Interactive TV using Mobile Devices
(Assorted Related Definitions)

3G

Bluetooth-enabled TV Receiver

Cell TV - (Mobile TV) - Viewing video using video-enabled iPods, cell phones, video-enabled MP3 players, portable media devices and other mobile video devices.  Also see Interactive TV using SMS.

Cross-carrier Mobile-phone Voting Application (In terms of Interactive TV) - When customers of more than one major mobile phone carriers (the big four in the States are AT&T Wireless, Nextel, Cingular, and Sprint,) can interact through their phones with a TV program.  Carriers might shun a show if their competition is allowed access to it also. This was more prevalent in the past. See Interactive TV using Mobile Devices.

Interactive TV using Mobile Devices  - (Mobile-phone Interactive TV Applications, Cell Phone Centered Interactive TV Programming) - This could be accessible through video-enabled iPods, cell phones, video-enabled MP3 players, portable media devices and other mobile video devices. This Interactive TV platform enables users to interact with programming via their phone's keypad and/or microphone, possibly in the form of Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) and/or IVR. This can include voting, such as what video or commercial they should play next. It can also include mobile-commerce (m-commerce.)

Interactive TV using SMS  – (SMS-based Interactive TV, SMS2TV, SMS Text Messaging, Mobile Interactive TV, Mobile-Phone-Based Interactive TV, WAP-based Voting Application, iTV Services for Wireless Devices, Synchronizing Mobile-phone Based Applications with TV Programming, Wireless 2-screen Interactive TV, Call TV, SMS-2-TV, SMStv, Text Messaging, Text TV, Mobile Messaging Solutions.) - (1) Interaction using short messages, primarily text messages (such as “instant messages”) with the network operator and/or others who are using SMS-enabled devices, primarily mobile phones. (2) Where the TV viewer sends out SMS messages from a non-mobile device, such as their PC or TV system, to a mobile device such as a mobile phone. www.tmcsms.com/demo.aspx (3) Other forms of interactivity directly involving SMS and TVs.
   For instance, when a poll or contest is offered by a TV show, viewers might be able to interact with the show via SMS.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_service 
   A related Interactive TV business index at  www.itvdictionary.com/index.php?ax=list&sub=32&cat_id=32.

Location-based Services

MMS - (Multimedia Messaging System) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_System

Mobile Commerce - (m-commerce) – The buying and selling of goods and services through wireless and handheld devices such as mobile/cellular phones, laptop computers, portable media devices (such as iPods), personal digital assistants, (PDAs) etc. Also see:
searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci214590,00.html www.mcommercetimes.com

Mobile Dating - Finding dates using mobile communication devices.
http://www.2waytraffic.com/business/format/text_world.html

Mobile DVR - Being able to operate a DVR from a mobile device such as a telephone.

Mobile Entertainment - www.mobileentertainmentforum.org

Mobile Handset

Mobile Phone and Data Standards (on right of that webpage.)

Mobile Streaming Regular Channels

Mobile TV - (MoTV, Cell TV, Portable TV, Mobile Applications, DVB-H Mobile TV) - Viewing television (video) using video-enabled iPods, portable media devices, cell phones, video-enabled MP3 players, game players and other mobile video devices. Research indicates that most people prefer to watch more lengthy shows in a more comfortable setting such as the living room. This demonstrates a "lean back" preference for TV viewing, but leaves the door open for "lean forward" content produced especially for PCs, mobile devices etc.  Also see Interactive TV using SMS.
http://www.itvdictionary.com/index.php?ax=list&sub=32&cat_id=32

Personal Televisions - Mobile televisions, such as in video-enabled cell phones.

Portable Media Centers

Portable TV -  See Mobile TV. The Nintendo DS handheld video-game machine can work as a portable TV. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1622630

SMS - (Short Message Service) -
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_service

SMS initiated Search Engine - A search engine you interact with using SMS.
http://www.google.com/sms


Text TV - (Text Messaging) - See Interactive TV using SMS above.

TV-placeshifting

Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers -
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/portablemediacenter/default.mspx


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interactive tv using blackberries and PDAs.
Mobile TV News

Also see Various related businesses in the Interactive TV Business Index:
www.itvdictionary.com/index.php?ax=list&sub=32&cat_id=32

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www.itvdictionary.com/internet_tv_directory.html



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