tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73190281470988686392024-03-05T14:31:17.066-08:00MobileTVMobileTV : on air
DVB-H : on airUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-56177214858823790782009-09-02T04:12:00.000-07:002009-09-02T04:12:08.997-07:00ENENSYS to showcase end-to-end mobile TV solution<div style="text-align: justify;">ENENSYS Technologies is featuring at IBC2009 its turnkey mobile TV solution for delivery networks, a complete headend system from content transcoding and distribution to transmission and conditional access management. The package includes:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• Transcaster, an H264 mobile TV transcoder </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• Cryptocaster, a ISMACryp encryption server </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• MobiMux, a DVB-H IP encapsulator </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• MIP Inserter, an SFN adapter </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• FastCaster, an MPEG-2-over-IP gateway </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• LabMod, a DVB-H modulator </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• RFBooster, a 1W amplifier </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">• DiviCatch RF-T/H, a DVB-H pocket analyzer </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, the solutions also include integrated DVB IPDC and OMA-BCAST ESG servers and DVB-H IPDC handsets from ENENSYS partners. Components of ENENSYS' mobile TV system were introduced at NAB2008. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In July, French operator TDF launched a mobile TV trial in Paris using ENENSYS equipment, including the MobiMux DVB-H IP encapsulator. </div><div align="justify"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-6115987045595124372009-08-31T04:13:00.000-07:002009-09-02T04:13:57.087-07:00Russia approves mobile TVRussia has taken a huge step towards the launch of mobile TV services in its capital, Moscow. <br />
Kommersant reports that the country’s State Commission for Radio Frequencies (GKRCH) has given the go-ahead for subsidiaries of three operators – Sistema, Vimpelcom and Skartela – to launch DVB-H services in Moscow by the end of the year.<br />
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Until the end of the year, they will operate on a trial basis and offer eight channels free of charge. These have already been selected, according to an earlier Presidential Decree, as the main TV channels currently available in Russia, plus new youths and children’s channels.<br />
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More will subsequently be added, with operators having to obtain permission in each case, though DVB-H is as yet not regulated by Russian law.<br />
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All three operators appear to have the necessary infrastructure in place, and Sistema’s subsidiary TSTV has in fact already undertaken trials.<br />
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However, Kommersant points out that there are some doubts as to Sistema’s future mobile plans: disagreements led to the resignation of TSTV’s director only last week, and the company has stated a preference for using 3G rather than DVB-H for a future mobile TV service.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-74434154182491124782009-04-16T05:39:00.000-07:002009-04-16T05:39:20.420-07:00South Africa to get 3 DTT muxes<div style="text-align: justify;">South Africa will have three national digital multiplexes for television, according to The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), which has just published the Digital Terrestrial Television regulations for final public consultation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first multiplex will be used for public broadcasting, including the SABC and Eastern Cape community station Trinity Broadcasting Network. A public value test will be applied to any channels wishing to broadcast on this multiplex. The SABC will have to include two regional channels as part of this multiplex.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the second multiplex, commercial free-to-air services will be included. E.tv will be allocated 60 percent of the multiplex, with additional capacity to be allocated to new broadcasters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the third multiplex, 50 percent will be reserved for pay-TV operator M-Net, conditional on its ability to switch all its subscribers from its current analogue decoders to digital decoders within a year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Complete analogue switch-off is planned on November 1, 2011. ICASA wants to introduce competition with the end of the dual illumination period, allow for trials by other interested persons, enable for the provision of mobile services such as DVB-H), provide for M-Net to conduct a hard switch over within a period of 12 months, thus allowing an early release of the digital dividend. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-18273696897683715232009-03-03T06:15:00.000-08:002009-03-03T06:15:35.444-08:00Mobile Word Congres 2009, news from Barcelona<div style="text-align: justify;">In Spain the DVB-H standard is still to be adopted for use but operators already offer TV channels through their 3G networks. Spanish technological developer Sidsa, which owns pay-TV conditional access system KeyFly, is having success in countries such as Iran, Russia and Indonesia with its mobile TV conditional access system of the same name. At this congress the company will present tactile mobile phones where users can watch high quality television.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In total, Abertis has deployed seven networks in order to give coverage to mobile TV demonstrations in different existing standards such as DVB-H, DVB-SH and MediaFLO. On this occasion the news is on the use of the DVB-SH technology which will allow the live demonstration of mobile TV in the S band in the city of Barcelona. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-13149740486128507522009-01-27T04:51:00.000-08:002009-01-27T04:55:37.710-08:00Hong Kong gets licenses in process for Mobile TV<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3X-KVmmEecD22UucwZX3JUG5wJHIwg477zJfOqCAqwkYqxo8Hhz5tpmTZ5O1QLAx8-_pa5FpTHWibNB2lN8ZIsyK4ZyMPjbmy7rN3q2F7pO3wgyZF_cut7uPN3GiL6GOWirmAyXkNa65k/s1600-h/hg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3X-KVmmEecD22UucwZX3JUG5wJHIwg477zJfOqCAqwkYqxo8Hhz5tpmTZ5O1QLAx8-_pa5FpTHWibNB2lN8ZIsyK4ZyMPjbmy7rN3q2F7pO3wgyZF_cut7uPN3GiL6GOWirmAyXkNa65k/s200/hg.jpg" wi="true" /></a>VarietyAsiaOnline.com is reporting that 3 Mobile TV licenses will be put up for auction in mid-2009. Apparently the licenses will run for 15 years, allow up to 20 TV channels to be shown, and use the DVB-H standard. Oh, and an additional 6 using T-DMB (a predominantly Korean standard).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well this is all good news as a push for DVB-H, but how interesting that another standard gets matted up against it. You can see the sorts of unique factors in Hong Kong that cause for this ‘democratisation’ of standards, but I wonder whether practically Operators might collaborate (if they went for a license).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The good news is won’t have to wait too long to find out - those that win have to have a service up and running by the end of 2010!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-17484701167679780612009-01-06T04:48:00.000-08:002009-01-27T04:51:02.351-08:00Colombia offers ‘free’ DVB-HDVB-H services are proving slow to take off, but Colombia’s National TV Commission says it will permit channels to be broadcast free of charge to mobile phone users with DVB-H kit.<br />
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Colombia’s Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) says licences will be offered at zero cost later this year. Mexican-owned América Móvil's Colombian telco has already said it will be interested in taking a licence.<br />
Colombia is busy installing digital TV (to the DVB standard) and the first transmitters go live this coming May, reaching some 11m people. Initially it will be the country’s public channels that will be seen, but the nation’s private channels are also expected to join in the next few months.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-35178506696358499272008-11-05T02:08:00.000-08:002008-11-05T02:11:25.406-08:00Disappointing take-up of Swiss mobile TV<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEGGDwyU3QX4yI-rj-kp06lF9QTDXf9Xkjy_mPESSOf8ztwNnXQTA2sEFfpUPUUFOnd5qAmyB6QKSgkLhnkbxyn2i1_vdjzSKWbszekuMN53jG6wozfMZ-fpbMAq5cMucfPVvLI3Uv_Yt/s1600-h/Switzerland.svg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rg="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEGGDwyU3QX4yI-rj-kp06lF9QTDXf9Xkjy_mPESSOf8ztwNnXQTA2sEFfpUPUUFOnd5qAmyB6QKSgkLhnkbxyn2i1_vdjzSKWbszekuMN53jG6wozfMZ-fpbMAq5cMucfPVvLI3Uv_Yt/s320/Switzerland.svg" /></a>Take-up of the mobile TV service from Swisscom is not meeting expectations, according to Swisscom Broadcast chief Jean-Paul de Weck, speaking during the Biel Bienne Communication Days (Comdays). The main reason for the slow acceptance is the lack of choice of DVB-H capable handsets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Here we have a little problem with the manufacturers. We hope that next year it will be better,” said De Weck in a local newspaper, as quoted by Digital Fernsehen, “With the expansion of the supply of mobile phones and content in October, the DVB-H customer numbers should rise again.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Up until the end of September, the Nokia N77 was the only handset available to receive the service, though now there are four different models. Swisscom currently has about 5,000 mobile TV users, though it expects to gain more subscribers with the wider choice of handsets.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-16394135710581903892008-10-15T02:14:00.000-07:002008-10-15T02:15:35.185-07:00NDS provides conditional access solution for commercial trial of OMA's BCAST SCP standard<div style="text-align: justify;">NDS announced that it is providing core conditional access security infrastructure for world's first commercial trial of Open Mobile Alliance or OMA's BCAST Smartcard Profile or SCP standard. The company specified that MediaCorp, MobileOne, SingTel, and StarHub lead new mobile TV trial.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The NDS solution is based on NDS Unified Headend architecture, which provides single point of rights management for all video broadcasts. The new platform supports multiple mobile broadcast profiles and multiple handsets simultaneously and cost-effectively, centralising content distribution from a single headend for consumption on multiple devices. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-34651323923287374662008-10-10T03:58:00.000-07:002008-10-10T03:58:00.865-07:00Viaccess, LG Electronics, Enensys, Expway and Sagem Orga Team for Broadcast TV Mobile Market Solution<div style="text-align: justify;">Viaccess, a France Telecom company, announced a partnership with LG Electronics, Enensys, Expway and Sagem Orga to secure access to mobile broadcast TV based on the OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile Standard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The initiative launched by the partners aims at providing customers and operators with a production ready end to end environment, including handset from LG Electronics. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Viaccess's Conditional Access System dedicated to OMA Bcast Smartcard profile standard provides security and renewability, and reduces SIM management costs for Mobile Operators. Teaming with Enensys, Expway, LG Electronics, and Sagem Orga, Viaccess said it has conducted early interoperability schemes and the partnership announced a deployable solution. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Our partnership with LG Electronics, Enensys, Expway and Sagem Orga demonstrates our full interoperability with the Broadcast mobile TV market," said Francois Moreau de Saint Martin, Viaccess CEO. "We believe the best value we can propose to our clients is turning the best in class products into immediately deployable solutions, and minimise integration costs. That's why Viaccess is building an ecosystem with partners to ensure compatibility of our solutions with the complete chain of broadcast equipment and receivers." </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-13558345795102099092008-10-09T03:53:00.000-07:002008-10-09T03:53:01.018-07:00Thomson's Mobile TV solutions chosen by 3 Italia for Europe's largest DVB-H service<div style="text-align: justify;">The Italian mobile operator, 3 Italia, has built a new operation centre for the mobile television services La3 TV, based on an integrated solution from Thomson the worldwide leader in video solutions. 3 Italia operates Europe's largest DVB-H service with over 850,000 subscribers in Italy. The new Thomson mobile video headend allows 3 Italia to manage encoding and delivery in house, with the capability to broadcast up to 20 channels over DVB-H, with superior picture quality. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFcjtFQ244-o6h7JxUVr01BTSjeULO2EzmkoKQRgayoRtm6fsmOaWGkXKer85z300NDrY4KHdMYfmt9HyGwBxfLhrarKVYbgULKDIETQtqJmY_XjSAMS4fmgBGk-ZuebAYQBNbIRJCzAd/s1600-h/Thomson_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Lr3c98qHTUcSzWkucqErLuHeh6z1J0P0o4uM0PimKkcl4cSpf-EdM2mw4Cqm1xhimzxUdV6PT5wb1mHedjXOnqO2DwszCXDKW8JQ4c7Vf0IR-fR5K1bOQAXJHCUkwCMAB86KTJHIsKH_/s320-r/Thomson_logo.jpg" xd="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The solution is based on Thomson's ViBE Mobile TV encoder to achieve the highest possible quality of MPEG-4 compression, optimizing the bandwidth available for mobile television. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thomson engineers provided systems design, integration, commissioning and training services for the whole implementation. The installation was completed in a record-timeframe, and handed over in July 2008. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We have been selected for Europe's largest mobile TV services, and Thomson's mobile TV solutions are at the heart of some of the most important deployments worldwide" said Patrick Montliaud, Senior Vice President of Thomson's Networks and Integration Solutions within the Systems division. "We look forward to accompanying 3 Italia with our scalable solutions as their user base grows even further." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thomson is unique in supporting the entire media chain from high-definition content creation to multi-play services for home consumption. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-43537264593857700312008-10-08T03:48:00.000-07:002008-10-08T03:48:00.720-07:00Qatar readies for world’s first commercial Mobile TV service based on DVB-H and OMA BCast Smart Card Profile technology<div style="text-align: justify;">Qatar Telecom (Qtel), the leading telecommunications service provider, and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed the world’s first commercial Mobile TV deployment contract based on DVB-H and OMA BCast Smart Card Profile technology. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLPDV5NXWph2dpkAJVe3ND_1D2mzIC08asyLS9ipbWN96aMU5T07o4c9L0QNO1AXIPbHobsrI7iykHO7B3XtRxe1oyH9OyV3EV17A7vWj9z7aMMny_kuEgU8MnHq1z50_zGvpzk0PwQ5E/s1600-h/qatar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TaibTJRYgb8GqXNoiES45QrW4JtT4dSXwCw_Y9dTgkM3KJrGZtRN_XpAsuvp-qqM18sCUGklJIs6xnsCmUpLkR49rI8tIDbW-zbX1RUoTZaMk9fimWuI5xumlgAJvC9FNW5MTeJpkt1p/s320-r/qatar.jpg" xd="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nokia Siemens Networks will supply Qtel with state-of-the-art Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) solution providing their subscribers enhanced TV viewing experiences on their mobile phones with the added flexibility of selecting their preferred subscription payment model. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A strategic partner for operators looking to deploy Mobile TV solutions, Nokia Siemens Networks will roll out a DVB-H solution with OMA BCast Smart Card Profile (SCP) for Qtel. With OMA BCast SCP, mobile operators are able to integrate the management rights for Mobile TV broadcast content, provided via DVB-H, into their existing infrastructure. This comprehensive mobile TV solution includes software, hardware, consulting & integration, network design and implementation services. For the authentication of mobile TV subscribers, Nokia Siemens Networks is providing its One-BSF solution, forming a key part of Qtel's Unified Subscriber Database strategy for creating a common subscriber profile to be used for both mobile and DVB-H service. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From http://www.albawaba.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-15138732294272423762008-10-07T03:47:00.001-07:002008-10-07T03:47:59.257-07:00Polish DVB-H tender nears<div style="text-align: justify;">The long-awaited Polish mobile TV tender may finally be announced next week, according to Anna Strezynska, the president of the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quoted in Wirtualne Media, she added that that the UKE, along with the other industry regulator KRRiT (National Broadcasting Council), have agreed that 66% of the DVB-H multiplex will be allocated to audiovisual services and the remainder to multimedia ones. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The winner of the DVB-H contest will be awarded a licence valid until 2023. The service they launch will initially be available in 31 towns and cities and only rolled out nationally following ASO, which – it is hoped – will take place in 2012 but could be delayed to 2014</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-35474150278360835672008-09-18T02:07:00.000-07:002008-09-18T02:07:01.212-07:00Nagravision secures commercial DVB-H services for Alsumaria TV, the first services based on MicroSDs in the Middle East<div style="text-align: justify;">Swiss company Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company announced today that Alsumaria TV, the Iraqi satellite network, has selected Nagravision's conditonal access system (CAS) for its DVB-H services. One of the most dynamic and watched TV stations in Iraq, Alsumaria TV transmits on both Nilesat and Arabsat. Alsumaria TV's Mobision, now available throughout Iraq, is the first ever Middle East Mobile TV DVB-H bouquet to be based on Nagravision's MicroSD Cards with embedded security.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Nagravision cards allow Alsumaria TV to offer services, through Mobision Mobile TV, to consumers in Iraq with both connected and unconnected devices such as mobile handsets, media players and GPS systems. In Iraq, any consumer with a certified DVB-H handset can subscribe to Mobision by inserting the Nagravision MicroSD Card into the mobile device and activating the service using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. Mobision will be available through all the mobile outlets. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By introducing such an advanced technology into a fluctuating Iraqi market, Alsumaria TV not only positioned itself as one of the most high tech TV stations in the Arab world, always offering the best services, but also as a technology trend-setter providing unique audio-visual solutions to the wide audience. Through this smart positioning, Mobision is providing Nagravision MicroSD cards containing significant flash memory. Consumers can store their personal data such as photos, music, among others. At the same time, Mobision subscribers have the ability to record and time-shift DVB-H services adding PVR (personal video recording) capabilities to mobile TV viewing. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mobision features a bouquet of up to 20 TV channels such as Alsumaria TV, and the new 'Shakomo' channel, created by Alsumaria as well, and many other well-recognised TV stations including several specialised channels only broadcasting sports, news, economic news, cartoon, weather, and music. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Alsumaria TV selected Nagravision based on proven expertise gathered in other mobile TV commercial mass deployments, as well as a unique ecosystem supporting the largest choice of integrated broadcast equipment and mobile devices. Our long experience in the pay-TV arena includes having the first and the most deployed CAS in the mobile TV industry, which enables us to perfectly understand the needs of Alsumaria TV. Alsumaria TV is offering an outstanding and innovative set of services to Iraqi consumers and it is an honor to have been selected by them," said Thierry Legrand, Nagravision Vice President of Sales SMEA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alsumaria TV is determined to bridge communication between Iraqis on one hand, and between Iraqis and the world on the other. The DVB-H is a brilliantly practical idea that will help Iraqis suffering from electricity cuts to follow up on news via their mobile phones while allowing them to be aware around the clock about the latest developments and updates in Iraq and around the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-79063210206848856312008-09-17T02:12:00.000-07:002008-09-17T02:19:40.210-07:00ENENSYS Technologies demonstrates a complete end-to-end solution for optimizing DVB-H network bandwidth<div style="text-align: justify;">At this year's IBC, ENENSYS Technologies will unveil a world-class solution for optimizing the delivery of DVB-H regional content with nationwide services, enabling operators to tremendously reduce their annual OPEX. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ENENSYS' portfolio ranges from transcoding solutions and DVB-H IP encapsulation through transmission and IP distribution, to DVB-H RF signal reception and real-time analysis. ENENSYS extends its comprehensive DVB-H end-to-end solution to support regional content distribution by introducing MobiEdge, the new cost-effective and highly reliable product based on the world's first FPGA processing DVB-H IP encapsulator, MobiMUX. This unique and patented solution enables operators to drastically reduce their annual OPEX by transmitting useful data from the central head-end and building DVB-H stream at the transmission site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As well as supporting native statistical multiplexing, MobiMUX includes the management of Multi-Mobile Network Operator (Multi-MNO) sharing the same IP encapsulator while guaranteeing bandwidth allocated to each operator. Bandwidth consumption can be logged so that the broadcast network operator can bill each MNO according to the consumed bandwidth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To address regional content distribution, ENENSYS has designed an innovative and optimized bandwidth distribution solution that encompasses MobiMUX with the new product, MobiEdge. From the central head-end, MobiMUX carries out the aggregation of regional and national content while optimizing bandwidth delivery. At each transmission site, MobiEdge receives the broadcast content and performs DVB-H IP encapsulation including time-slicing and MPE-FEC. ENENSYS' regional content distribution solution always features statistical multiplexing and Multi-MNO.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">ENENSYS Technologies has years of experience in the design and manufacturing of Digital TV transmission systems. Offer ranges from Mobile TV, Digital Terrestrial TV, IP Distribution to Test & Monitoring solutions, with high grade services and trainings. Covered standards include DVB-H, T-DMB, DVB-T, DVB-T2, DTMB, Digital Cable, ...</div><br />
Press release from EnensysUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-7844686130127122002008-08-19T14:07:00.000-07:002008-08-19T14:10:14.338-07:00KPN launches mobile TV service in Netherlands with Nokia technology<div style="text-align: justify;">Finnish telecomms infrastructure company Nokia Siemens Networks, owned by the Finnish telecomms solutions provider Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and the German electrical engineering and electronics company Siemens, said on Tuesday (19 August) that ten television channels are now available across the Netherlands through a mobile television solution from Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6r_5I2z7l4ZF269oasz_wxI118UgiO0426qeSwnLt0aypuQQTtsOLGrbs9VPR4ec0jSHBXufnDdS800-ygAKDlImpjlMW5Cuo3NSV5oHgSIGU63vzChMjc4WTjXXICkqxu-UMiEDRRWfk/s1600-h/00001KPN_PL01_FC_POS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fd="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtVjxkiTs6q2bngrCXCCZ7lojEwYphQfvPo-FP6t4pqD-bXrs9pMNM6VpTqcaCyoY-bZevaWztxmAla1bhD_9zIQhQ54-XkMmRvQFr0wydJxnBnK0ml60HrDtV_En5Pz6PyX3VQZFH69X/s320-r/00001KPN_PL01_FC_POS.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks provided the telecomms group KPN with a turnkey head-end solution based on open standards to launch broadcasts on the MobielTV service. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The service is made available through a broadcast network based on the Digital Video Broadcast for Handheld (DVB-H), the European standard for mobile television, and can be watched on DVB-H-enabled mobile devices. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More channels are expected to be included in the offering in the future, the company said. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-72711482307672615352008-06-06T11:10:00.000-07:002008-06-06T11:12:50.996-07:00Italia : free Mobile TV offersThe Italian branch of cell phone network 3 has stolen a march on rivals by introducing free mobile TV.<br />Italia 3 users are now offered free terrestrial coverage from Mediaset and RAI, plus Al Gore's green channel Current TV. Italia 3 is even launching its own network, La3.<br />Its mobile customers will be the first outside of Japan and South Korea to get free TV.<br />Observers note that 3's parent company Hutchison Telecom is based in Hong Kong and therefore aware of the latest consumer trends emerging from the Far East.<br />For Euros 2 ($3.09) a week, Italia 3 customers can also watch Sky Sport Mobile, Sky Cinema Mobile and Sky Tg 24 on their cell phones.<br />Italy has emerged as one of Europe's leading markets for mobile TV, with Italia 3 the number one player. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208833038697554994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7mx01xIBdVwENW-_LncqPpobrGUJ6YBBkUVVqaAI57E7VykxshuETBv-paup07wFAgvUfoVQ__6AY7qUa5XCZ9Sgy2WJByh3KATc-FAzj-yynoXt1XUzsD-MVUILfcgKAkHQzjI_juI4/s320/Italy.jpg" border="0" /><br />Vodafone and Telecom Italia Mobile have also begun investing in this area, however, in which TV is beamed to handsets using the technology known as DVB-H.<br />Analysts at Datamonitor predict that by the end of this decade, mobile TV services will generate $5.5 billion in subscription revenues.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-44414070665930921902008-05-28T06:32:00.000-07:002008-05-28T06:36:37.063-07:00Orange Sports TV Channel on Personal Mobile Television (France)<div align="justify">Orange France has obtained a DVB-H mode frequency for its "Orange Sports" TV channel, following the request for applications issued on 6 November 2007 by the French Audiovisual Regulator.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205422058567640434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ojuZClz02vlO3KS0AROq-NgAlnGNUQzfxssd5T-W53nsMycq6ZI4J-2ZaHdAzgE3gVplq26fTOGLjvW3jL7vSsHOicotdlGdledaRbW3dUis-Wk-UCF3yvndSwHCAbwrpAYAtxoy0Ly1/s400/Logo-Orange-Mobile,I-W-680-13.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"><br />Orange Sports TV, the sports news and discovery channel, will thus be one of the first channels to be broadcast on mobiles in France, via the new DVB-H standard. Winning this frequency will enable Orange Sports TV to continue its development and expand its audience. The channel, launched on 6 September 2007, is already available on TV capable mobiles, on the Internet and on Orange TV.</div><br /><div align="justify">Orange Sports TV is the first French television channel specially created for multi-media broadcasting: TV, Internet, and mobile. Orange Sports TV is a sports information channel with a highly specialised team of writers and crew who are lent support from the experience and content provided by its prestigious partners such as CNOSF (The French Sports and National Olympic Committee) and the Sporever Group.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-2469346010167173622008-05-20T03:50:00.000-07:002008-05-20T03:58:39.199-07:00Samsung and Nokia to Collaborate on Mobile TV and DRM Standard<div><br /><br /><div>To encourage greater adoption of broadcast mobileTV services and accelerate service deployment, Samsung and Nokiatoday announced they will work to achieve interoperability among theirDVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld) enabled mobile devices and theopen standards based Nokia network services system. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB8glr7RrEtc6YIltE9EfpQI1pkXP1XLeQHJl8wBXD0NHLS_1tYa_cLPgKKgSvQc27Ea8AG8InKknmsQzHhnq4o4faEBBKM8Q8XIdYc1I-Kwm5iyPF-ONjuZNsr9Z61PG-DFgSHlWJlTt/s1600-h/NokiaLogo-full.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202411699895990546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB8glr7RrEtc6YIltE9EfpQI1pkXP1XLeQHJl8wBXD0NHLS_1tYa_cLPgKKgSvQc27Ea8AG8InKknmsQzHhnq4o4faEBBKM8Q8XIdYc1I-Kwm5iyPF-ONjuZNsr9Z61PG-DFgSHlWJlTt/s320/NokiaLogo-full.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="justify">The handsetmanufacturers will work together to support solutions based on the open OMABCAST standard available for operator partners interested in deployingmulti-vendor mobile TV services and trials in 2007 and onward. "Within DVB-H technology, Samsung has already commercialized handsetsbased on the CBMS OSF standard, and will develop the OMA BCAST standardbased mobile TV handset. Its inclusion in our product portfolios willenhance our customers' flexibility in choosing suitable standards based ontheir business models," says Kwang Suk Hyun, Senior Vice President ofAlliance Team of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. </div><br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202411446492920066" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrC-e3um1lyoAjbX9DPkRHYqy8b6xrW6JHV5YLd8Sj8PZfsg_xdsWoKBapoIXlHK02XbRhtMaSGgdHNm6EOBmZeMxmQZRxEdNeXSDSqtaS2h2jl0Hlslr469Rh4-VeyZKD6wBT851PphSZ/s320/samsung_logo.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div align="justify">"Nokia warmly welcomes the collaboration in accelerating the adoptionof DVB-H based mobile TV services to the market. We see that the OMA BCASTstandard is essential in launching mobile TV services on a global scale,"says Harri Mannisto, Director, Multimedia, Nokia. "Further, thewell-defined service and content protection profiles within the OMA BCASTstandard such as the already now available OMA DRM, provides the ideal pathtowards standardized solutions enabling a coherent and open market forsuccessful worldwide mobile TV deployments." The deployment of mobile TV services will offer new businessopportunities for companies across the value chain, including content andbroadcast companies, mobile service providers, infrastructure and handsetmanufacturers, and technology providers. </div><div> </div><div align="justify">The availability of interoperableDVB-H enabled devices and services is a key factor in further opening upthe market. DVB-H is an effective technology for deploying broadcast mobile TVamong the many digital technologies available to deliver mobile TVservices. DVB-H technology offers high service level quality, low batteryconsumption and offers the end-user the ability to simultaneously receivebroadcasts while using other mobile services such as telephony and internetaccess on their device. </div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnuhkg3g5hB6P3l-zm-fb9iUnXYc5VTcuBfdc_3m5dttCSLaEyKbEficHPcxbXKiSOmHPRJXtD083z8e976gg22KyoQAsiSiRXyKJD4P0rM38blZopPnmZwXDkGQvV8KaUSz_KqAZubVB/s1600-h/nokia0000.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202411918939322658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnuhkg3g5hB6P3l-zm-fb9iUnXYc5VTcuBfdc_3m5dttCSLaEyKbEficHPcxbXKiSOmHPRJXtD083z8e976gg22KyoQAsiSiRXyKJD4P0rM38blZopPnmZwXDkGQvV8KaUSz_KqAZubVB/s320/nokia0000.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div align="justify">In parallel to supporting mobile operators launching mobile TV servicesbased on existing technologies in their networks, Samsung and Nokia areboth active in ongoing standardization and technology development tooptimize the broadcast mobile TV experience. The companies will work oninteroperability efforts using the open OMA standard while continuing toparticipate in industry-wide interoperability efforts within the relatedstandardization bodies.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-60689266041638579892008-05-15T04:02:00.000-07:002008-05-15T04:06:47.586-07:00Skyworks Supports First European Mobile TV Slider Phone<div align="justify">Skyworks Solutions announced that Samsung is leveraging its ultra-compact and high efficiency front-end modules (FEMs) for open-loop EDGE, and power amplifiers (PAs) for WCDMA and HSDPA across more than 10 innovative universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) models. In particular, Skyworks is supporting their first mobile TV slider phone for Europe. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200559340630767778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRovBJ1urbD9RUHJN7mgClMj2flZ9zGgGNuQMr0lNXx-JH8N7Uss21klEHNisTpoeV3jLd98V5uR7WwlT_Uaryyu1YcUGRVUa8vnjJtR2Q6xxKxeNonqdRhdYSmJxeSK9qkSpCAqIhyphenhyphenff/s320/samsung_logo.jpg" border="0" /><br />At a slim 16.7 millimeters (mm), the P960 supports both European mobile TV technology standards – digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H), and the new open mobile alliance mobile broadcast service enabler suite (OMA-BCAST). The handset features optimized viewing with a large 2.6 inch quarter video graphics array (QVGA) thin film transistor (TFT) screen, and Bang & Olufsen ICEPower technology for top-notch audio. The device also offers a 3-megapixel camera with power LED, music player, and FM radio with RDS for 24/7 news.<br />“Skyworks congratulates Samsung on achieving the milestone launch of Europe’s first DVB-H handset, and is pleased to support their family of compelling mobile TV platforms,” said Liam K. Griffin, Skyworks’ senior vice president of sales and marketing. “Our participation in their P960 design reflects our multimode design-win momentum and UMTS market share gains at Samsung and other OEMs.”<br />The <a href="http://origin-products.skyworksinc.com:81/renderer.jsp?objectName=SKY77519&partFamily=FrontEndModulesforGSMEDGEGPRS&objectType=parts&layoutName=Parts&userId=guest&password=guest12" target="_blank" shape="rect">SKY77519</a> FEM incorporated by Samsung is the industry’s smallest solution for open-polar EDGE architectures, enabling OEMs to raise the mobile bar with an optimized power usage solution (OPUS) and delivering maximum performance that can help increase talk times by 10 percent, improve power savings by 30 percent, and expand battery capacity by 10 percent. As a result, the P960 promises battery life of up to five hours of TV watching time.<br />In addition, the small and efficient <a href="http://origin-products.skyworksinc.com:81/renderer.jsp?objectName=SKY77170&partFamily=CDMAHandsetsBand1&objectType=parts&layoutName=Parts&userId=guest&password=guest12" target="_blank" shape="rect">SKY77170</a> PA packs full 1920-1980 megahertz (MHz) bandwidth coverage into a single compact package. A directional coupler is integrated into the module, thus eliminating the need for any external coupler. The single gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) contains all active circuitry in the module. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-79491386611165007782008-05-14T03:49:00.000-07:002008-05-14T03:52:17.285-07:00Estonia : Levira starts DVB-H trial<div align="justify">The Estonian national transmission company Levira has begun a DVB-H pilot in the capital, Tallinn. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200184553194584210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2zjNtUdJks2PaaBgQZZcVYbupZcBYjojs_7943Eavisg7llnFLcuaXdgx-0y3ScGFLoLdNZ-nhqLtLzkbu-OH9sx8mX64_nWM7wbtgH0bEApn_rgbrH5U3NbfT88elKNll5C3XtBAFM3/s400/levira.jpg" border="0" /><br />The service, which is offering seven channels free of charge, with more to be added shortly, can be received with Nokia 77 sets that retail for around €500 and will last until the end of the year.<br />Levira, which is 49% owned by France’s TDF and has partnered up in the trial with EMT, hopes the necessary legislation will be put in place for it to launch a full DVB-H service next year.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200184299791513730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PMk0OG26z9g59F3jYeEk473nijpLMubHU4-qSzj2pUtfSuM_mpLLPVwENhYj2BzOsJ77SPV3ECwjQC4dzO0MTSaERCUexCRNDoKa0SLck0DfuFydFZecMlxzkBpRYFumK03MUiTGdMeJ/s400/estonia.jpg" border="0" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-83293077409785128622008-05-05T04:15:00.000-07:002008-05-05T04:19:28.890-07:00Kenya launches mobile TV<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuPor_oau1g0TdLeEwUPbkdKKHr5ippUjpyBm9rYNWpWuwDd7n2WjVR9QHVzGa9A7QUAoVb2-pFVw6jg76nsX4qsHMWR5ux2KcMNna_MlURVTIuIcnbKu5i_l_PoNGxIS2flaI0f8wlvE/s1600-h/Kenya_world_map.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196851606943280002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuPor_oau1g0TdLeEwUPbkdKKHr5ippUjpyBm9rYNWpWuwDd7n2WjVR9QHVzGa9A7QUAoVb2-pFVw6jg76nsX4qsHMWR5ux2KcMNna_MlURVTIuIcnbKu5i_l_PoNGxIS2flaI0f8wlvE/s400/Kenya_world_map.jpg" border="0" /></a>Business Day reports that Kenya has launched a mobile TV service. It is the third African country after Nigeria and Namibia to do so. </div><div align="justify"><br />The service was launched by South African continental pay-TV operator MultiChoice through its Kenyan subsidiary, MultiChoice Kenya, in conjunction with mobile operator Safaricom and the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. </div><div align="justify"><br />The technology being used is Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H), the same as that in Nigeria and Namibia. </div><div align="justify"><br />Meanwhile in South Africa, the launch of a mobile TV service is reportedly being delayed by government. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">For more informations about MobileTv in Africa, see also : <a href="http://dvb-handheld.blogspot.com/search/label/Africa">http://dvb-handheld.blogspot.com/search/label/Africa</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-86791100081252767272008-04-23T03:59:00.000-07:002008-04-23T04:02:12.695-07:00Mobile TV Broadcast World Standards<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3xxIsiKoPYOBzNU-SZmcV3zH-BQ0kug12pIUO7-ArobmsGVFucQLFyb99UXKRkO4DQY3XFHgiZTOZx_J_IOialesEVoF1LT9Q3KUR_1OvBOpIAD1SPJQi2WuNVwJKP4Ivd1GkwD2q-k0/s1600-h/000001mobileTv+satndard.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192394255523752802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3xxIsiKoPYOBzNU-SZmcV3zH-BQ0kug12pIUO7-ArobmsGVFucQLFyb99UXKRkO4DQY3XFHgiZTOZx_J_IOialesEVoF1LT9Q3KUR_1OvBOpIAD1SPJQi2WuNVwJKP4Ivd1GkwD2q-k0/s400/000001mobileTv+satndard.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfApdf3egMde8uDaIekPzKAx2yEldJ91Qi4S0Bdj0TRnAERoAsafgfQywwC_mxv75BzCiqLBFGGnC5dps-B-YTZtG0QsJvk8jZ34QwmN1EwYc80fv5bxXi33i__lMGrtGUgCeYegIxYLv/s1600-h/000001mobileTv+satndard.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-78517261734027134422008-04-22T14:46:00.000-07:002008-04-22T14:56:51.347-07:00About Mobile TV in China during olympics game<div align="justify">There are 2.1 million mobile TV users, including 250,000 paid-for subscriptions, at rates as low as $1.60 a month. In China video is the only killer application for 3G so far. Maybe this stats could seem so high, but we have to keep in mind that nowadays, China has more than 508 million users (July’07). So only 0,4% of users use this kind of 3G service, less than other countries such us UK, Italy, Germany or Spain.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192191941089274690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBTqgVopeJqzkb_zGPj1yFug-H6gfDeze0J7LeYetrfnIL44qoUWPoQqL5eOMQG4GFbBQAIMYKTlTR2LUBGbf5v-0jhg8wI46xx5yVTxQQB0sAv5EGfmhfRAGVXtmLGu_WfT9jprTeWNV/s320/0080.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify">Mobile TV is well recognized as an important service in China. Mobile TV services will be used officially during the Olympic 2008. MII and SARFT are taking care of the network building, Service Delivery platform, Charging, etc; to jointly provide the services.<br />CCSA ( China Communication Standards Association) is busy with the industrial standard making. CMCC and CU are busy with the mobile TV SDP trial. Platform vendors and Terminal vendors are working closely.<br /><br />CCSA TC5, is responsible for the mobile TV standards drafting in CCSA.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify">Main responsible WG in TC5 is WG7 (Application&Service), other related WGs are WG4(CDMA), WG5(Security), WG8(Frequency), WG9(GSM/UMTS/TD-SCDMA).<br />–In WG4, BCMCS based on 3GPP2 DO release 0 enhance version, covering equipment, signalling, interface etc.<br />–In WG5, Security on WCDMA/TD-SCDMA MBMS service, and Security on CDMA2000 BCMCS service has been studied.<br />–In WG7, the general aspects of mobile TV system are being studied. Such as, General technical requirements for mobile multimedia service; Service Protection technical requirements of Mobile Multimedia Service;Terminal technical requirements of Mobile Multimedia Service, etc.<br />–In WG8, the available frequency for mobile TV in China, frequency resources for terrestrial Mobile TV system are being studied.<br />–In WG9, MBMS related topics are being studied</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-37530850144330187172008-04-22T03:33:00.000-07:002008-04-22T03:37:25.470-07:00Nokia admits DVB-H still not taking off<div align="justify">Nokia's head of internet services has admitted <strong>DVB-H</strong> isn't taking off in the way the firm had hoped, and that customers seem more interested in downloading content than watching broadcasts.<br />Niklas Savander told a conference in Helsinki: "We have seen that there are multiple segments who are not interested in the broadcasting, but rather in downloads", Reuters reports. He also suggested "roll out is slower than... we anticipated a couple of years ago".<br /></div><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192016697833663266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvyrICL_UTX98n9BLGrveAg7jntxQEfzIJG27SKc4rep9cTRf5KNoMn9haIt_dN-dUAOTMuS6Xok-1_wz4YPU44ag5JHcQj4Tyt3-Cv5AGcOToiIU4r3ra3GQrkYWjYL1cnsvW_1ER8Q2/s320/nokia0000.bmp" border="0" /><br />This should come as no surprise to anyone who watches TV. As the living room experience moves steadily towards an on-demand model, it seems perverse for the mobile-TV industry to be deploying a broadcast paradigm. There are situations where everyone wants to watch the same thing at the same time - sporting events or world-shaking news - but the rest of the time 3G networks seem to be sufficient for distributing video.<br />Nokia has <strong>pushed DVB-H very hard in Europe</strong>, and beyond, but there are still only 12 deployments worldwide (and three of those are in Italy).<br />Deploying a new broadcast network is very expensive, and operators are going to have to find innovative ways of clawing that money back if they're going to make any success of mobile video - and that's assuming that punters actually want to watch it anyway.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319028147098868639.post-10023292897061573002008-04-21T04:19:00.000-07:002008-04-21T04:24:24.838-07:00Swisscom will launch DVB-H based mobile TV service on 13 May<div align="justify">Swisscom has said it will launch Bluewin TV mobile on May 13. The mobile version of the TV service of the incumbent telecoms operator will use a <strong>DVB-H network. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191657711661215282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS2I73uPhQFygT8XOKYsjuqGBh-gI45z5L02-c42SHC0aMHkcZGfxow296SGxFMwcRxcR5aUOa4QFTLfKmxRMaxutvg_TZzy8zZoAk7-beTtm7nZEEYyNgSp3QR_SyxEnogPWnAbMcEO4/s400/04-swisscom.jpg" border="0" /></strong>Bluewin TV mobile will cost CHF16 (€9.94) a month or CHF2 per day day and provide customers with mobile access to <strong>20 channels,</strong> including the public services SF1 and TSR1 and commercial broadcasters such as Eurosport. The service will feature an electronic programme guide (EPG) and other additional services.<br />At the moment, <strong>DVB-H</strong> in Switzerland reaches 44% of the population. Customers in and around Basel, Berne, Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne will be able to receive UEFA Euro 2008 football coverage with a DVB-H enabled handset. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191657715956182594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 127px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="180" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQUjYLD29o8wKC6SdYA5qDDQLkd1xtGGMxi6GPRotsdoYyLF5f6L_xsKXW29c1wQr0eaftPoZxiLNEho_N4gvZ0eGAyBJwnvH_l0E9t1DOHAh_fmIyIHt0PJAfS57dLqpqSA2n3_VMDGV/s400/switzerland.gif" width="291" border="0" /><br />If viewers are outside the DVB-H coverage area or don’t possess a DVB-H enabled handset, they will be able to receive Bluewin TV mobile on the Vodafone live! portal using UMTS/EDGE, which covers 99.8% of the population</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0