Bloomberg may still be battling with Comcast over better placement on its cable systems, but the financial news and information company is looking to claim to another screen for its live television broadcasts: the iPad. The company launched its latest free, ad-supported app in the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes Store…

Big news for mobile TV pioneer MobiTV: the company has filed for an IPO worth up to $75 million, as it looks for funds to expand internationally, develop its products and potentially size up acquisitions.

Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. For ¥1,480 a month or roughly $18.50, Japanese subscribers can watch across an array of devices just like U.S. subscribers of Hulu Plus with one exception—Hulu Japan…

Online movie ticketer Fandango says that 20 percent of its virtual box office this summer was generated by its iPhone, iPad and Android apps and its redesigned wap site. But some of the thanks goes to a fictional wizard, alien robots and some guys who’ve been drinking too much (again).

Novak Dkojovic and Petra Kvitova weren’t the only winners at Wimbledon this year. Fans who thinking watching sports live matters won big when the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club went with ESPN (NYSE: DIS) as the exclusive rights holder and its massive live schedule for the next 12…

Hyperlocal tech company Fwix has rolled out a tool for publishers to use to tie ads closer to local content. The beta test has begun with existing partner NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Local, which is launching Fwix’s Geotagger on its 10 TV station sites. In explaining the relevance of Geotagger, the…

The numbers are coming in on just how many people tuned in to watch the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. While some are highly skeptical that the event pulled in the 2 billion viewers that the UK government predicted, the event—especially if you count not just the live,…

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earnings; Mobile Content Venture details launch plans for its mobile TV service in 32 U.S. markets; the first white iPhone 4 finally “on sale”; Nokia (NYSE:…

For over the past year, Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has been overhauling its sites and expanding its international presence. Now it is moving more forcefully into mobile with the launch of its app network. As part of its push into mobile, the company has named former Barnes & Noble…

With a value of $3 million and a reach that can’t be matched, an ad on the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl XLV is one of the biggest marketing weapons in the News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). arsenal. Getting one of the house spots is a great opportunity for The Daily—and…

Mobile TV may have had a big setback recently with the closure of Qualcomm’s Flo TV. But many other there still believe there is a future for mass-market mobile digital TV services. The Open Mobile Video Coalition, the 900-strong broadcaster consortium, is one of them, and today the group took…

As part of its efforts to expand its “real-time” market data to mobile and the desktop, CNBC (NYSE: GE) is launching a new subscription product that includes global market information from over 100 exchanges worldwide, live access to CNBC global programming and Real-Time (NYSE: TWX) price and news alerts. The…

As its rivals look to buttress their existing “real-time” data businesses with separate digital products, CNBC (NYSE: GE) has released its first iPad app that promises to bring up-to-the-second financial information to a more general audience. While most real-time services costs thousands of dollars in subscription fees, CNBC is keeping…

Mobile TV has had a mixed reception in the U.S. - with the assets of one recent high profile failure, Qualcomm’s Flo TV, the subject of speculation just this week - but this is not stopping the market from trying to find the sweet spot in the medium anyway. Mobile…

CNBC (NYSE: GE), looking to capture a wider share of growing digital and mobile ad dollars, has named veteran sales exec Lou Tosto to head up its advertising in those areas. Tosto most recently finished a year-long stint at Linkstorm. But he is probably better known for the time he…

Naysayers continue expressing suspicion Spotify will launch in the U.S.. But Spotify’s not alone in discovering the challenge of an overseas launch. Here’s a newsflash for the sceptics: the list of U.S. services which haven’t found their way out of America is also long…

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has hired mobile gaming veteran Greg Ballard to lead its digital games business, as the company continues to double-down on the effort. Ballard is joining Warner Bros. only four months after he was hired by mobile video ad network Transpera as CEO; he had previously spent…

As its parent company’s pending merger with NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) continues at a languid pace, the recently reorganized Comcast Interactive Media (NSDQ: CMCSA) is continuing to shift executives into new roles. The latest is CIM’s promotion of Fandango’s Bruce Budkofsky as its senior director for national sales for mobile,…

It looks like video JV Hulu can be added to the list of expected IPOs coming this year. The IPO could come this fall, the NYT reports, citing unidentified sources. The offering is said to value Hulu at roughly $2 billion.