Take the iCabTV Passenger Survey and Win!

Between now and Jan 4th, iCabTV is running a special promotion that gives away movie tickets to see the new film "Transporter 3" starring Jason Statham showing on Jan 1th 2009.  To win a pair of tickets, just complete a simple survey showing on iCabTV and at the end of the survey you will be promted with instructions on how to win the tickets.  So, remember to look around and once you spot an iCabTV Taxis, hop into it and jump on the survey so that come Jan 1st 2009, you can jump into a theatre and watch "Transporter 3" with a friend FREE!

Another great service on iCabTV: Find all DBS/POSB/UOB ATMs around you!

If you ride taxis as much as I do, you probably have ran into similar situations as I have all the time.  That is as you arrived to your destination, whether meeting friends up for a quick drink or catching a movie with your buddies, you realize you need to quickly find an ATM to withdraw some money.  

Well, situation resolved!  From now on, iCabTV will let you find all the DBS/POSB/UOB ATMs around you, just touch the "Shopping" button and then you will see an "ATM" button, touch that and a list of all the ATMs around your destination will be displayed right in front of you, we even automatically sort it for you from the closest to the furthest.  Now you just have to make sure you have enough money in your bank before making the withdraw, which iCabTV can't help you....at the moment at least....;-)

Show Luo (羅志祥) Autograph T-Shirt Giveaway on iCabTV!

Seem like iCaTV is giving away something great almost everyweek!  For the next 2 weeks, until Dec 17th 2008, do be on the lookout when riding taxis with iCabTV.  This is a 2nd stage of a campaign iCabTV is doing with Taiwan Tourism Board.  This time we are giving away 50 T-Shirts autographed by Taiwan famous singer, actor, and show host Show Luo (羅志祥). Winning is easy, just watchout for the short Taiwan video showing on iCabTV and answer a very simple question via SMS.  Hurry! Hop into a taxi now! This is your chance to win your very own very rare memorabilia of 羅志祥!

Jolin Tsai Autograph CD Album Giveaway!

Another great incentive for riding taxis!  

iCabTV has partnered with Taiwan Visitor's Association to give away Jolin Tsai's (蔡依林) autograph CD album!  Hurry, we only have 30 albums to giveaway so make sure to SMS in when you sit in an iCabTV taxi!

Unbaised Singapore Restaurant Ratings in iCabTV!

Our software team have just sent out an e-mail late last night informing the release of another software upgrade across the whole iCabTV network (on a Saturday night @11:28pm....wow!)

Best of all, this upgrade is with the enhancement to add the long awaited, most requested, unbiased restaurant ratings!!

Now you can find out the popular rating of the local restaurants when you search for restaurants based on distance nearby or A~Z while riding in any of the iCabTV taxis in Singapore.

Give it a try and let us know your feedbacks!

P.S. Come voice your opinion and help support the restaurant ratings shown in iCabTV!

iCabTV's restaurant ratings are currently linked and maintained by our online partner www.FoodAdvisor.com.sg. Make your restaurant visit count and help rate the restaurant(s) that you have just went to by voicing it out in www.FoodAdvisor.com.sg!

Your rating will be reflected in iCabTV!

Promo Dove Complete Hair Fall Therapy Sample - Nov 2008

Here's another free give-away for iCabTV taxi passengers in Singapore starting Nov 7th.

Courtesy of Dove, we are giving away 100 bottles of free Dove Hair Fall Therapy samples!

1st 100 SMS entry wins. Give it a try! =)

Promo Rihanna Live Concert Tickets in iCabTV - Nov 2008

For all those Rihanna fans! Fresh out for iCabTV viewers today! We are giving out free concert ticket for Rihana LIVE in Singapore!!!

Hurry! we only have six tickets to give away so expect to be gone soon!!

Concert will take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Nov 13th, 2008.

I know iCabTV is enhancing its services...but exactly what can I do with iCabTV?

Here's an interesting question... actually we get asked by almost everyone. =)

Well, as of 6/11/2008, iCabTV allows you so far to:

1. See news and short entertainment video clips, daily updated scrolling news feeds, weather and a fairly accurate clock you can depend on....(iCabTV has the most reliable and accurate time shown since it syncs via NTP in real-time!)

2. Access iCabTV touchscreen for interactive information as follows:
a. Find nearby shops, services and restaurants by distance or A-Z
b. Latest events, and promotions around Singapore
c. Horoscope and Chinese Zodiac
d. Stocks and Currency Exchange (in plan to add real-time soon)
e. Find nearest ATM/POSB machines when you need it
f. Recommendation on what to do, where to go, and where to eat
g. Latest movie info and ratings, as well as coming soon movies
h. Access movie cinema location and showtimes
i. Bi-Weekly promo freebies sponsored by iCabTV partners and clients.

So what's coming up and in development?
a. Unbiased Singapore restaurant ratings
b. Changi airport flight information
c. Bluetooth downloads of coupons/promotions to your mobile phone
d. Movie/events reservations and ticket purchasing
e. Games in iCabTV and allow download to your mobile phone
f. Realtime voting and rate local restaurants/pubs
g. Bluetooth download of ringtones, movie trailers, songs, brochures, maps, java games, and useful services to your mobile phone
h. Vote in iCabTV and see most popular places to go in Singapore by iCabTV community
i. Vote and participate in interesting polls and access real-time results from iCabTV
j. Real-time Financial news section for serious investors
k. Singapore maps for access on screen and download

We are constantly improving our services in iCabTV, tell us about what you want to see improved and enhanced!

send us feedbacks to www.uzonemedia.com/contact/icabtvfeedback.html

Thanks again,

UzoneMedia

Promo $20 Taxi Vouchers in iCabTV - Oct 2008

This one we gave away 1,000 dollar worth of FREE $20 taxi vouchers jointly sponsored by ComfortDelGro.

We originally thought the promo will last for at least a month, but we've gotten overwhelming participation and reached over 500 SMS in just 8 days....

Forgot we have over 50,000 commuters a day looking at iCabTV screen... will try to do more of these soon. ;)

Promo Movie Tickets in iCabTV - July 2008

Our first promo sponsored by Golden Village in July 2008. where we only have close to 100 taxis operating on the road.... total giving out 50 pair of movie tickets which all claimed within a week's time. ;-)

Press Coverage - Straits Times July 2008

intersting coverage on Straits Times on business tapping onto mobile TV technologies. our VP Marketing gets all the center of focus instead of iCabTV with his handsome face.... ;p

Press Release - 26 June 2008

UzoneMedia Partners ComfortDelGro to Launch iCabTV for the First Time in Singapore


Singapore, USA, 26 June 2008 – UzoneMedia Inc. celebrated the commencement of its partnership with ComfortDelGro, leading taxi operator in Singapore for the launch of UzoneMedia’s iCabTV network.
UzoneMedia and ComfortDelGro’s taxi company, Comfort Transportation, have signed a definitive agreement which grants UzoneMedia the exclusive rights to operate touch-enabled LCD based infotainment systems in ComfortDelGro taxis in Singapore effective immediately. This marks UzoneMedia’s first direct involvement in Singapore’s media market and its first direct investment in proprietary digital media network.

UzoneMedia’s iCabTV will be installed in ComfortDelGro taxis in stages over the next few months. With at least 1,000 ComfortDelGro taxis expected to carry the system by fourth quarter of 2008, iCabTV will reach more than 30,000 affluent consumers, business professionals, and tourists across Singapore on a daily basis.

Said Mr Jim Chuang, CEO of UzoneMedia: 「UzoneMedia’s iMMN platform will revolutionize the way commuters ride taxis. iCabTV, is an infotainment platform that aggregates content, commerce and services. Our platform, has the ability to push contents intelligently based on the location of the taxis and time of day, allows marketing messages to reach our target audience more effectively. In addition, the LCD touchscreens installed in the taxis display interactive contents that engage the passengers, thus making content impression last even longer. Finally, all of our iCabTV screens in the taxis are networked together via 3.5G technology that allows us to deliver media contents to thousands of mobile LCD touch panels efficiently and effectively.「

Mr Chuang added: 「ComfortDelGro has always been known for its commitment to providing high level services. It has distinguished itself not only as the leading taxi operator in Singapore, but also as a global leader in public land transport. This assures a consistent, continuous, high quality demographic for the advertisers on iCabTV Network and so we made ComfortDelGro the natural choice for our launch into the Singapore market.」

Said Mr Yang Ban Seng, ComfortDelGro CEO (Taxi Business): 「We are delighted to be working with UzoneMedia and their partners. Their experience in digital media and unique understanding of building, managing and maintaining digital media networks allows us to have the confidence that this partnership and iCabTV will further enhance the taxi experience for our commuters. 「

UzoneMedia’s iCabTV platform supports a wide range of digital formats such as JPEG pictures, Flash animation to full motion DVD quality video, all with stereo sound. Clients can choose spot durations ranging from 15 to 60 seconds or longer, and campaigns between one week to three months.
Commenting on the significance of the launch, Mr Chuang said: 「It is an exciting time for outdoor media in Singapore. Through the iCabTV network, our company is poised to take advantage of the rapid changes in wants, needs and expectations of clients, passengers and transport operators to enrich their experience. This marks the first step in UzoneMedia’s strategy to emerge as the dominant operator of digital media networks for out-of-home media in Singapore.」

UzoneMedia is a privately held corporation founded in 2006, it is shaping the future with its vision and leadership in iCabTV™ – a location- and time-based targeted infotainment platform that allows the aggregation and convergence of media contents, commerce, and services over public wireless infrastructures. iCabTV is a unique platform capable of reaching out to a broad new captive audience

ComfortDelGro is the world’s second largest land transport company with a total fleet size of more than 41,000 buses, taxis and rental vehicles. It operates in seven countries - Singapore, China, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Vietnam and Malaysia – giving it the broadest footprint amongst its international peers. Currently, overseas ventures account for 44% of Group turnover. The Group aims to derive 70% of its total turnover from overseas within the next five to seven years.
For more information, please contact:

William Hang
VP Marketing & Business Development
UzoneMedia Pte Ltd
DID: 6741-1989 x201
Email: william@uzonemedia.com

Tammy Tan
Group Corporate Communications Officer
ComfortDelGro Corporation
DID: 6383-8021/9683-0732
Email: tammytan@comfortdelgro.com

Yvonne Tang
Manager
Group Corporate Communications
ComfortDelGro Corporation
DID: 6383-7355/ 9754-7670
Email: ytang@comfortdelgro.com

Press Coverage - My Paper June 2008 (2)

another coverage by My Paper, talking about location-based services

Press Coverage - My Paper June 2008

My Paper did some coverage for iCabTV as well... saying in the near future iCabTV is going to be able to provide location-based advertising, services like movie ticket reservations, useful real-time information and entertainment for the taxi commuters in Singapore.

Press Coverage - Broadcast Asia 18 June 2008

some coverage in Broadcast Asia 2008, where Prime Minister visited UZoneMedia's booth to understand what iCabTV is to offer to taxi commuters in Singapore with it's first-in-market interactive mobile technology incorporating wireless Wifi-Mesh, HSDPA (3.5G), GPS, LCD touchscreen, bluetooth, and DVB-H broadcast receiving capability to provide in-taxi infotainment and services.

Welcome to iCabTV.blogger.com!!!

Hello everyone,

Thank you for visiting...!

This is a place to blog about iCabTV, a new interactive digital mobile infotainment network develop and operated by UZoneMedia.

The first launch of iCabTV network is aim to be complete in Singapore, September, 2008, where 1,000 iCabTV will be deployed with ComfortDelGro, leading taxi operator in Singapore in both Comfort and CityCab Sonata taxis.

While we aggressively growing our iCabTV network, we strife to constantly improve our interactive services and contents provided in our iCabTV network. We sincerely look forward for your honest feedbacks for iCabTV improvements and would like to share any news and development that we have here in the blog.

Thanks again,

UZoneMedia