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Bringing video services to smartphones: interview with Jijesh Devan of QuickPlay Media

MarkFriday, May 2, 2014

Podcast - 2nd May 2014

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In this interview Mark Bridge talks to Jijesh Devan of QuickPlay Media about the opportunities and challenges of bringing video services to smartphones and other internet-connected devices.

Their conversation took place on the QuickPlay Media stand inside the App Planet area of Mobile World Congress in February.

You can listen to this interview (and all our other podcasts) on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed, on the Stitcher.com app or by downloading the mp3 file directly.

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