Big guns tune into DVB-H mobile TV- Emerging standard gains influential support
William Eazel,
24 Jan 2006
The momentum of the nascent DVB-H mobile TV standard has been boosted with the announcement that Nokia, one of the founding developers of the technology, has formed an alliance with Intel, Modeo, Motorola and Texas Instruments.
The firms have formed the Mobile DTV Alliance which aims to focus on promoting best practices and open standards for the delivery of mobile broadcast television based on DVB-H.
Support for DVB-H is growing worldwide. Back in November, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute announced that the DVB-H specification will be adopted as the European standard for mobile TV services.
In anticipation of the uptake of mobile TV, Nokia already has numerous ongoing trials in Europe and North America.
The DVT Alliance said that more than 10 DVB-H network trials have either concluded or are currently underway around the globe, including in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US.
The DVB-H specifications can be downloaded here.
Source: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149063/heavyweights-tune-dvb-h-mobile
Nokia And Motorola Join DVB-H Mobile TV Group
Michael Oryl
January 23, 2006.
Today in Last Vegas, a joint announcement made by Nokia, Motorola, Intel, Texas Instruments, and Modeo heralded the formation of a new industry group that is meant to promote the development and use of the Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H) standard for mobile TV. The group will be known as the Mobile DTV Alliance.
More than 10 DVB-H trials are currently running or have been completed already in the UK, the USA, and other countries in the world. The group says that it expects most major US markets to have DVB-H TV coverage by 2007. Currently, Nokia's 7710 multimedia phone is capable of viewing DVB-H signals with an optional accessory, and the company's upcoming N92 has built-in support for the standard.
Source:http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=1957&source=HOME
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