Comments on: Broadcasters Boost Mobile TV With New Standard http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/broadcasters-boost-mobile-tv-with-new-standard/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Coming Soon: 2 Ways to Watch “American Idol” On the Go http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/broadcasters-boost-mobile-tv-with-new-standard/#comment-938821 Coming Soon: 2 Ways to Watch “American Idol” On the Go Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:06:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28825#comment-938821 <p>[...] is miniscule. The Open Mobile Video Coalition is pushing a standard that will allow broadcasters to extend their digital television signals out to devices traveling at rapid speeds, which would result in free broadcast television for phones, televisions [...]</p> [...] is miniscule. The Open Mobile Video Coalition is pushing a standard that will allow broadcasters to extend their digital television signals out to devices traveling at rapid speeds, which would result in free broadcast television for phones, televisions [...]

]]> By: Can Heidi Klum Save MediaFLO? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/broadcasters-boost-mobile-tv-with-new-standard/#comment-913908 Can Heidi Klum Save MediaFLO? - GigaOM Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:57:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28825#comment-913908 <p>[...] Video Coalition (pushing a jointly developed LG and Samsung standard)  are seeking to develop alternate methods to watch TV on the go to avoid being beholden to wireless providers. The OMVC and it’s backers are branching out [...]</p> [...] Video Coalition (pushing a jointly developed LG and Samsung standard)  are seeking to develop alternate methods to watch TV on the go to avoid being beholden to wireless providers. The OMVC and it’s backers are branching out [...]

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Enabling Technology: November 13, 2008 Edition http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/broadcasters-boost-mobile-tv-with-new-standard/#comment-912449 McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Enabling Technology: November 13, 2008 Edition Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:36:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28825#comment-912449 <p>[...] Mobile DTV [...]</p> [...] Mobile DTV [...]

]]> By: Tony Orwin http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/broadcasters-boost-mobile-tv-with-new-standard/#comment-912434 Tony Orwin Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:07:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28825#comment-912434 <p>I am pleased to see the interest in Mobile Television – but amazed to see that energy and time is being expended into developing yet another protocol when the T-DMB system is alive a d quietly expanding into markets all over the globe.</p> <p>Based on the extremely well proven Eureka 147 protocol that encompasses Digital Radio, Data, Broadcast Web sites and Mobile Television, it uses existing and well researched, cost effective components and systems available from multiple vendors.</p> <p>There are a wide variety of receivers - from Mobile Telephones, personal media players, in car units, GPS Sat Nav enabled units and soon Kitchen Radios and even Ghetto Blastsers that will display the Mobile images. Korea alone has over 13 MILLION DMB receivers in use!</p> <p>Whilst the USA is waking up and “smelling the coffee” it should be looking beyond its shores and taking up cost effective and exciting technology that already exists to deliver services that are far beyond those that currently exist in the US or indeed are aspired to.</p> I am pleased to see the interest in Mobile Television – but amazed to see that energy and time is being expended into developing yet another protocol when the T-DMB system is alive a d quietly expanding into markets all over the globe.

Based on the extremely well proven Eureka 147 protocol that encompasses Digital Radio, Data, Broadcast Web sites and Mobile Television, it uses existing and well researched, cost effective components and systems available from multiple vendors.

There are a wide variety of receivers – from Mobile Telephones, personal media players, in car units, GPS Sat Nav enabled units and soon Kitchen Radios and even Ghetto Blastsers that will display the Mobile images. Korea alone has over 13 MILLION DMB receivers in use!

Whilst the USA is waking up and “smelling the coffee” it should be looking beyond its shores and taking up cost effective and exciting technology that already exists to deliver services that are far beyond those that currently exist in the US or indeed are aspired to.

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