[opendtv] Re: ATSC Receives 10 Proposals for Mobile-Handheld TV Standard

Perhaps, but 

1) there wouldn't have been ten proposals;
2) the adopted system wouldn't be compatible with 8-VSB, but would have been
compatible with DVB-T;
3) the proposals wouldn't have been as advanced; and
4) adoption would have been problematic in the meantime, since it would
have;
5) at least partially been disrupted by the dtv transition itself.

Also, think about this:

These proposals are outside of the "Grand Alliance" process/paradigm, in
that they will all be evaluated on what I presume to be a relatively even
playing field, with BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY being required.

It would be kinda cool to get the possibility for more bits, but I guess
that's the '1999' argument and not the '2000' one.  :-)

This will definitely spur some type of a 'response' from dtg ...

John Willkie


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Just, like, wow!

(Remember, Mark Richer, you could have had all this in 2000.)

John

http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0014/t.6837.html

June 22, 2007

The Advanced Television Systems Committee has received 10 submissions in 
response to its request for proposals for its Mobile and Handheld Standard 
(ATSC-M/H).
Last month the ATSC issued an RFP for the standard, which is designed to 
send broadcasters' over-the-air DTV signals to portable devices. The RFP 
came after two competing mobile DTV formats were promoted at NAB2007--A-VSB,

a proposed standard jointly developed by Samsung and Rohde & Schwarz; and 
MPH, which is being promoted by LG Electronics and Harris Corp. Both 
standards were among the 10 proposals submitted to the ATSC. The other eight

include:

Coding Technologies
Coherent Logix, Inc.
DTS, Inc.
Mobile DTV Alliance
Micronas Semiconductor, Inc.
Nokia, Inc.
Thomson
Qualcomm

"It is exhilarating to see this amount of interest from the industry," said 
ATSC President Mark Richer. "We look forward to reviewing all of the 
submitted proposals for the ATSC-M/H standard."

Richer says that the ATSC would like to have such a standard in place as 
soon as possible to facilitate the development of equipment for this 
service. According to Richer, a number of companies are interested in having

mobile/handheld devices ready for the marketplace to coincide with the 
initiation of digital-only TV broadcasting in February 2009. He noted that 
recent interest in mobile and handheld television has begun to attract new 
members into the ATSC, including automobile manufacturer General Motors, and

Delphi, a leading auto electronic equipment supplier.

In a related development this week, the Open Mobile Video Coalition, a group

of television broadcasters interested in promoting over-the-air mobile TV 
services, drafted an open letter to equipment manufacturers, urging them to 
participate in the on-going mobile television standardization process begun 
by the ATSC.

The letter states that members of the Open Mobile Video Coalition fully 
support the ATSC push for developing a backwardly compatible standard for 
mobile and handheld television reception. The coalition also stressed 
cooperation among all players to avoid another "format war" situation, 
citing AM stereo, Betamax and VHS and most recently, the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD 
contest for acceptance.

The Open Mobile Video Coalition was formed by Belo Corp., Fox Television 
Stations, Gannett Broadcasting, Gray Television, ION Media Networks, NBC and

Telemundo Television Stations, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune 
Broadcasting Co. Together, these groups own and operate more than 280 
television stations reaching 95 million homes.


 
 
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