UK, Korea to Trial Mobile TV, Radio Tech

UK mobile operator Orange and a number of broadcast and multimedia companies have agreed to work with UK and Korean companies on a comparative UK mobile multimedia trial utilizing the UK’s existing DAB Digital Radio infrastructure to deliver mobile digital radio and TV services.
Trial participants from both countries include: Orange, BT Livetime, Arqiva, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, SMG Television, Virgin Radio, GCap Media, Emap, Celador, Frontier Silicon, ETRI, Samsung, LG, Perstel, OnTimeTek and Pixtree.
Korea Herald: The trial will compare the technological aspects of the different applications of the World DAB Eureka 147 standard; the Korean terrestrial DMB application and the enhanced packet IP based variant implemented in the United Kingom by BT Livetime.
The comparative trial of DAB-based multimedia technologies will allow U.K. users to receive audio, video and interactive content on mobile handsets.

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