BT ditches mobile TV service
News On Thursday, Virgin Mobile, the only customer for BT Movio, announced it was to stop broadcasting the service at the start of next year. BT can confirm that following a review of its wholesale solutions, the decision has been made not to continue...
[July 26, 2007, 15:38]
BT launches mobile TV service
News BT has announced the launch of its mobile broadcast TV service, Movio, with partner Virgin Mobile. BT claims Movio is the first wholesale service in the world to include live TV, DAB radio, a seven-day programme guide and "red-button" interactivity...
[September 7, 2006, 11:30]
Virgin readies UK's first mobile TV broadcasts
News Virgin Mobile is on track to launch the UK's first true mobile broadcast TV service, a rebadged version of BT’s Movio product, this summer. Movio, which completed a successful trial earlier in the year, uses the same frequencies as DAB digital...
[July 7, 2006, 12:10]
DAB-IP mobile TV standard approved
News The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) approved the revision on Tuesday, paving the way for services such as BT Movio, soon to see its first commercial launch by operator Virgin Mobile.
[July 11, 2006, 16:15]
BT 'to launch mobile TV service'
News BT revealed in January that it was developing a product called BT Movio which it initially planned to offer to Virgin Mobile user, and which had been successfully trialled for four months in 2005 among 1000 users in London.
[February 13, 2006, 16:45]
Ballmer reveals mobile TV smartphone
News It will be used by BT and Virgin Mobile in the UK for the BT Movio service. As reported yesterday, Movio will allow mobile users to watch TV on their mobile handsets. The Movio Trilogy The Trilogy was designed by BT, The Technology Partnership (TTP...
[February 14, 2006, 12:00]
Branson and Ballmer show Valentine's Day love
News Sir Richard Branson who was on hand via a pre-recorded video clip to promote his company's partnership with Microsoft and BT to create Movio, the world's first digital TV mobile service, was similarly emotional.
[February 14, 2006, 15:05]
T-Mobile and Orange to pilot mobile TV
News Mobile TV has had a previous outing in the UK, in BT's Movio service. Movio was based on a mobile TV standard called DAB-IP, but in mid-2007 the European Commission said it wanted operators to standardise on yet another standard, DVB-H.
[February 12, 2008, 17:26]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's hard to know where to begin with the unplumbable depths of naffness that cloak BT's Movio mobile TV service, as launched today with Virgin Mobile. So Movio is going to be a mixture of the finest aspects of the above, right?
[September 8, 2006, 18:30]
Spectrum auction may kick-start mobile TV
News BT's product, called Movio, is based on digital audio broadcasting (DAB), and is designed to work in the spectrum band between 1452MHz and 1492MHz. Several telecoms operators are interested in launching mobile TV services in the UK, including BT...
[April 3, 2006, 15:50]
Virgin's first mobile TV handset sighted
News There is also as yet no word from BT, which is supplying the content through its Movio platform, as to what programming users can expect. Both Virgin Mobile and BT, whose technology will underpin the device, have been unwilling to name a launch date.
[August 3, 2006, 13:50]
2007: The year in communications
News Launched last year, BT's Movio mobile TV service was supposed to capture the eyeballs of the nation. The deal linked up the burgeoning Fon community with BT's extensive Home Hub user base. Far more budgetable is the use of Wi-Fi while travelling...
[December 21, 2007, 15:15]
Rupert Goodwins' 3GSM Barcelona Diary
Blog There are plenty of prototype phones from the BT Movio trial, but no sign of the new one. They've got the BT IP DAB TV phone. TTP is another Cambridge company: they've done the software engineering on the Windows Smartphone that BT is launching today.
[February 17, 2006, 16:50]
Qualcomm plans 'universal' mobile TV chip
News BT's mobile TV service, called Movio, is based on DMB, as is a service being launched in Germany this month ahead of the football World Cup. Qualcomm is developing a product that may help the nascent mobile TV market avoid a protracted battle over...
[May 30, 2006, 15:45]
Mobile TV will be a risky business for operators
News In the UK, BT's mobile TV service — Movio — is based on DAB. Mobile TV is going to be big, but operators need to consider working together if the service is really going to take off, according to the authors of a study published this week.
[June 29, 2006, 13:10]
