Great Moments in Mobile Video

GREAT MOMENTS in MOBILE VIDEO TELEVISION O MobiTV launches as the first mobile TV service in the 2003 U.S., gaining 500,000 subscribers by 2005. Apple launches a new version of iTunes with video support and the capability to purchase movies and TV shows. 2005 The FLO TV multicasting service, launched by Qualcomm, provides U.S. operators with a more efficient means to deliver TV programming to mobile devices. 2007 2012 Nielsen reports that 30 million consumers are now watching TV on mobile http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-05-29/mobile-video-remaking-primetime/55271632/1 http://interchangeproject.org/2012/01/11/nielsen-30-million-consumers-watch-tv-on-mobile-devices/ http://www.qualcomm.com/media/releases/tags/flo-tv SPORTS The FIFA World Cup in South Africa becomes the largest online sporting event, generating 1 million unique viewers for the ESPN mobile TV app, 93 million minutes of total live viewing, and 555,000 video views over the first two days. 2010 Over 5,000 hours of mobile video of 15,000 alleged riot crimes and 300 perpetrators are submitted to Vancouver police after Vancouver Canucks lose Stanley Cup finals. 2011 The BBC launches 24 mobile channels for the London 2012 Olympic Games, live-streaming over 3,500 hours of total programming (all 32 sports and 302 medals). 2013 The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (also known as March Madness) generated a record 49 million live video streams, with mobile's share of consumption peaking at 61%. http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/espns-world-cup-content-yields-8-million-mobile-views/2010-06-14 http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalmarketing/digital-index/if-content-is-king-video-is-heir-to-the-throne-2/ http://therealtimereport.com/2012/08/16/realtime-olympics-60-of-london-2012-visits-came-via-mobile-facebook-was-2nd-highest-traffic-source/ http://news.turner.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=6374 WORLD EVENTS Protesters in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya bypass the state-controlled media and create their own live news feeds with their mobile phones during Arab Spring, with more than 10,000 videos uploaded during Egypt's election day and the top 23 Arab Spring YouTube videos receiving nearly 5.5 million views. 2011 University of California-Davis campus police are caught on mobile video pepper-spraying peaceful protestors on campus, galvanizing the Occupy movement. 2011 When Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, Weather.com received 40 million video views, more than 2012 the viewership of all cable news networks combined. Web traffic also outpaced TV viewership to The Weather Channel. After the bombing of the Boston Marathon, Grant Fredericks, a forensic video analyst says, "You can be guaranteed, someone is sitting at home right now with the bomber's image on their cell phone." More than 100 FBI analysts painstakingly reviewing thousands of hours of surveillance and mobile video. Their efforts and crowdsourced analysis led to the manhunt ending in 102 hours. 2013 http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Al-Jazeera-Enables-Citizen-Journalism-With-Online-Video-84268.aspx http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/09/28/demo-of-bambuser-strength/ http://www.beet.tv/2012/10/twcsandy.html http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/30/hurricane-sandy-blasts-weather-com-to-record-traffic-yesterday-200m-more-pageviews-than-previous/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inside-the-investigation-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing/2013/04/20/19d8c322-a8ff-1le2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html http://www.policymic.com/articles/14847/occupy-wall-street-anniversary-top-10-raw-videos-that-changed-the-world MOVIES 14 platinum ticket holders at the Cinequest Film Festival receive a Wi-Fi-connected palmOne Tungsten C handheld to watch short films. 2004 2005 Pocket Films Festival, the world's first mobile phone film festival, debuts in France. Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me It Would Be This Bad In Afghanistan, a silent movie shot on a 3.2 megapixel camera phone, premièred at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam. 2007 Netflix launches its mobile app for watching movies on the go. 2010 Now, in 2013, the service accounts for 4% of all mobile traffic. 2011 Paranmanjan, a smartphone film, went on to win the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival. 2011 Cannes International Festival of Creativity, the advertising industry's biggest awards show, launches a mobile film category. 2012 The documentary Searching for Sugar Man wins an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, making it the first time a film that was partially shot with an iPhone has won the prestigious award. http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/02/18/lights-mobile-action-the-amazing-evolution-of-smartphone-film-making/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040225005477/en/Cinequest-14-Powered-palmOne-Handhelds http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2282780/Searching-For-Sugar-Man-The-Oscar-nominated-movie-filmed-iPhone.html http://www.macrumors.com/2013/02/24/documentary-partially-shot-on-iphone-wins-oscar/ http://adage.com/article/agency-news/cannes-launches-award-category-mobile-lions/231087/ http://www.marketingcharts.com/wp/interactive/netflix-youtube-half-of-north-american-peak-downstream-traffic-29549/ PRESENTED BY: QUALCOMM spark spark.qualcomm.com DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING