Mobiles reviews - dvb-h

NDS chosen to power SMM for IPTV and Mobile TV in Russia

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:35:18 +0000

Sistema Mass Media (SMM) has chosen a suite of NDS technologies to secure and manage both its IPTV and mobile TV platforms - resulting in the delivery of a true convergence play for it’s subscriber services. NDS’s Unified Headend(TM) will cover set-top boxes, PCs, and a variety of Mobile devices. The NDS Unified Headend(TM) integrates conditional [...]

Singaporean Operators to test Mobile TV services

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:24:16 +0000

The three MNOs in Singapore, M1, SingTel and StarHub, along with the national broadcaster MediaCorp, are going to jointly condut a consumber Mobile TV trial using DVB-H next month. During the trial, 300 customers (across the MNOs) will be able to see six dedicated channels. The handset on offer will be (slightly unsurprisingly) the Samsung [...]

AlcaLu and SpeedCast form JV to offer DVB-H-based mobile TV in Asia

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:53:48 +0000

Alcatel Lucent and SpeedCast Ltd announced a tie-up to develop and commercialize a shared, hosted DVB-H platform for mobile TV operators in Asia.The companies are going to work together to leverage their tech, content delivery, and infrastructure solution to build a new Moby TV platform, that should deliver 20 TV channels for broadcast. Offering this kind [...]

Nokia and Samsung to collaborate on DVB-H and DRM standards

Fri, 23 May 2008 15:56:08 +0000

Samsung and Nokia have announced that they are going to work together to boost the adoption of DVB-H services - they will do this by enabling interoperability of their devices, and Nokia's DVB-H network delivery system. The manufacturers are going to deliver solutions based on the OMA-BCAST standard - previously Samsung had used the CBMS [...]

Samsung add to DVB-H devices with SGH-P960

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:57:43 +0000

Samsung has shown off a "new" mobile phone, the "SGH-P960" in response to the EU choice of DVB-H as the Euro Mobile TV standard. This builds on previous P9xx series devices, to provide a 2.6-inch QVGA screen and 3.0MP camera. A number of device manufacturers support DVB-H (notables including Nokia, Motorola, LG, and of course Samsung), [...]

Analysis: Mobile TV standards problem may never be solved

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:36:34 +0000

From previous posts, you might know that I am always quite optimistic about Mobile TV - well a report from In-stat is a real humdinger in terms of good and bad news - the good being that the M-TV market could be worth $12bn in 2012, the bad being that the fragmented standards are here [...]

Echostar to go DVB-SH….?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:32:39 +0000

Short but sweet - Echostar were very successful in the recent FCC spectrum auctions in the US - and a lot of people were pointing to the fact that the Satellite Pay-TV operator was going to go Mobile. As some of you probably already know, Echostar also snared SlingMedia not so very long ago, so [...]

Swiss to get access to more TV channels

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:39:36 +0000

A new service is to be added to Swisscom's mobile TV menu - Bluewin TV mobile will available on the new DVB-H network that is being rolled out, giving a quality that is claimed to be as good as home TV sets, with customer having access to 20 channels! Swisscom already has a pedigree in mobile [...]

U Mobile launches commercially

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:09:29 +0000

U Mobile, Malaysia’s newest 3G wireless network operator, has launched commercially having trialled its network in the Klang Valley since September. U Mobile, in which South Korea’s KTF and NTT DoCoMo of Japan invested a combined USD200 million to purchase a 33% joint stake last December, held a ceremony to launch the 3G service in [...]

Motorola DH02 - Mobile or TV?

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:42:51 +0000

Now you might remember I have mentioned about the Motorola DH01 (here and here) - but already it's successor (?) is upon us, with more Mobile Multimedia goodness! The "Motorola DH02 mobile phone" will apparently have a 480×272 resoution screen (physical size 4.3 inch), which will support 25fps video. There is also enough memory for a [...]

Who will profit from Mobile TV?

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:21:23 +0000

PC World (the news site, not the shop…) is carrying a story that's questioning who is going to make money from Mobile TV. A lack of business models, and the fact that consumers are moving away from broadcast are key reasons it cites. It goes on to say that equipment vendors (infrastructure and handsets) are the [...]

Iran can watch TV on their Cell phones

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:33:54 +0000

(IRIB chief Ezzatollah Zarghami watches Mobile TV on a device) Mobile devices are bringing broadcast TV to Iranian users, utilising DVB-H technology, reports Press TV. The service is currently delivering 10 TV and 4 radio channels to Mobiles, inlcuding 24/7 English-language news channel Press TV.Apparently the project has started in Tehran (the Iranian capital), and will soon [...]

Huawei adds Mobile TV Tuner to USB Pebble Modem

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:08:53 +0000

Huawei has upgraded its USB pebble HSDPA modem to include a digital TV tuner. As many of you may already know Huawei is active in a number of areas within Mobile - both as an equipment manufacturer, but also as a channel for other vendors. The Pebble, (otherwise known as the E510) inlcudes HSDPA up to [...]

Rivals race to bring Olympic Games to Mobile

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:48:06 +0000

An industry expert has said that the 2012 games will "do for mobile TV what the Coronation did for early television" - so says Phil Lehmann, senior product manager of T-Mobile's mobile TV division. In the meanwhile, MNOs are deciding which Mobile TV techology to put their money and time behind. Part of that technology decision [...]

Motorola invests in Quantum

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:48:05 +0000

Motorola, through Motorola Ventures, has just announced a strategic investment in "Quantum SPA". Now you might know quantum better as the manufacturer of the DH01 for Motorola (remember that, the DVB-H portable player, which I reported on here) - so the fact that Motorola are investing to me suggests a real push for DVB-H - [...]