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Official AT&T Mobile TV Details
Looks the leaked info was pretty much spot on. AT&T's Mobile TV service is debuting May 4 and it'll come in three tiers: Limited, Basic and Plus for $13, $15 and $30. It'll launch in 58 major markets (all the ones you expect). Besides the nine live broadcast channels, there's a bank of 150 time-shifted shows like the 30 Rock finale, plus Sony's movie channel, dubbed PIX—it'll have stuff like Memento and Kung Fu Hustle (have you ever seen a fist this big?). First phones to get in on the action are LG's Vu and Samsung Access. Hit the jump for all the dirty details. More »Samsung P960 Heralds the European Arrival of the Mobile TV Cellphone
While mobile TV cellphones are ten-a-penny in the Far East, the West is pretty much virgin territory for them. Samsung's P960, however, may have got the ball rolling, a mobile TV phone aimed at European consumers. A sleek gray slider, the P960 supports both European mobile TV standards, DVB-CBMS and OMA-BCAST, and its 2.6-inch QVGA TFT screen even lets you watch two channels at the same time. As to whether we're going to see a US-friendly version later on in the year—well, that's not clear yet, but since the menu behind the dude is in dollars, perhaps the Koreans are making their press budget go a little further. Press release is after the jump.More »
Archos Updates the 605 Wi-Fi With GPS, Mobile TV and Flash Video
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Hulu Video Service Going Mobile?
Talking at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar implied that NBC and News Corp.'s (mostly) slick video service could be moving to mobile phones, saying that they're "ripe for the Hulu experience." But, it might not look like the Hulu we know and almost love, since he mentioned that it "may not be identical" everywhere, but he thinks "anything connected to the internet would be a good fit for Hulu." Looks like healthy mobile TV might just materialize in the US. [MocoNews, Broadcasting & Cable]AT&T Mobile TV Launch Date, Channels and Pricing
Boy Genius has some more details about AT&T's imminent mobile TV service, adding to what AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega told us earlier. It's going to launch May 4, and there will be three packages: Limited ($13/month), Basic ($15) and Plus ($30). It's the exact same as what Verizon VCast offers, price and channel-wise, except that AT&T has CNN and Plus tosses in an "exclusive" Sony pictures channel. Full listings below. More »Local Broadcasters Want Mobile Standard: Free TV on Phones and Handhelds (With Ads, That Is)
The good news: A coalition of 800 local TV stations are lobbying to get a mobile TV standard approved by the ATSC. Rather than pay Verizon or AT&T a boatload of money to get MediaFLO content, you will just buy a product with a receiver chip and tune in whatever's on. The bad news: Broadcasters want this because TiVo, cable and that damned internet have done away with their ad revenue, and mobile TV seems like the last good place to stick inline ads that you will have to watch. More »Video: AT&T's Mobile TV Service In Action
The new LG VU is the first handset to support AT&T's new Mobile TV offering and we got a quick video of the service in action at CTIA. The best part is that Mobile TV on the VU is all run from the touchscreen; from the channel up/down to the on-screen guide. The video quality looks pretty good as well. But you really have to pay attention where and how hard you're pushing on the screen because it will not recognize the button action if you don't press down just right. But all things considered, the interface is quick, snappy and well presented. [Giz@CTIA]Hands-on With AT&T's LG VU Multimedia Phone (AT&T Mobile TV is No Joke)
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Behold the "Access," Samsung's First Mobile TV Phone With AT&T
Samsung and AT&T have officially announced the arrival of the "Access"—Samsung's first device to support AT&T Mobile TV. The phone features a 2.3-inch landscape display, dual-band 3G and quad-band GSM, one-touch access to AT&T Mobile TV, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, Bluetooth, a microSD slot and a 1.3 megapixel camera with video. Pricing has not been announced, but you will be able to get your hands on one starting this May. Press release after the jump.
More »Motorola DH02: Moto's Third Mobile TV In As Many Months
OK, not to punch the weakling when he's down on all fours, but this is quite a tale of WTF: First, at CES, Moto unveils a plan for the DH01 Mobile TV with MicroSD card reader and DVB-H for terrestrial reception (where available). Then, it upgrades to the DH01n, adding GPS and a Tele Atlas map set for turn-by-turn driving. Finally, Moto decides what the thing really needs is a cellphone inside. Today Moto announces the DH02, all of the above goodness plus HSDPA connectivity and a touchscreen interface with "intuitive click, drag and scroll icon-based menus" to boot. (No video or photo of that, however.) All I can say is, good luck to you, Moto, whatever the hell it is you're doing. [Motorola]Motorola Updates Its Mobile TV With Navigator
Motorola's DH01 mobile TV, above, seen at CES last month, has been updated already. The beleaguered electronics company added a GPS navigation system to the DVR (and an "n" to the model number) and took its DH01n to Barcelona's MWC to show off. It still uses DVB-H format, though, which ain't exactly popular over here. [Motorola]Stream Mobile TV To your iPhone, iPod Touch via Wi-Fi
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LG MPH TV-Everywhere Coming to North America in 2009
LG says its MPH in-band mobile digital television system will be relatively easy for broadcasters to implement into their existing transmitters, and claims that 800 of the US broadcasters are on board for 2009. At today's press event, company officials said US consumers will be interested in receiving the mobile DTV for weather, news and sports updates. If all 800 TV stations actualy begin broadcasting this "robust" format, you'll be able to watch crappy local news on cellphones (see one after the jump), personal DTVs (shown above) and laptop PCs everywhere you go, haunting you like a malodorous ghost. Good luck with that. Check out the press release with the details:More »






