Netmix expands broadcast

Indie Ranch Media has revealed its wholly owned subsidiary, NetMix Broadcasting Network, will be broadcasting its top stations through the Flycast Network, reports Marketwire.

Flycast is a portable music and talk radio that works on the BlackBerry, iPhone and Android phones like T-Mobile G1.

The agreement will expand the listener base for NetMix Broadcasting into the millions of listeners thus catapulting advertising revenue potential. NetMix Broadcasting Network anticipates their top stations will be available through Flycast in July.

European researchers claim 3D TV will be different with mobile devices, as the right standards and technology fall into place, says ICT Results.

“The mobile market has always been much more dynamic and receptive to new technologies than the television market, as the whole idea of mobility is based on dynamism,” says Atanas Gotchev, the scientific coordinator of the EU-funded Mobile3DTV project.

The project has been working on specifications for how mobile 3D content should be created, coded and transmitted over DVB-H in order to be visualised on a portable display with satisfactory quality for the user. Mobile3DTV has already demonstrated these technologies at a number of trade fairs.

Russian and CIS mobile operator VimpelCom has released IPTV services in Russia, under the Beeline brand, states Telecom Paper.

The IPTV service is powered by Microsoft's Mediaroom platform. Beeline TV subscribers will be able to access 121 standard channels and four HD channels, 3 000 on-demand programmes.

The service also features DVR capabilities, as well as instant channel change and fast search using keywords. Beeline currently has over 800 000 broadband subscribers in Russia.