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Archive for the 'Mobile TV' Category

MediaFLO in Europe?

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 16th, 2008

Qualcomm today announced that it has acquired 40 MHz (1452-1492 MHz) of L-Band radio spectrum recently auctioned by UK communications regulator Ofcom, at a cost of GPB 8,334,000 ($16.3 million).
The company will look at how peer-to-peer networking can be used in mobile networks, how capacity and in-building coverage can be improved, as well [...]

Broadcasters Unite Around One Mobile TV Standard

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 14th, 2008

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up one finger]
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don’t mean shit.
- City Slicker

LG and Samsung have joined forces to develop a single standard for mobile digital television using broadcaster’s DTV signals. The two companies [...]

ICO Deploys 40 Foot Antenna

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2008

ICO G1, the largest commercial satellite launched to date, today announced the successful deployment of the ICO G1 satellite’s large antenna reflector.
ICO G1 will deliver mobile interactive media services, like mobile video, interactive navigation and emergency communications services to consumers. The Harris antenna reflector enables the ICO satellite to focus 2 GHz S-band signals on [...]

Dish Network Testing DVB-SH

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 24th, 2008

DISH Network (Echostar) and Alcatel-Lucent today announced that DISH Network will test the DVB-SH mobile broadcast technology in the United States. The ultimate objective is to validate the performance and cost-efficiency of the DVB-SH standard.
The DVB-SH standard (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds), is an evolution of DVB-H mobile television standard, and has [...]

Red One, Spike

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 23rd, 2008

Okay it’s not about wireless — yet — but Ted Schilowitz, leader of the Rebellion for Red Digital Cinema, talks to Camcorder info about their new handheld 3K Red Scarlet, which appears to be a done deal.

Red Scarlet features a 8x zoom with a 2/3″ CMOS sensor that records up to 100Mbs a second. Ted [...]

ICO G-1 In Space

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 14th, 2008

The heaviest payload ever launched by an Atlas rocket, Craig McCaw’s ICO G-1 (pdf), achieved successful separation today (video), one of the biggest gambles yet for the telecom entrepreneur, as Telephony Online reports. Ground controllers have acquired the first signals from the ICO G1 spacecraft and delivered the ICO G1 within one nautical mile of [...]

MobiTV Combines Unicast & Multicast

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 14th, 2008

MobiTV (blog) says it will speed up the time between channel changes to less than a second and optimize cellular network backhaul by automatically switching video streams from unicast to multicast.
“We have more users in our system than all the IPTV users in Europe,” Kay Johansson, the company’s CTO, said in an interview with RCR [...]

CTIA Wireless 2008 Show

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 1st, 2008

CTIA WIRELESS 2008, the $500 billion global wireless industry’s largest show opens today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Running April 1-3, it brings together all industries affected by wireless technology with attendees from more than 125 countries and more than 1,200 exhibitors showcasing devices, infrastructure, entertainment and business applications.
Keynote speakers including mobile [...]

AT&T Goes with FLO

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2008

AT&T Mobility has announced that it will offer MediaFLO mobile television service this May. AT&T originally planned to launch their mobile television service late last year.
AT&T’s service will include the same eight-channel lineup that’s on Verizon’s Vcast, which launched a year ago — CBS Mobile, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, Fox Mobile, MTV, [...]

Motorola Announces Wireless Products for CTIA

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 26th, 2008

Today Motorola announced several new media solutions for consumers. Six new products - ranging from a CDMA-based femtocell to a plug-and-play desktop for indoor fixed WiMAX deployments - will debut at next week’s CTIA, April 1-3, 2008 in Las Vegas.

Motorola’s Mobile TV DH02. A touch screen device for multimedia entertainment, TV and navigation on the [...]