Twelve Major Broadcast Groups to Form Joint Venture to Develop National Mobile Content Service

LAS VEGAS, April 13 /PRNewswire/ — Belo Corp., Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps Co., Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television Inc., ION Television, Media General Inc., Meredith Corp., NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations Inc. and Raycom Media today announced plans to form a standalone joint venture to develop a new national mobile content service. Utilizing existing broadcast spectrum, [...]

PCWorld Reviews MDTV ATSC-M/H Gadgets

PCWorld’s John R. Quain takes a look at current MDTV ATSC-M/H gadgets and gives you a quick rundown on LG Digital Television / DVD Player, LG KB770 Smartphone, and the Valups Mobile DTV Wifi receiver.

Despite all the hype about televisions’ being turned off in droves in favor of Hulu and YouTube, live TV remains easily [...]

ATSC-M/H, Another Opportunity for DiBcom

DiBcom, the market leader in dedicated components for mobile TV reception, will be demonstrating its Octopus programmable platform at the NAB Show, which runs from 12 to 15 April in Las Vegas.

As the United States launches into a new mobile television venture with the ATSC M/H standard, a “mobile” derivative of the DTT standard currently used in North America (ATSC), operators face the question of the business model, just as they have with DVB-H in Europe. DiBcom has used its experience to develop a flexible platform, called Octopus, which enables manufacturers to enter the field at reduced [...]

Boston’s WGBH Broadcasts Region’s First ATSC Mobile Video Service with Thomson Platform from Grass Valley

Paris, France/Nevada City, Calif. March 23, 2010 – WGBH, the public broadcaster in Boston, Mass and the leading producer for PBS, has installed a new Thomson mobile video transmission system from Grass Valley™, based on the ATSC A/153 standard. WGBH’s mobile video service was launched in late 2009 with additional channels added in 2010.

In addition [...]

LG Electronics Showcases Assortment of Cell Phones Equipped With Broadcast Digital TV Reception

Showing wireless operators how they can harness the emergence of broadcast mobile digital television (DTV), LG Electronics today demonstrated three prototype cell phone models that receive the new mobile DTV signals now being transmitted by nearly four dozen broadcast stations around the country. With hundreds of stations expected to sign on the air using the newly-minted technology this year and demand for truly mobile, portable DTV reception on the rise, LG is showing the handsets to wireless industry executives at the CTIA Wireless 2010 conference here this [...]

Envivio 4Caster C42 Delivers Highest Quality Video for Mobile TV Broadcast Applications

Envivio Inc. today introduced Envivio 4Caster™ C42 for Mobile Broadcast, a new generation of video encoder/transcoder for delivering Mobile TV broadcast services in markets around the world. Combining the processing power of the latest Intel multi-core server processors with Envivio’s newest high-efficiency, high-quality Extreme™ video codec, 4Caster C42 for Mobile Broadcast provides full support for the world’s most important mobile TV broadcast standards including ATSC-M/H for Mobile DTV, CMMB, DVB-H and [...]

Mobile Video and TV in the US: An Assessment

Coda Research Consultancy Ltd. has released a new 34 page report thoroughly assessing the mobile TV and video market and behaviour in the US. This report includes revenue and user projections to 2015, in-depth analysis of challenges and opportunities, and recommendations throughout. [...]

DVEO Introduces Small Form Factor ATSC M/H Test Modulator That Emulates Broadcast M/H Transmissions

DVEO, the broadcast division of CMI, has announced that its latest product, a compact test modulator for emulating mobile digital TV signals, is now shipping. DVEO will demonstrate the eYeCatcher ATSC M/H at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show in Las Vegas, April 12-15, at Booth SU2709.

Designed for use in development labs and for technology demonstration purposes, DVEO’s eYe Catcher ATSC M/H is a portable frequency agile modulator with IP, ASI, or SMPTE 310M input and ATSC M/H output. It delivers real time or stored video to cell phones, PDAs, handhelds, and [...]

Triveni Digital Execs to Present at Broadcast Engineering Conference During the 2010 NAB Show

March 01, 2010 — DMN Newswire — Triveni Digital today announced that the company’s chief technology officer, Dr. Richard Chernock, and the company’s vice president of sales and head of marketing, Ralph Bachofen, will be presenting at the Broadcast Engineering Conference during the 2010 NAB Show. Speaking on the subject of advanced TV platforms, Chernock will take part in the “New Technologies for Television” session, scheduled for 2 p.m., April 14, in LVCC Room S228. Bachofen will speak on broadcast service quality monitoring strategies as part of the “Television Test and Measurement” session at 10 a.m., April 15, in LVCC Room S228. [...]