17 Facts About MobiTV

MobiTV, Inc is a provider of live and on-demand video delivery solutions, headquartered in Emeryville, California.

MobiTV is a privately held, venture-backed company, and was founded in 1999 by Paul Scanlan, Phillip Alvelda, and Jeff Annison.

MobiTV was the first company to bring live and on-demand TV to mobile devices through partnerships with numerous content providers and carriers such as Sprint and ESPN.

In 2016, MobiTV introduced The MOBITV CONNECT Platform, an IP delivery service which allows cable operators to deliver video to connected retail devices such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and select smart TVs, as well as Android and iOS, in place of a traditional set-top box.

Sprint and MobiTV were recognized with an Engineering Emmy Award for Sprint TV in 2005.

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Shortly after, MobiTV announced the application surpassed one million downloads on the Apple App Store, which it attributed to the World Cup tournament.

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

In 2005, MobiTV signed a deal with satellite operator SES Americom to extend its service to customers in Canada, Europe and Latin America.

In other partnerships, MobiTV worked with Microsoft to bring the live television service to Windows Mobile-powered phones and devices in 2006.

Also that year, it was reported that MobiTV's technology powered Comcast's mobile television offering in Portland and Boston.

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.

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.

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.

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

MobiTV launched Mobi4BIZ in 2008, featuring live and on-demand content from CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business and TheStreet.

MobiTV developed the XM Satellite Radio applications for Alltel and Cingular, which both launched in 2006.

MobiTV has partnerships with various content providers, broadcasters, and technology companies:.