Feb 3, 2011
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For the first time, Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona will see live coverage of keynote speeches streamed direct to mobile following an expansion of the GSMA's relationship with mobile video specialist Yospace. Thanks to yospaceCDS's breadth of device support, anyone with a streaming capable mobile device will be able to watch live coverage of keynotes on Monday 14th February from Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter and Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft, and on Tuesday 15th February from Eric Schmidt, CEO and Chairman of Google.
Trevor Skinner, GSMA Digital Director said "Following the experience gained working with Yospace to power our mobile VoD coverage from last year’s event, we're very pleased to be extending this year's live coverage to a wider mobile audience".Round the clock coverage of Mobile World Congress 2011 including the live keynotes will be available from 9am CET on Monday 14th February to 6pm CET Thursday 17th February. Mobile users can access the coverage through the Mobile World Live mobile site, as well as the Mobile World Live iPhone, Android and Blackberry apps.http://mobileworldlive.mobi
For 25 years, Yospace has been at the forefront of the digital video revolution. From the early days of mobile delivery, to the mass consumption and monetisation of premium streaming, we have a history of driving business success for the world’s biggest telcos, broadcasters, and media companies.
Today, we specialise in server-side ad insertion (SSAI), a technology we pioneered over a decade ago. We have helped monetise five Olympic Games, five FIFA World Cups, and thirty-five Grand Slam tennis tournaments. We have over 2,000 live channels under management and we stitch over 3.5 billion advertisements per month.
We work with the biggest names in video streaming, including DIRECTV, FOX, and Tubi in the USA; Allente, Channel 4, ITV, M6, RTL, Telenor, Telia and TV4 in Europe; Nine, Optus, and Seven West Media in APAC.
Yospace sits under RTL Group’s adtech unit.
www.yospace.com
