ComVu enables live video broadcasts from phones

If citizen journalists have been waiting on live broadcasts from 3G Windows Mobile phones to DVB-H receivers to begin their revolution of fair, balanced, and cute-cat-centric news, the time has come. ComVu, in conjunction with Modeo, has just announced their PocketCaster software for Windows Mobile 5.0 that uses Windows Media codecs to transmit live video to DVB-H users. Modeo hopes to provide those users, with their DVB-H smartphone and networks already in the works. Details are sparse, but we're guessing that video will have to make a stop at a central location before it gets sent out over the DVB-H infrastructure, so there's always the chance that someone might try to cut out the thirty minutes of feline napping in our latest documentary epic -- but we can feel the tides of power shifting.

[Via The Web To Go]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2006 9:35AM]

HOO-RAY, FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now lets get to work on writing an open source version for sybian and broadcast over a FoN network!

http://en.fon.com/

T

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2006 11:08AM]

Yup, thats what is expected. The one step forward of making more usable video live over our mobile phone. Thats include advertisement show, that can directly broadcast to consumer mobile phone by using this services. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2006 11:54AM]

I've been using this for about a month now and it's fantastic. With different settings for your setting (1x wireless, EVDO, or WiFi) it allows you to have fantastic quality wherever you are. The best part is the ability to archive your live feeds so that those who can't watch live can still see what's going on.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2006 3:05PM]

Is this only avalible on Windows Mobile?? I hope not!!!

It reminds me of a simlar free service called JuiceCaster http://www.juicecaster.com/ which lets you capture video and post it to the web and other mobiles, except I don't think they do streaming video capture like this