Netsize, the leading global wireless solutions enabler and Mobile Event today announce the astounding results of the first "Mobile Film Festival" held in Paris for which they jointly delivered the mobile internet services. The official selection of competing films has been available for free download from Gallery, the French mobile internet portal managed and available on all three mobile operators, providing a mobile search engine, site listings and online billing capabilities to brands and content providers.

Openwave Systems Inc., the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the communications and media industry, today announced its plans to co-market and support mobile television services integrated with the Openwave Mobile Integrated Dynamic Application System (MIDAS) environment. As part of Openwave's mobile TV initiative, the company is engaging with two mobile television providers, IceTV, who delivers live TV broadcasts and custom programming developed specifically for handhelds, and Nexage, a leading wireless and multimedia software and services company that recently announced its PhoneCast mobile video solution. The companies will work with Openwave to enable operators to deliver real-time and video on demand to MIDAS handsets.

Endemol Nederland BV and KPN today signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to come to an agreement concerning the establishment of a joint venture. The purpose of the joint venture is the exploitation of Endemol content through all KPN platforms in the Dutch market. The deal covers a number of digital theme channels for KPN TV and access to Endemol content in the form of 'video-on-demand' both via the Internet and mobile telephone. In addition to exclusive content for the joint venture, the content will also be distributed via third parties.

Harris Corporation's Broadcast Communications Division's products and systems for the emerging mobile TV market will be on display at NAB2006. Recent launch announcements from two mobile TV networks have signaled the dawn of true, live broadcast television delivery to handheld devices in the United States. Harris' participation in early stage trials across Europe and Australia, well-documented in 2005, has positioned the company as a leading transmission vendor for mobile TV requirements. The company's mobile TV transmission solutions have been used to develop and prove the effectiveness of the DVB-H, FLO and T-DMB standards for mobile broadcast television. At NAB2006, Harris will highlight its total content delivery solutions for mobile TV that expand far beyond transmission to include infrastructure, broadband software and distribution equipment.

Couch potatoes may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to Softel vdm, Inc.'s release of MyTinyTV 1.0. The program allows anyone to watch real-time television on a Pocket PC - on the road across the Internet and wherever WiFi is available, which gives viewers many more exciting seating options than the living room sofa.

Ericsson and Swiss operator sunrise have announced a managed services contract to launch Mobile TV services including Video on Demand in Switzerland. sunrise, part of the TDC group, is also launching the Ericsson Mobile TV Channel Selector which makes watching mobile TV and channel-surfing much more convenient.

By partnering with Ericsson, sunrise will be able to offer TV services, featuring sports, entertainment and news video clips on demand, as well as 24 live local and international channels.

Sprint announced the availability of NFL Mobile, giving fans exclusive access to NFL content and original programming when they want, where they want, only on Sprint wireless phones.

Whether a customer wants that instant gridiron gratification from NFL past, present or future, Sprint's NFL Mobile provides a first-of-its-kind package of programming designed specifically for wireless. The package includes: an all-NFL-all-the-time television channel –NFL Network; exclusive video- and audio-on-demand highlights from NFL Films; and up-to-the-minute team/player scores, stats and injury reports.

MobiTV introduced MobiTV2, a breakthrough, integrated way to access and enjoy live television, video on-demand, made-for-mobile content and radio on mobile handsets. MobiTV2 features the next generation of its Emmy(R) award winning live TV service and MobiRadio, a new radio service with more than 50 channels of commercial free digital music. The new platform was designed to take full advantage of the latest mobile phones and high-speed wireless networks, offering carriers a unified interface for the seamless delivery of all types of digital content. MobiTV2 features a new intuitive programming guide combined with dramatically improved audio and video quality.

Narrowstep Inc., the TV on the Internet Company, has launched the first platform that enables scheduled, 24 x 7 TV channels and video-on-demand services to be distributed to mobile phones and mobile devices.

Based on Narrowstep's Television Operating System (TelVOS), the system can enable multiple channels with searchable video archives, video-on-demand, scheduled content and live events.

Digital television guide expert, GIST Communications, Inc. has begun a commercial offering of UGuide^TM: a market-shaping, mobile EPG that analyzes TV viewers' program preferences, then delivers personalized recommendations directly to the cell phone or other mobile device. Gist's UGuide gives viewers true remote control, enabling them to use cell phones to schedule recordings on PVR's at home - powerful, easy to use technology that delivers effective results. The UGuide can be deployed as a resident application on a cell phone or PDA, or as a web-based product.

Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of MPEG-4 (including AVC / H.264) systems which support broadcast services from mobile to HD, announced that its 4Caster Mobile Series encoders have been selected by CANAL+ Group for its DVB-H trial of video services to handheld devices. CANAL+ Group is the French leader in Pay-TV and digital TV Broadcast and in the production and distribution of films. The optimized Envivio encoders compress content to very low bit rates that are ideal for mobile operators wanting to enrich their services beyond voice to offer digital television and on-demand video, and for broadcasters such as CANAL+ wanting to repurpose content to address these new markets.

Packet Vision, stand 3.218: Introducing addressable advertising for IPTV, Mobile TV and other formats

One-to-one interviews and product demonstrations available

IBC 2005 sees the official launch of Packet Vision (stand 3.218): developers of a new delivery platform for highly targeted advertising on IPTV. This British company is using IBC as the first public showing of its addressable advertising solution, which enables many advertising commercials to be shown simultaneously in one slot, targeting demographic groups or even individual households. And at the same time the system gathers information about viewers’ reactions.

Sprint and MobiTV, the global leader in providing live mobile television services and technology, today announced that both companies have won historic recognition: The Emmy® Engineering Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development from The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Winning The Emmy Award for mobile television marks the first time the wireless industry has achieved such unique and high-profile recognition from the entertainment industry. MobiTV and Sprint were the first companies to put live mobile television in the hands of consumers.

Live and On-Demand Mobile Video Available over HotPoint's National Wi-Fi Network

SmartVideo Technologies, announced that it has signed a national Wi-Fi distribution agreement with HotPoint Wireless, Inc. one of the country's premier operators of wireless communications to hotels, restaurants, retail, residential, convention centers, hospitals, and airports. HotPoint provides a comprehensive solution to wireless communications offering the right solution for any given location with state-of-the-art equipment and complete turn-key service. Currently HotPoint is operating wireless networks in over 550 locations nationwide and nearly 20 international sites. In addition, HotPoint is deploying Wi-Fi enabled kiosks in diversified groups of high traffic locations.

Sprint and the National Football League (NFL) today announced the completion of a groundbreaking deal that secures Sprint as the official wireless telecommunications service sponsor of the NFL, marking an historic arrangement that reaches beyond marquee branding and delivers first-ever, exclusive NFL content and original programming.