Franklin McMahon

YouGov has released a new research report for the United Kingdom that shows the promise of advertising on smartphone mobile is not as rosy as some may think.

When HBO GO launched last year, cable provider Time Warner was not part of the mix. That will be changing in the coming weeks, as HBO GO for TWC rolls out first in beta and then for everyone.

DDT Software has announced the release of a new app that many mobile TV users have been clamoring for: a mobile TV DVR.

Amazon challenges the current king of the Mobile TV party, the Apple iPad, with the release of its own low-priced tablet.

A recent study shows that viewers are more likely to watch longer clips and complete videos on a tablet than on a desktop PC or a mobile TV device.

Yahoo has dived headfirst into the new mobile-TV-plus-social-interaction game with its new IntoNow mobile TV app and is actually getting some pretty rave reviews.

Is Flash even needed on mobile phones? Apparently not. HTML5 is the new king, and Adobe is getting behind it in a big way.

A new package available from T-Mobile TV, called Playground TV, offers kid-friendly content and on-demand episodes of popular programs, including “Dora the Explorer” and “Sesame Street.”

Verizon is planning to start its own mobile-TV network by December 2012. For this to happen – the mobile-phone company would need to purchase more spectrum.

Belkin is teaming up with Mobile Content Venture to extend the Dyle Mobile TV service, allowing 120 million devices in the market to receive Mobile TV signals.

Starting in July, the services Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV will merge and be renamed Sky Go, which will offer live mobile streaming

Africa is moving toward the European DVB-T2 digital standard and has several deadlines to move things along.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has released some projections that show viewing as well as advertising on mobile TV platforms will continue to ramp up.

BBC Worldwide is going mobile TV in a big way across Europe this month with a new VOD service built exclusively for iPads.

The company focuses on mobile apps and integrated Web technologies and had hoped that the new BlackBerry app would be accepted by consumers.

Orb Networks is now taking its product to the next level with an iPhone and iPad app (Android is slated to be released later this month) that allows users to stream content from their PC or Mac.

The mobile TV consortium Mobile Content Venture (MCV) has taken the first step towards the important challenge of unifying and branding compatible mobile TV devices with the new "Dyle" designation.

QuickPlay Media has a large presence in Canada, and its next move is aimed at the growing U.S. mobile TV industry.