Nokia, DD to pilot mobileTV

Global mobility leader Nokia and national broadcaster Doordarshan will launch a pilot project in India for mobile TV. The technology known as DVB-H broadcast mobile TV will be based on Nokia’s open standard-based DVB-H solution. The Nokia mobile broadcast solution will be delivered to Doordarshan via SHAF Broadcast in early 2007.

During the trial, Doordarshan will test the reception quality of the broadcast coverage and explore the options of supporting different service schemes such as advertising and interactive services. The pilot project will also enable Doordarshan to gauge consumer expectations. Mobile TV broadcasting allows the users to watch their favourite TV programmes.

The service works by receiving a digital TV broadcast signal optimised for mobile devices from the air in much the same way as TVs at home do. Broadcast mobile TV is not the same as a streaming video service over 3G or GPRS where each recipient gets a separate copy of the programme stream. Rather, one simultaneous TV stream can be received at any time by any number of users

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