TV channels and not mobile telephony companies should be responsible for the funding of mobile TV distribution. In an interview with Les Echos, Canal+ chief Bertrand Meheut said that TV […]
Time right for mobile TV
TALLINN: LEVIRA DIGITAL BROADCASTING CONFERENCE. The next one to three years are a “window of opportunity” for the launch of commercial mobile TV services around the world, according to Prof. […]
High quality Danish mobile test
Tests of the DVB-H mobile TV system in Copenhagen by Viasat and TDC have concluded the quality of sound and picture to be “extraordinarily good”. The tests involved just 20 […]
FLO Forum membership approves testing plans
The FLO Forum membership has announced it has approved the FLO Series II and FLO Series III testing plans. FLO Series II (FLO Services Testing) is a suite of application […]
Mobile TV for Turkey
The Turkish GSM operator Avea is reported to have introduced a mobile TV service in cooperation with Mobiltürk. Employing EDGE technology, its offer includes such services as the History Channel […]
Research: first mover advantage key in mobile TV standards war
Over the last few months, various market developments have spawned a new dynamic in the broadcast mobile TV marketplace. With the European Commission favouring DVB-H as the pan-European broadcast mobile […]
Go-ahead for Geman mobile TV cooperation
The German competition authority, the Bundeskartelamt, has given the go ahead to three Geman mobile operators, T-Mobile, Vodafone D2 and O2 to launch a joint mobile TV offer. The plan […]
KPN to launch DVB-H during Summer Olympics
Dutch operator KPN said it will launch its DVB-H service in The Netherlands during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The new service will use the infrastructure of KPN’s […]
Belgian pubcaster goes mobile
Belgian public broadcaster VRT has signed a deal with mobile TV operator Proximus to offer its main channel VRT één to customers of the Vodafone Live portal. The channel joins […]
Linden orders YLE to back mobile TV
Finland’s communications minister Suvi Lindén has asked public broadcaster YLE to commence transmissions over mobile TV as soon as possible. The minister said the broadcaster should enter the market as […]