorf-based 4PC Computer-Upgrade und -Service GmbH (4PC) through Its subsidiary CANCOM Deutschland GmbH.
AMITELO AG Reports Success with B2B Platform Prepaid.tv
At the end of 2006, the AMITELO Group, a provider of telecommunications services and VoIP specialist, launched the B2B platform for prepaid telecommunications products «Prepaid.tv». The project is a success; after a seven-month start-up period it is already generating 600,000 euros in profitable revenue per month.
MFD to Compare DVB-H and DMB at IFA
MFD will let IFA visitors compare mobile television delivered through DVB-H and DMB.
Telecommunications Providers Lead the Product Ranking
With an increase of 3.1 percent to 271.2 million euros in advertising revenue, consumer magazines and TV together close calendar week 26. While consumer magazines had to record a reduction in their advertising proceeds, advertising television posted an increase of 32.5 percent to 137.4 million euros.
CANCOM IT Systeme AG Intends to Purchase bios GmbH and Assets of 4PC GmbH
One of the leading providers of IT infrastructure and professional services, CANCOM IT Systeme AG, is seeking to purchase bios GmbH, based in Norderstedt. CANCOM IT Systeme AG and Bios AG, the parent company of bios GmbH, signed a Letter of Intent today. CANCOM also plans to acquire assets of 4PC GmbH, based in Düsseldorf. A Letter of Intent was also signed here.
German Multimedia Award (DMMA)
The best mobile applications can once again hope to win a German Multimedia Award in 2007, which, as in the previous year, has a separate category dedicated to mobile. The award ceremony will take place on 21 June at an evening event on the occasion of the German Multimedia Congress (DMMK) - Digital Economy in Berlin. In addition to the Mobile category, the German Multimedia Award 2007 will also include the following submission categories: Advertising/PR, Information, Entertainment, E-Commerce / Sales Support, Interactive Services, Web 2.0 Applications, Innovative Installations (Kiosk Systems, Installations, E-Mail, Interactive TV (i-TV).
Information Event on the Status Quo and Prospects of Media-Based Interaction Design
Industry experts describe challenges for design, promotion and marketing
Mobile Television Germany Wins Naspers as Strategic Investor
South African media group invests in mobile TV provider
BVDW: New Working Group Devotes Itself to Mobile Internet and Entertainment
Association's Mobile specialist group creates committee for growth market
Study: Mobile Phone Television as a Future Cornerstone of the Media Industry
Mobile TV in Germany with revenue potential of more than half a billion euros in 2012
1st German IPTV Award: Registration Period Begins
Promoting IPTV technology in Germany as a goal
NAB: V4x Introduces Production System for Mobile Phones
Complete Solution for Creating Programs for Mobile Devices / Targets Broadcasters and Content Aggregators
NAB: Vizrt Integrates Acquisitions into Its Product Range
New Viz-Video Hub media asset management system / Viz-Multichannel supports broadcasters with several channels / Multi Platform Suite for mobile devices
4. GfM World Congress 2007
The focus is on in-game advertising, one of the fastest-growing advertising segments according to experts. Trends in the areas of e-game and mobile entertainment will also be discussed. The congress is aimed at advertising, media and marketing decision-makers as well as product managers from the brand world, executives and producers from the media industry.
Gear Media Tech (GMT)
Three-day seminar on audio and video content for the Internet and mobile applications, organised by Pixel Corps, TWiT.tv and Podango Production.
CeBIT: EU Commissioner Reding Disappointed by Mobile TV Progress
Finds lively consumer interest, but hardly any progress on legal and technical framework conditions / Industry and member states should draw up a European strategy
Mobile Forum 2007 Surveys Emerging Market
More than 350 attendees examined mobile transmission, advertising and content at Plazamedia's Studio 7 near Munich.
Mobiclip Brings Bollywood to Mobile Devices
Hungama Mobile selected Actimagine's Mobiclip codec to distribute full-length Bollywood films on mobile devices.
Mobile Forum at Plazamedia
Plazamedia, Medientage München and MedienCampus Bayern outline the future of mobile business in Munich on March 8
Adobe: Flash Lite 3 Brings Videos to Mobile Devices
Next version is intended to enable playback of moving-image content
12th Global Mobile Awards 2007
The Global Mobile Awards honour the achievements of all participants in the mobile communications value chain at a worldwide level. The awards night takes place during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.
This year there are 19 awards from seven categories that reflect the rapid pace of growth and the changing dynamics of the mobile communications world. The categories include, among others: Best Mobile Entertainment for games, music, video, sport and news; Best Mobile Service, for enterprise and messaging applications; Best Marketing and Promotion as well as Best Technology.
Study Finds 13% Interested in Mobile TV
An ARD/ZDF survey found 13 percent of Germans interested in mobile television, with preferences varying substantially by age.
Bitfilm Produces Made-for-Mobile Film Show
Bitfilm Studios is producing the 15-minute Aktuelles Shortstudio format for MFD's watcha mobile television service.
Spotlight Advertising Film Festival: 2007 with “Web & Mobile” Category
Participation open to professionals and students / Submission deadline extended
ProSiebenSat.1 Mobile Brings MyVideo.de Clips to Mobile Phones
Broadcast via DMB / Five new videos per day and MyVideo Show from Sat.1
Starting Gun for DMMA 2007 Fired
Industry competition for online/offline productions takes place for the twelfth time / Participation subject to a fee
Digital Rapids Adds AVC Encoding Module
The optional AVC Encoder module adds realtime H.264 encoding and faster-than-realtime file transcoding to Digital Rapids systems.
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg: New “Interactive Media” Degree Program
Application deadline runs until February 15, 2007
IRT Symposium on D-Cinema and Mobile TV
Event on January 23/24, 2007 at the ARRI Cinema, Munich
Sorenson Squeeze 4.5: Compression in a New Version
New presets for devices from mobile phones and PlayStation Portable to Blu-ray and HD-DVD
Mobile TV Forum Searches for Original Content
The third Mobile Multimedia Forum examined production formats, viewing behaviour, pricing and advertising for mobile television.
Mobile Content Days
Experts from Germany and abroad will present mobile entertainment and business services at the 3rd Mobile Content Days - the big meeting of the media and entertainment world. Key programme topics such as mobile print, games, music, payment, betting, ads, tv and movies will highlight the development of existing business models and current trends. The congress is being held at the International Congress Centre Munich for the first time in partnership with Systems.
Mobilcom Begins Marketing Mobile TV
Distribtues MFD's “watcha” offering / television by mobile phone in twelve major cities for 8.95 euros per month
Adobe Acquires Software Technology from Actimagine
Expansion of the Flash platform for greater penetration in the mobile-device mass market
Quad Play Suite from Comverse
Four-in-one solution for IPTV, fixed-line, mobile and video telephony
Symposium: From Digital Cinema to Mobile Television
According to the organisers (Institute for Broadcasting Technology (IRT), Koelnmesse), the event is aimed at everyone who wants comprehensive information about industry trends and developments (decision-makers, developers and system planners from broadcast and production companies in the film and TV industry as well as image, sound and production engineers, network technicians, camera operators, editors and postproduction specialists). Discounted early-bird tickets are available until August 31. Interested parties will receive an accreditation form by email after sending their contact details to c.gasper@koelnmesse.de, subject: MediaVision Cologne.
Mobile TV Channel with Exclusively User-Generated Content from October
Munich service provider Gofresh promisses users interaction and advertising clients precise targeting
Mobile TV: MFD Starts Cooperation with Mobilcom
Collaboration promises five million potential participants for the “watcha” mobile TV service
Warner Bros. TV Establishes Studio 2.0
Productions designed specifically for emerging formats such as IPTV and mobile television.
3D Broadcast Graphics for Mobile
At the IBC, broadcast graphics specialist Vizrt offered a first look at the “Viz Multi Platform Suite” a future solution for mobile devices
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg sets up new degree programmes
"Interactive Media" and "Education and Science"
Adobe Enters Partnership With Viacom
Adobe Engagement Platform is to help the media group create and distribute digital experiences for web and mobile platforms
SIGGRAPH Shows Mobile AR and Laser Plasma
Emerging Technologies pairs a two-player mobile AR game with an experimental free-space laser-plasma display.
Mobile cell-phone television via DMB launches in German World Cup cities
Offer under the name "watcha" from MFD and Debitel
NAB 2006 closes with 105.046 registered visitors
Only slight visitor growth this year / IPTV, automation and once again HDTV as dominant topics
NAB: News for Telestream’s file-based workflow
New solutions for automatically preparing graphics and video files for different channels
NAB: “Video recorder to go” from FFV
The NDT 200 is a vest-pocket-format video recorder that records films with Motion JPEG compression
NAB: Irdeto announces Debitel as mobile encryption customer
Specialist manufacturer Irdeto presents encryption solutions for mobile devices at NAB and provides the security technology for Debitel's mobile TV service
NAB: Internet TV – Super Session with Jeremy Allaire
In a cross-sector Super Session, the Brightcove founder explained his view of the future of internet TV
NAB: Snell & Wilcox Shows Monitoring, Conversion and HD Upconversion
Products Quasar, Hyperion and Helios - three solutions for specific broadcasting tasks - are the focus
1-2-3.tv Links Live TV Auctions with Joca Mobile-Phone Menu
Regular operation of first interactive application with mobile-phone return channel on German television / Bidding, ordering and billing systems synchronized with live TV to the second via mobile phone
FKTG Conference Covers Spectrum from HD to Handheld Broadcasting
22nd professional conference in Potsdam in mid-May
IPTV Multichannel Portal: Pilot Project at CeBIT
Pixelpark and cooking channel tv.gusto demonstrate IPTV with an attached mobile channel
Football World Cup: Premiere and T-Mobile Plan Video Streaming via UMTS
Dedicated format to be updated several times a day and distributed to mobile phones / Pilot version on display at CeBIT 2006
Graphics Cards: 3DLabs Withdraws from Workstation Sector
Manufacturer will focus in future on 3D solutions for the handheld market
O2 Opens Mobile Movie Award Again
10,000 euros in prize money for professionals / Submission period from March 1 to October 31
Flash for Mobile Phones
BenQ-Siemens and LG Electronics are launching mobile phones that support Adobe's Flash Lite format
Study: HDTV Boom Through Football World Cup and Video Games, Mobile TV Disappoints
Market researchers at Deloitte see HD breakthrough this year, but only restrained response to mobile TV offerings
Adobe: Flash Lite 2 and Flash Player SDK 7 Available
New versions for mobile-content development are intended to reduce costs for multimedia content
animago AWARD 2006: Most important competition for Digital Content Creation celebrates it’s 10th anniversary
New opportunity for creative designers in computer graphics, film / video, and interactive media - new categories "Games" & "Mobile Entertainment"– presentation of prizes at fmx/06 in Stuttgart
animago AWARD 2006: Most Important Competition for Digital Content Creation Enters Its 10th Year
New Competition Categories "Games" and "Mobile Entertainment" - Audience Award Will Be Presented for the First Time - Awards Ceremony During fmx/06 in Stuttgart
New Adobe Bundles Combine Creative Products from Adobe and Macromedia
After Takeover, Combination Offers for Software in the Web, Design and Video Sectors
Mobile TV: Study Sees Consumers Ready for Mobile-Phone Television
Goldmedia Finds Willingness to Pay, Forecasts 450 Million Euros in Revenue in Germany in 2010
Bitfilm Festival 05
3D animation, digital FX, flash movies, machinima, mobile video,
64-KByte-Demos as well as expert lectures and panels.
Bitfilm Festival: Symposium Discusses the Mobile Media Future
Speakers from Major Content Developers and Network Operators Report on Content Development and Distribution
Mobile Entertainment Summit
Congress for content developers, technicians and employees from the field of business development.
Live Mobile Video Feeds Connect to TV Broadcasts
Dutch company develops technology for integrating video calls into television programmes / Intended to work with any 3G phone
IBC: OpenVG from Khronos Debuts
The Completed Standard for the OpenVG 1.0 Vector Graphics Engine Was Shown for the First Time at IBC
IBC: DVB-H as a Beacon of Hope for TV and Mobile Phones
Broadcasting and Mobile Communications Industries Place High Expectations on Mobile Television. Extensive Technology and Product Demonstrations Can Be Seen at IBC
IBC: Harmonic Announces First Multiservice Encoding Platform
DiviCom Electra 5000 Defines a New Product Category and Delivers Video for Playback Devices from Television to Mobile Phone
New Media: Plazamedia Expands Football Content Production for International Markets
The full-service provider is producing video streams and mobile video clips for the Japanese and US markets
GC Developer Conference 2005: Game Developer Meeting in Leipzig
With an extensive programme, the GC Developer Conference took place in Leipzig from August 16 to 18.
Macromedia Announces Studio 8
Suite for interactive online applications expected in September for 999 euros
Macromedia Wants to Expand Its Mobile Communications Business with Flash
Software provider positions "Flash Platform" as a complete content solution for network operators and developers
Nvidia Offers Award for Game Development on Mobile Devices
Graphics-card provider initiates international competition
for professionals, beginners and career changers
Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2002
Flash MX content will in future also be available on pocket computers. Macromedia now also offers its Flash Player 6 for Microsoft’s Pocket PC operating system.