MobiTV

Sprint launched Sprint TV in November 2003, which could stream live video and audio at 15 frames per second using MobiTV's technology.[9][10] The service launched with content from CNN, NBC, Fox Sports, Weather Channel, E! Entertainment, and others.[11] Sprint and MobiTV were recognized with an Engineering Emmy Award for Sprint TV in 2005.[12]

In October 2007, MobiTV and Sprint resigned their deal, in which MobiTV offers Sprint TV, Sprint TV Extra and Sprint TV en Vivo.[13]

In April 2010, MobiTV and Sprint announced the availability of Sprint TV for iPhone users, with access to content from ESPN Mobile, Disney, ABC, NBC, CBS and others.[14][15] Shortly after, MobiTV announced the application surpassed one million downloads on the Apple App Store, which it attributed to the World Cup tournament.[16]

Sprint announced the availability of the new Sprint Spot content application powered by MobiTV in April 2017 for Android device users.[17]

In November 2003, MobiTV offered a $10 per month live and on-demand television service available to wireless subscribers, first offered via Sprint.[18][19]

MobiTV was the wireless television delivery providers for many major U.S. carriers, including Sprint Nextel, Cingular, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Alltel, as well as Telcel, the largest mobile carrier in Mexico, by 2006.[20][21][22][23]

In 2005, MobiTV signed a deal with satellite operator SES Americom to extend its service to customers in Canada, Europe and Latin America.[24] MobiTV and Orange, a former UK mobile network operator, launched the first multi-channel mobile TV service in the UK in 2005. This was MobiTV's first entry into the European market.[25]

MobiTV and AT&T launched an online TV service offering 20 live and on-demand channels delivered via broadband connections in 2006, expanding on the existing deal between the companies.[26] In 2007, MobiTV worked with AT&T to bring the U-verse IPTV service to mobile phones, and later expanded the service to be available through PCs.[27][28] In other partnerships, MobiTV worked with Microsoft to bring the live television service to Windows Mobile-powered phones and devices in 2006.[29] Also that year, it was reported that MobiTV's technology powered Comcast's mobile television offering in Portland and Boston.[30]

MobiTV's subscriber base surpassed 4 million in 2008, and the company announced a unicast/multicast system for their service, which decreased time lag between changing channels.[31][32]

On June 3, 2009, MobiTV announced that their live television service has upwards of 7 million subscribers, and the service was available on 350 handheld devices and through 20 different carrier networks.[33] MobiTV saw a 49 percent increase in daily viewership in 2009, which it attributed to the growth of live events available to viewers through its service.[34]

At the CTIA wireless conference in October 2010, MobiTV announced that it would be expanding its offerings beyond the mobile device, to television sets and personal computers.[35]

In July 2016, the Company announced The MOBITV CONNECT Platform. C Spire announced that it was the first US cable operator to sign on to utilize the platform.[36] C Spire launched the new virtual pay TV service to consumers in July 2017.[37]

The service employs a unicast IP delivery platform that features a fully integrated CMS, DRM, Media Player, nDVR, content policy, identity management, billing and authentication.[38]

Charlie Nooney was recognized as a "Digital All Star" by Broadcasting & Cable in February 2017 for his leadership over the product's introduction.[39] Cablefax also recognized the service as the winner in the Connected TV/Smart TV Solution category of their annual Tech Awards.[40]

In December 2017, the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) announced that they selected MobiTV as a partner to provide IP-based video to its members. NCTC President and CEO Rich Fickle noted that "the deal represents NCTC's most advanced all-IP solution to-date". NCTC members DirectLink, Citizens Fiber, USA Communication and Hickory Telephone signed on with MobiTV as of December 2017.[41]

MobiTV launched an advertising platform in 2005 that allows local affiliates and advertisers to repurpose national TV ads for local markets.[42]

MobiTV launched Mobi4BIZ in 2008, featuring live and on-demand content from CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business and TheStreet.com, available on RIM's BlackBerry Bold.[43]

MobiTV announces at CES in 2006 that MobiTV2 will be made available to Sprint and Cingular subscribers, featuring improved audio and video quality, and a programming guide.[44]

MobiTV developed the XM Satellite Radio applications for Alltel and Cingular, which both launched in 2006.[45][46] Cingular partnered with MobiTV and Music Choice to offer mobile radio stations to customers with the Nokia 6620 or Sony Ericsson S710 and Z500a devices.[47][48]