Three Different Technologies Are Currently Fighting It Out to Be the Standard for Mobile TV Broadcast Technology: DVB-H, DMB And Mediaflo
Posted on: Monday, 23 January 2006, 09:00 CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31344) has announced the addition of Broadcast TV to Mobile - A Solution Looking for a Problem? to their offering.
The latest frontier of convergence is the broadcasting of TV content to mobile phones. Today, consumers are able to download short video clips over 2.5G and 3G networks, but in the next few years broadcast networks and next-generation handsets will be deployed which will enable consumers to watch broadcast TV on their mobile phone screens.
This report describes the technological aspect of broadcast TV to mobile. It analyzes the transmission standards and reviews the required technology. The report analyzes the content of mobile TV services which are likely to be broadcast and provides an overview of trials across the world. An outlook of broadcast to mobile TV revenue until 2009 is also provided.
There are three different technologies fighting it out to be the standard for mobile TV broadcast technology: DVB-H, DMB and MediaFLO. DMB is the only technology currently being used in commercial services. Each technology has its own pros and cons, but in global market share terms we expect DVB-H to be the long-term leader. We are concerned by some of the astronomical forecasts currently in the market place from a variety of groups with regards the growth prospects for broadcast TV to mobile services. With radio spectrum rights, a crucially significant factor, as yet still unresolved, the planned commercial launches could yet be halted.
Key reasons to read this report
-- Understand how the broadcast to mobile TV market has developed and is going to develop.
-- Discover the challenges mobile operators in particular have to overcome.
-- Get to know our market forecast for broadcast TV to mobile revenue from 2004 until 2009.
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31344
Source: Business Wire
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