[opendtv] Re: Plans For Mobile TV Network In Europe Stall
- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OpenDTV" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:37:08 -0400
Bert,
Does this article say that subscription DVB-H plans were cancelled in favor
of FOTA DVB-T?
It's April 2000 in the Nevada desert all over again. If only the Sinclair
petition...
John
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From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:45 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Plans For Mobile TV Network In Europe Stall
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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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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