MiTV and Nokia to launch DVB-H mobile TV service

Nokia and MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd (MiTV) will launch a commercial mobile broadcast TV service based on Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) technology in Malaysia in the second half of 2007.
The collaboration will see Nokia's many commercial mobile TV service rollouts utilising DVB-H technology globally, said MiTV Corporation chairman Datuk Rosman Ridzwan when making the announcement in conjunction with Nokia Connection 2007 and the Broadcast Asia 2007 conference and exhibition yesterday.

The announcement reinforces the new 3G entrant's delivery of Malaysia's first true mobile TV experience to the marketplace.
In the deal, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide MiTV's 018 mobile TV service an end-to-end deployment process which includes implementation, integration and application development services. It will also maintain MiTV's infrastructure on a turnkey basis.