NAB Showcases Mobile DTV

Armed with a new industry standard in hand—quite literally, in the case of future devices—and laying claim to some of the best real estate available at the NAB Show this month, ATSC Mobile DTV proponents are counting on all the stars aligning in Las Vegas for the launch of what some see as a “game-changer” for the broadcast industry.

Situated in the heart of the Grand Lobby of the LVCC at NAB (April 12-15), the Mobile DTV Marketplace will demo a wide array of consumer devices rolling out in the near future. The marketplace is being sponsored by a quartet of heavy hitters: the Advanced Television Systems Committee, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Open Mobile Video Coalition, and [...]

Mobile Digital Television Efficiently Uses Broadcast Spectrum for Critical Delivery of Live, Local Information and Emergency Alerts on Mobile Devices

Mobile Digital Television, the latest development in over-the-air TV broadcasting, is the ideal method for reaching millions of viewers at once with its native “one to many” delivery method that efficiently uses the radiofrequency spectrum. The Open Mobile Video Coalition, which represents nearly 900 broadcast TV stations, today called newly-emerging Mobile DTV a critical ingredient to insure that all Americans can quickly and easily receive news and information, emergency alerts, and their favorite broadcast TV [...]

Mobile DTV Broadcasting

On January 8, 2010, thanks to the Open Mobile Video Coalition’s new ATSC Mobile DTV Standard, TV stations across the U.S. announced that they will start Mobile DTV Broadcasting this [...]