"Mobi-lize" Web site, newsletter focuses on mobile TV/mobile video

"Mobi-lize" -- a new Web site and free newsletter that focuses on mobile television and mobile videos (see above) -- has just soft-launched.  The inaugural edition of the Mobi-lize newsletter is slated to be e-mailed next week to a rather large number of potential readers.

I'm helping a bit to develop the product as well as write a few articles every month.  It looks like my article about iPhone's role in mobile TV and mobile videos on the home page is given a big play and I have been named the "hand set guru."

The conclusion of my article:

"For over-the-air live, streaming news broadcasts, sporting events and other TV programs, forget the iPhone for now.  These services would require HSDPA in any case.

"But as a mobile repository for a cornucopia of sideloaded multimedia content, the iPhone looks like a winner — assuming it performs as well and reliably as advertised!

Indeed, if large numbers of users are willing to carry (and pay for) a cellular phone with a large, relatively high-resolution screen, the iPhone could help revolutionize the cellular multimedia and Internet experience as handset manufacturers rush to introduce similar products."

Excellent articles

There are five other articles (that I had nothing to do with) and they really provide a lot of great information, such as broadcasters struggling over a variety of mobile TV platform choices (current and future), advertising on mobile TV programs and Actimagine's video codec and business plans.  In addition, the site includes mobile TV/mobile video-related videos, such as "mobile bootcamp" at iHollywood and a "fun little movie."

The editorial staff comprises wireless and broadcasting experts, and that's a major differentiator for writing good articles.  The company launching Mobi-lize, Access Intelligence (AI), publishes a wide variety of trade industry newsletters as well as offering numerous research reports.  (Those of you who are long-time wireless watchers might remember that A.I. sprung from Phillips Publishing that published numerous well known newsletters.)

A.I. has a lot of experience in broadcast publications.  The company's cable and studio groups are responsible for Mobi-lize.  Check out, for example, "Cable360.net" (see below) and "studiodaily.com."

A.I. also publishes telecommunications publications, reports and weblogs (that require registration -- a big boo for that) that may be viewed at TelecomWeb.

What do you think?

So, what do think of Mobi-lize?  What should be covered in the wireless TV/video space?  Drop me a line/comment.