Live TV Comes to the iPhone
Today in Barcelona Spain, at the Mobile World Congress, PacketVideo, the world's leading provider of mobile multimedia services announced the availability of its new mobile video application for Apple's iPhone.
The application, which will be offered by mobile operators under their own brands, is PacketVideo's first app for the iPhone and will allow the smartphone to receive local live television channels and on demand video content for the first time. The application is powered by PacketVideo's CORE software, which has shipped in over 320 million mobile phones worldwide. CORE provides video streaming and playback capabilities as well as support for middleware services necessary to deliver live and on demand content, including support for mobile operator TV services electronic program guide (EPG) information.
According to PacketVideo CEO James Brailean, "Operators want to offer branded, value-added services across their entire portfolio of devices. The popularity and processing power of the iPhone makes it a very strategic device for the delivery of advanced media content... Our ability to bring premium video services to the iPhone as well as the other major mobile platforms opens up new possibilities for mobile operators around the world. We look forward to supporting other exciting new iPhone applications in the near future.”
It's about time the iPhone got on the ball with live TV. Supposedly the app will be available immediately via the iPhone App Store.
[via BusinessWire]
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