Sustainable business models for mobile TV require customer-specific network design [27.10.2009]
The design of a convergent network confronts producers with complex tasks. Particularly in the case of the upcoming mobile TV services, the basic broadcast network normally demands relatively high investment costs. A thorough...
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Poland: mobile TV ready to start [27.10.2009]
Poland is in the starting blocks for mobile TV. The first DVB-H service has been introduced. According to reports in the Gazeta Prawna newspaper the service, which is operated by Info-TV-FM, is expected to start up with 13 TV...
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Hungary: DVB-H service for mobile TV improved [27.10.2009]
Antenna Hungária has added the public channels m1 and m2 to its DVB-H service which can be received in Budapest and the surrounding area. This mobile TV service, which is available free of charge, is used by more than 10,000...
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Germany: re-introduction of DVB-H by T-Mobile? [27.10.2009]
DVB-H could be re-launched in Germany by T-Mobile. According to press reports, T-Mobile want to transmit its “Liga total” football programme via this standard for mobile phone TV. According to the Kress.de media service, Deutsche...
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New standard in the mobile TV race - GSMA announces support for "Integrated Mobile Broadcast" [27.10.2009]
The mobile phone interest group GSM Association (GSMA) has announced its support for Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB). This is a new 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard for mobile data and broadcast services such...
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DiBcom Octopus receiver chip supports world-wide mobile TV standards [30.09.2009]
DiBCom is presenting its new Octopus receiver chip at the IBC, the trade fair for the electronic media industry which takes place in Amsterdam between 11th and 15th September 2009. It should support world-wide digital and mobile...
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Mobile TV to be free of charge and financed by advertising [30.09.2009]
Mobile TV has not yet affected the daily life of the average mobile phone user. For this reason, the product must be made more attractive for consumers, according to Frank Dickson of the market research company Reed Business. New...
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Deutsche Telekom takes a share of an Indian satellite software company [30.09.2009]
Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that it has acquired a 17 percent share of the Indian company Devas Multimedia for 75 Million US dollars. Devas is a partner of the Indian space authority and is worth 443 million US dollars. The...
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Still a great deal of potential in mobile TV [30.09.2009]
As regards figures, mobile TV is lagging behind expectations, but there is lot of as yet unused potential. After all, mobile TV combines two of the biggest media, TV and the mobile phone. Analysts from In-Stat, a part of Reed...
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Analogue mobile phone television is booming [30.09.2009]
According to current market analyses, 54 million mobile phones which are capable of receiving analogue TV will be in circulation towards the end of 2009. The number will increase rapidly to 300 million by 2012. “Analogue mobile...
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