[opendtv] Re: Plans For Mobile TV Network In Europe Stall
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:01:10 -0400
So our decision at Viacel to ignore DVB-H, stay with DVB-T and argue
that free over the air DTV coupled with PPV and a subscription service
was the best business plan is catching on.
Of course today that would be using DVB-T2 or CDMB-T or whatever they
call it now.
Waiting for the granting of an extension of our STA to try new
receivers with the Chinese Standard at the moment.
Bob Miller
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So that's what's been happening to DVB-H. Like interactive TV, these
> news items are hard to come by, although I think they are every bit as
> important as the hype that preceded them.
>
> This lends support, I think, for making the M/H streams FOTA. It would
> also lend support for an effort to make 8T-VSB receivers that are more
> optimized for mobile use.
>
> Bert
>
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> http://www.videsignline.com/news/209902792;jsessionid=1KN2NOT3LYZ4EQSNDL
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> August 01, 2008
>
> Plans For Mobile TV Network In Europe Stall
>
> By W. David Gardner
>
> Efforts in Europe to establish subscriber-paid mobile TV service were
> set back when a consortium in Germany decided to end plans to launch a
> DVB-H (handheld) network, according to published reports in Germany this
> week.
>
> The collapse of the effort by Mobile 3.0 was attributed at least
> partially by the failure of established wireless service providers,
> which generally don't support paid TV, to support DVB-H. Most service
> providers support an alternate DVB-T (terrestrial) effort, which would
> transmit to wireless consumers free of charge.
>
> Burda and Holtzbrink, both publishing houses, and South African media
> company Naspers have thrown in the towel and won't launch a DVB-H
> network in Europe, the reports said.
>
> Their effort wasn't helped when service providers said they plan to
> introduce mobile TV devices that use the free DVB-T technology. Noting
> that subscribers aren't likely to favor the idea of paying for TV on top
> of their often hefty wireless charges, service provider Vodafone has
> said it favors a mobile TV strategy whereby consumers pay for add-on
> video services that are offered in conjunction with free mobile TV.
> Mobile 3.0 had planned to charge monthly fees of as much as $10 to $15.
>
> The Mobile 3.0 group had begun testing a service with nine TV channels
> and three radio stations.
>
> The German situation isn't likely to influence the delivery of mobile TV
> in the United States, which is still in its embryonic stage. To date, no
> major third-party providers of mobile TV have emerged in the United
> States.
>
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