Fox Mobile Group has finally unveiled the long - delayed
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Qik announced on Wednesday that its popular
mobile video streaming product is now available for the OS 4.5 version of the Blackberry Curve 8310, 8330 and Pearl 8130.
Netflix Free, plans begin at $ 7.99 per month When it comes to
mobile video streaming, Netflix is hard to beat.
Now, many consumers are also dropping cable TV service, in some cases for
mobile video streaming apps on their phones.
Not exact matches
Twitpics see the light: Twitter updated its website and
mobile apps to incorporate photo and
video previews in tweet
streams.
But
mobile viewing is still being held back by data prices, which make
streaming of high - quality
video too pricey to be a daily habit.
Get $ 10 to spend by Prime Day when you
stream a Prime
video for the first time on your compatible Fire TV, Smart TV,
streaming media player, game console,
mobile phone, or tablet.
If
mobile pricing doesn't come down in 2013 — and it's not expected to —
mobile viewers will have to hope that the encoding efficiency of
video is drastically improved so less data is used per
stream.
On the web and
mobile app, Twitter's Thursday night live
stream will be presented as a
video player with a
stream of tweets below it along with a text window where users can type out tweets as they watch the mad dash of touchdowns and tackles.
This year it wants to dramatically expand its customer base outside South America, with popular apps like PlayKids — which offers
streaming,
mobile - optimized
videos and games for children — and FreeZone, which finds and automatically connects
mobile devices to open Wi - Fi networks.
Verizon is already working on increasing revenue through its ad - supported
mobile video service go90, targeted at millennials and built on
video streaming technology acquired from Intel Corp. in 2014.
While the concept of live
streaming has been around for years,
mobile - first
video platforms with user - generated content have just recently begun to make serious waves thanks to improved
video quality, faster broadband speeds, and enhanced
mobile technology.
Last week, it hugely updated its live
video product putting it front and center in its
mobile app and making it easier for users to discover
streaming broadcasts and other
videos.
Both the Sprint and T -
Mobile unlimited plans reduce the quality of
streaming video and can slow download speeds if a customer uses a large amount of data in one month.
Its Google unit controls the markets for search, search advertising,
mobile operating systems, and, through YouTube, the
streaming of consumer - produced
videos.
What's noteworthy here is that T -
Mobile is pitching the One Plus plan as providing «unlimited HD Day Passes,» instead of just unlimited HD
video streaming.
-- Rodney Williams, cofounder and CEO of LISNR, a new communications technology company that sends data over sound waves (such as
streaming video) and recently won the Gold Cannes Lion for Innovation in
Mobile.
The revamped plan was met with some hostility when it was unveiled earlier this month, in large part due to the way it approaches
video streaming and
mobile hotspot data.
While that's a little more flexible than the previous all - or - nothing rates, it doesn't change the way T -
Mobile will charge users to not have their
video streaming capped.
The carrier says those who want to
stream mobile video at a resolution higher than 480p can do so for up to 24 hours, for a $ 3 fee.
He says it's the same thing with Flipagram, which is operating at the intersection of
mobile, social,
video and music
streaming, all of which don't show signs of slowing down anytime soon.
A «T -
Mobile One Prepaid» plan that costs $ 75 a month for «unlimited» LTE data, but caps
video streamed over the network at 480p unless you pay $ 3 for a day's worth of HD
streaming.
T -
Mobile's plan has faced criticism, however, for downgrading all
video streams to a non-high-definition resolution unless subscribers pay an extra $ 15.
The carrier says its unlimited plan allows users to
stream video at an «HD» resolution and that it includes up to 10 GB of LTE
mobile hotspot data before cutting that to 3G speeds.
Stanford grads weren't far behind, with 32 startups on the list — including
video streaming company Viki, satellite imaging company Skybox,
mobile startup Karma Science, student loan refinancing company SoFi, and genetic testing startup Counsyl.
Two weeks ago, the agency alleged that Verizon and AT&T (t) might be in violation of the rules by letting wireless customers watch
streaming video services owned by the carriers on
mobile phones without using up their data allowances.
T -
Mobile popularized the trend with programs like Binge On, which zero - rated select
video -
streaming services so long as they
streamed at a lower, non-HD resolution.
LiveCast, with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, enables live
video streaming directly from a cell phone,
mobile Internet device, or Mac or PC, to anyone connected to the Web.
That helps explain Apple's reticence in welcoming those
streaming competitors onto its own hardware, with tech news site Apple Insider noting that the company's policies discourage third - party services from selling
video content through Apple's
mobile and TV operating systems.
«Coupled with Verizon's existing
mobile (and
streaming video) presence, the companies» combined ad offerings mean massive cross-screen reach with much richer audience data.»
Additionally, the FCC looked at T -
Mobile and its somewhat similar approach to zero rating that applies only to third party
streaming video services like Youtube and Netflix (nflx).
Like Orb, these services cost nothing to use, but they
stream only music — no
video or photos — and their support for
mobile devices is limited, or zero.
The lines that separated
mobile networks from home broadband networks is fading as consumers use their
mobile connections for more digital activities, like
streaming video.
In August, T -
Mobile (tmus) and Sprint (s) introduced cut - rate unlimited plans, though with reduced quality
video streaming.
Verizon, which has been successful bringing Internet and
video to the home, has plans to launch a
streaming service this summer, which could focus on delivering content to
mobile devices.
T -
Mobile's basic unlimited plan, which downgrades
streamed video to DVD quality and offers more limited tethering, still starts at $ 70.
The original low price T -
Mobile (tmus) unlimited plan, introduced in August and known as T -
Mobile One, downgraded all
streaming video to phones from high - definition to DVD quality.
Periscope, which Twitter Inc bought earlier this year, allows anyone to live -
stream an event through a
mobile phone, while viewers can participate by sending cartoon hearts across the
video feed and typing comments that scroll across the screen for all to see.
The relatively small screens of
mobile phones don't seem to pose a problem for
streaming video audiences.
T -
Mobile, through the «uncarrier» campaign, did away with two - year contracts and handset subsidies and launched features like zero - rated
streaming music and
video in moves that have forced rivals to follow suit.
The increase in revenue from the digital media and entertainment business was attributed to acquisitions of
video streaming firm Youku Tudou and Singapore e-commerce firm Lazada as well as an increase in revenue from
mobile value - added services provided by UCWeb.
Most of China's tech giants, including instant messaging and gaming company Tencent,
mobile handset maker Xiaomi, portal and microblogging giant Sina, and the country's
video streaming sites YoukuTudou, iQiyi, and LeTV, all have rushed into the rapidly growing space, joining upstarts such as Panda TV, an e-sports
streaming app owned by Wang Sicong, the son of Wang Jianlin, China's richest man, a real estate mogul with aspirations in media and entertainment.
Stewart's keynote address at the Super Kitchen event, which served as an introduction of her brand to Chinese consumers, was live -
streamed on the Tmall
mobile app and Alibaba - owned online
video hub Youku.com.
Beyond banning HD
streaming video and knee - capping
mobile - hotspot speeds, the $ 75 Go Unlimited plan reserves the possibility of «deprioritizing» your data if you enter an area with network congestion — even at the start of a billing cycle, before you've burned up any data yourself.
But you have to watch for restrictions: Verizon's $ 75 Go Unlimited plan disallows
streaming high - definition
video and caps all
mobile - hotspot sharing with a laptop or tablet via Wi - Fi at a punishing if not useless 600 Kbps, no matter how much data you've used in the month.
Adding Time Warner's immense and valuable library of movies, TV and live programming would expand AT&T's ability to offer new
streaming video services to the growing
mobile and non-traditional
video audiences.
Through its
mobile and desktop e-commerce sites, which have 386 million annual active users, more than the entire U.S. population, Alibaba can sell not only movie tickets and
streaming video, but also branded merchandise.
The Kickback program will automatically be applied to T -
Mobile ONE subscribers who do not go over 2 GB of data usage, equivalent to about eight hours of
streaming video, within their billing month.
Periscope, which Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) bought earlier this year, allows anyone to live -
stream an event through a
mobile phone, while viewers can participate by sending cartoon hearts across the
video feed and typing comments that scroll across the screen for all to see.
For those unfamiliar with the back story, last Monday, I used Periscope — the new Twitter - owned app that allows users to live -
stream video from their
mobile devices — during a practice round at the WGC - Cadillac Match Play Championship.