Mobile DTV Alliance
p2p news / p2pnet: Motorola, Intel, Modeo, Nokia and Texas Instruments say they’ve linked up under the Mobile DTV Alliance, “to promote the growth and evolution of Digital Video Broadcasting”.
The partnership is, “an open industry consortium that focuses on promoting the best practices and open standards to deliver premium-quality broadcast television to mobile devices in North America,” say the five on their new site.
“Using mobile devices capable of decoding DVB-H signals, users will be able to receive live TV programming from the mobile TV function directly on their phone and other devices,” they say in a joint statement. “In addition, users will benefit from on-demand and interactive programming that would utilize the cellular network, thereby increasing revenue opportunities for operators.”
More than 10 DVB-H network trials that have either concluded or are currently underway in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries, they say, adding that by 2007, “most US major markets are expected to have DVB-H infrastructure built out and ready for deployment.”
And you thought people talking on mobiles while they drive was a serious hazard?
Also See:
statement – Intel, Modeo, Motorola, Nokia and Texas Instruments Working Together to Drive the Future of Mobile Entertainment, January 23, 2006
