Mobile DTV Alliance backs DVB-H

Posted on Monday, January 23 2006 @ 22:35 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

ARS Technica reports the Mobile DTV Alliance has backed the DVB-H digital video broadcasting standard and they take a critical look at it..

Today at the NATPE Mobile++ 2006 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, a cadre of technology companies announced that they were coming together to promote the Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H) specification. The newly-formed Mobile DTV Alliance includes Nokia, Intel, Motorola, Texas Instruments, and Modeo. All five are hoping that users with cell phones, PDAs, and "Me Pods" (just a guess) will want to tune in to TV broadcasts while on the go, and they believe that that DVB-H delivers the best quality at the most reasonable bandwidth.

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