Tag: television

Total Results: 95

Ford’s Lincoln runs mobile video ads on MSNBC.com

Published: March 17, 2009

Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln brand is running advertising on recently launched mobile video content from NBC's news programs, now available at MSNBC's mobile Internet site.

Fox Mobile expands mobile TV content in Asia, Africa

Published: March 16, 2009

Fox Mobile Distribution is letting millions of mobile subscribers across Asia, the Middle East and Africa access video content from hit U.S. shows such as "24," "The Simpsons" and "Prison Break."

PlayPhone launches wireless retailer program for mobile commerce

Published: March 12, 2009

PlayPhone Inc. has launched a wireless retailer program that provides wireless retailers, agents and resellers a way to merchandize, sell and monetize mobile content at the point of sale.

American Idol amplifies reach with new iPhone app

Published: March 10, 2009

Known for relying on SMS texts to vote for favorite performers, the American Idol show on the Fox television network now has its own iPhone application as it enters its eighth season of broadcast.

WheelsTV launches mobile video, social networking site

Published: March 9, 2009

WheelsTV, a provider of automotive video programming and user-generated content, has launched a mobile site at with ads from brands such as Land Rover's Range Rover.

VH1 lets viewers chat via mobile while watching TV

Published: March 2, 2009

VH1 is letting its television audience interact with the shows they are viewing by posting opinions, comments or questions in chat rooms using their mobile phone.

Mobile TV to reach 500M subscribers by 2013

Published: February 11, 2009

ABI Research predicts that there will be a half billion mobile television viewers and subscribers by 2013. What will fuel this growth?

NBC Universal doubles mobile video market share

Published: February 6, 2009

Media and entertainment company NBC Universal's mobile video performance has nearly doubled the company's video share of usage from 5 percent to 11 percent in 2008.

Should mobile TV be ad-supported or subscription-based?

Published: January 29, 2009

Earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show, NBC TV president John Eck said that 2009 will see the idea of free, over-the-air TV come to mobile phones, PDAs and other portable devices as a new service.

Mobile TV becoming mass-market phenomenon: bmcoforum

Published: January 14, 2009

The Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum, known as bmcoforum, says that mobile TV has made big strides and is becoming a mass-market medium that marketers should target.