MUMBAI: MobiTV, which provides television and digital radio services for mobile devices, has launched the WiFi enabled MobiTV service for the Palm T|X handheld in the US.
With the bandwidth available through most WiFi networks, MobiTV will deliver broadcast quality television at 24 frames per second and offer more than a dozen channels including ABC News Now, Bloomberg, C-Span, Comedy Time, ESPN 3GTV, Fashion TV, Fox News, Fox Sports, Maxx Sports, NanoTV, The Weather Channel and ToonWorld TV, with more channels to be added over time.
Subscribers will be able to connect to MobiTV over home and corporate WiFi networks as well as the over 30,000 WiFi hotspots available in the US.
MobiTV co-founder and COO Paul Scanlan says, “This launch signifies MobiTV’s foray into non-cellular network environments. This is the industry’s first true video-rich, high quality mobile entertainment experience connecting
the world of mobile television with broadband enabled data networks. We are redefining mobile television or television on the go by freeing subscribers from network limitations and availability.”
Palm senior VP worldwide marketing Ken Wirt says, “For many PDA customers, multimedia applications have become the white-hot solution. The MobiTV Service demonstrates the power of WiFi integrated Palm products, delivering entertainment and other relevant content directly into the hands of our customers.”
The MobiTV WiFi version is similar to the MobiTV offering for Palm Treo 650 smartphones featuring a simple, TV-like interface that includes a graphical channel guide and support for channel navigation and volume control using the familiar five-way native Palm navigation and touch screen capabilities. The service will be available through the MobiTV web site at www.mobitv.com,
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Mobile TV service provider MobiTV goes WiFi
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65 mn Americans tune into Bush Kerry debate
MUMBAI: Last week’s first presidential debate for the upcoming US elections turned out to be a ratings bonanza for the US broadcast networks. Over 65 million viewers watched Thursday’s presidential debate.
In India the event aired live on CNN and BBC early Friday morning.
Reports indicate that the debate had 16 million more viewers than the first debate between Bush and Gore four years ago.
Data from Nielsen Media Research indicated that 62.5 million people tuned into the 90-minute debate on the major networks. One must keep in mind the fact that this figure did not include viewers of C-Span or public TV. When you include this the figure exceeds 65 million.
NBC, with 17.2 million viewers, topped the seven networks that aired the 90-minute debate, Nielsen said that 3.5 million tuned to CBS. Meanwhile 11.5 million viewers watched Disney’s ABC. Fox’s coverage was seen by 5.2 million. Fox News Channel was seen by a total of 9,561,000
CNN was seen by 4.4 million (versus 3.3 million in 2000) and MSNBC by 1.2 million (versus one million), according to Nielsen.
What was interesting is that the networks ignored Bush and Kerry campaign wishes that they not air reaction shots and President Bush’s occasionally peeved expression showed why they couldn’t resist.
C-Span’s chairman and CEO Brian Lamb was quoted in an AP report saying, “If you were in the audience and in the room, you got to see the reactions. Why shouldn’t the public?”
The second presidential debate is scheduled for 8 October. Fox will not televise that debate because of baseball playoffs.