US telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has waived its standing mandate for mobile TV firms to include an analogue receiver in their products.

The football world cup has proved to be a stunning vindication of ESPN's strategy to use the tournament as to address the increasing demand for multi-platform TV services.

Following huge speculation throughout the blogosphere and beyond, David Madden, Executive Product Manager for BBC iPlayer on Mobile, has attempted to reinforce the corporations commitment to the mobile platform.

Bell Mobility has enhanced its mobile TV content partners to deliver live coverage of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from leading sports content owners to clients owning smartphones.

ST-Ericsson, a provider of wireless platforms and semiconductors, and Ericsson have showcased in association with China Mobile what they the claim is the first complete end-to-end TD-LTE solution.

In further evidence of the growing popularity of Apple's product, French mobile advertising and marketing specialist Sofialys has upgraded its mobile ad server to support advertising on the iPad.

Online video platform provider Brightcove has joined forces with Cantos, a leader in online investor communications, to launch an iPhone app dedicated to providing a host of financial based news.

Rhythm NewMedia has expanded the capabilities of its mobile ad SDK to include video browsing and interactive video ads, and support for Apple's new iOS 4 mobile operating system.

More details have emerged of the success of China Mobile Communications in obtaining the only the only mobile TV operating license in Hong Kong via its subsidiary China Mobile Hong Kong.

Hot on the heels of MobiTV declaring the WorldCup as a huge success of its business, FLO TV has revealed that the football tournament has delivered a huge spike in audiences.