Thursday, September 2, 2010

Japan Adopts MediaFlo for Mobile DTV

November 12, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Technology

From TVB:Television Broadcast SAN DIEGO, CALIF: MediaFlo has been recognized as one of two official technologies companies can use for mobile DTV in the country. The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications approved the standard for deployment of mobile DTV when necessary spectrum becomes available in 2011 when the country transitions entirely to digital [...]

Mobjet: The Twitter Killer?

October 28, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Technology

Interesting article from AdWeek MobJet, a So-Called ‘Twitter Killer,’ Expands Service grows base in Asia and prepares to compete on world stage Oct 27, 2009 – Rayana Pandey Touted as a potential “Twitter Killer,” new social media service MobJet has launched in Singapore after its debut in Japan earlier this year. The microblogging tool allows [...]

NTT DoCoMo: The Future of Mobile Multimedia

July 6, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Technology

Thanks to my friend Sonja Kosman for sharing this interesting article from TechCrunch NTT Docomo Buys 35 Percent Of PacketVideo For $45.5 Million by Erick Schonfeld on July 5, 2009 Mobile video is taking off in Japan, where mobile operator NTT DoCoMo just invested $45.5 million in PacketVideo, which s a long-time supplier of mobile [...]