Providing Video Streaming and Mobile TV to your mobile phone

MOBILE VIDEO – a huge opportunity for Operators to increase data revenue

Mobile video is revolutionizing the wireless data revenues. The popularity of mobile video services is fueling the growth of 3G subscribers. By end of Q1 2005, 3G subscribers reached 23 million and reached 50 million by end of 2005. According to Arc Group’s estimate, mobile streaming video services users will grow to 250 million worldwide by 2008, generating revenues of $5.4 billion.

PhoneCast platform offers wireless operators and content providers an end-to-end solution to launch mobile video services. PhoneCast MVS is a 3GPP/2 standards based solution for launching video streaming and mobile TV over 3G networks.

PhoneCast allows Content Providers and Media companies to manage ingestion of video and audio content, and deliver it via streaming and/or download to wireless devices. Wireless Carriers can offer TV channel, Live events and other Mobile TV services.

An innovative mobile TV solution

The dynamic content delivered via PhoneCast MVS on a mobile phone can be video clips on demand or live TV shows to provide a compelling customer experience. Customers establish the broadcast criteria via a user selectable personal profile and subscription.

PhoneCast MVS System Architecture

Mobile Video Solution (MVS) – Solution highlights

• Allows mobile users to access stored and real-time live media services, such as reality TV shows, live sports cast and music from radio stations
• 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards based and supports play and download of content
• Seamlessly integrates third party streaming servers and encoders
• Content Management, Publishing & Delivery system for mobile TV and Video / Audio streaming to mobile phones
• Manage the Ingestion of Video and Audio for Media on Demand streaming & download
• Manage the Ingestion and real time transcoding of Video / Audio for Live broadcast TV channels and Live Event streaming
• Manage Metadata and Categories associated with their content for efficient discovery
• PhoneCast MVS allows Subscriber provisioning, management, and authentication
• PhoneCast MVS allows media asset pricing management
• PhoneCast MVS is integrated with Encoders / Transcoders for offline and live transcoding. Flexible integration allows content provider to easily integrate other encoders
• PhoneCast MVS is integrated with Streaming servers for Video and Audio streaming on GPRS, UMTS, CDMA 1xRTT & EVDO networks to any phone with 3GPP /3GPP2 video player