Mobile TV is often cited as being a dream of the future in most markets, but it has been around in Japan, the world’s most advanced mobile nation, for years. The majority of the 100+ handsets Japan gets every year comes equipped with a 1Seg digital TV tuner (some even have 2 tuners to watch… Continue reading BeeTV: Docomo’s Mobile TV Service Hits 1.5 Million User Mark
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TV Agony Aunt Based On Popular Female Online Forum Starts
Hatsugen Komachi, another huge anonymous online forum, popular to women, run by the world largest newspaper company Yomiuri Shimbun, will become a satellite TV program “Komachi TV” in advice-column-on-television style since April 2nd. # “Komachi” is a synonym for beautiful women in Japanese, which came from 9th century poet Ono no Komachi. In the 30… Continue reading TV Agony Aunt Based On Popular Female Online Forum Starts
Softbank Mobile to Release 1-seg TV tuner for iPhone
Softbank Mobile announced today to release 1-seg digital TV tuner device for iPhone in the middle of December. The 80-gram device provides the feature of TV over WiFi (converting TV signal received to IP-based data for iPhone) and doubles as a battery extender. Three hours continuous TV viewing is available. Price is not announced so… Continue reading Softbank Mobile to Release 1-seg TV tuner for iPhone
Usage of mobile videos and TV in Japan
Japanese Web Marketing Information Portal “Web Marketing Guide” and market research company Net Asia conjointly conducted a study on the use of mobile videos and digital TV in Japan. At the end of last month, 345 people (172 female, 173 male) aged between 15 and 49 were surveyed. The results show that more and more… Continue reading Usage of mobile videos and TV in Japan