Entries from February 2008

February 3, 2008

Can Actimagine Energize Mobile Video?

Power consumption is one of the bugaboos of video on the mobile platform. Video sucks up power, and batteries for mobile platforms have real limits. That’s a conundrum that Actimagine, a French company, says it has solved.
Actimagine’s patented video codec, Mobiclip, offers VGA resolution at 30 fps…for 7.5 hours on a Nokia N73. That’s an [...]

February 3, 2008

Cablecasters Plan Mobile Strategies

Can cable go mobile? The short answer is…they already have.  Discovery Networks, HBO, and MTV are a few of the networks that have already made bold forays into mobile programming.
But these are early days, and cable ops and cable networks alike are seeking ways to add on a mobile strategy without a major misstep. On [...]