[opendtv] Re: New development in broadcast TV to handheld devices

  • From: Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:49:54 -0400

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Bob Miller

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John Shutt wrote:
>
>> Cell phones aren't the only mobile platform. DVB-T USB 'thumbdrive'
>> receivers work amazingly well in laptops while mobile. European
>> auto manufacturers offer DVB-T receivers as part of the rear seat
>> entertainment system. Portable DVD player/DTV receiver with
>> integrated 7" screens are available.
>
> Fine, but those examples are outside the topic of the article.
>
> The question is, how to incorporate efficient TV broadcast into cell
> phones, to hopefully unload the unicast TV services the cell companies
> are now offering.
>
> Assuming that TV to cell phones is a viable market, which I continue to
> question but the article sort of assumed going in, then you have to make
> this new function something that the bean counters in the cellcos can
> love.
>
> The reason DVB-H is not proving successful has nothing to do with
> "because DVB-T 'as is' is good enough." It has to do with, there's
> nothing in it for the cellco.
>
> Exactly the same as here.
>
> Bert
>
>
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