Mobile DTV News from the Net - Page 2

Aaron62 · 07-17-2009, 03:51 PM

msnbc.com has an article today which I've highlighted a few quotes from. The article even questions whether cell phone company's will want to add digital tuners to phones if ATSC M/H doesn't provide any additional revenue for them.

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Trials are underway around the country in cities such as Chicago, New York and Raleigh, N.C. The biggest test pond will be Washington, D.C., where broadcasters have the attention of what may be the nation's most powerful audience — politicians. "We already have two stations on the air there, and we'll have the rest of our stations on air by next week," said Schelle.

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"There are 250 million of them out there," said Schelle. It's not clear whether wireless carriers are as enthusiastic.

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"A $200 phone can be discounted; maybe it's free, or maybe it's $50. But it costs extra to put these extra components — like a digital TV tuner — in, and if there's not revenue in there for the carriers, then why would they offer it, and at what subsidy would they offer it?" she said. "Those are the question marks."

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That exposure could come via additional tech gear that could broadcast local TV, including netbooks, little laptops weighing 2 to 3 pounds.
"Consumers are certainly snapping those up, with 30 million sold over the last year-and-a-half," said Schelle. Also in line for digital TV tuners: rear-seat entertainment units in vehicles, personal media players, DVD players and regular laptops.
Dell showed a prototype of its Inspiron Mini 10 netbook with the mobile DTV tuner at the National Association of Broadcasters' meeting last spring. On July 28, Dell is slated to do a demonstration in Washington, D.C., letting lawmakers test out netbooks that have been "hand-configured" with the mobile TV technology, a company spokeswoman said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31948802...h_and_gadgets/

O-O · 07-17-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron62

msnbc.com has an article today which I've highlighted a few quotes from. The article even questions whether cell phone company's will want to add digital tuners to phones if ATSC M/H doesn't provide any additional revenue for them.

Free mobile TV could be reality next year - Tech & gadgets- msnbc.com

Just like we've been saying all along. Which carrier wants to add a free service to their phone. I read the whole article, and they kind of hint at PC tuner cards jump starting the mobile DTV movement, but it doesn't exactly sound promising for cell phone owners. There has to be quite a few analog handheld TV owners waiting to buy ATSC-M/H too.

HTNut · 07-25-2009, 05:10 PM

39% of the population will be able to receive atsc-m/h signals by 2010. Too bad there isn't a device out yet that can receive them.

I'm thinking that I will be one of the early adopters of a handheld after a few of them are available for me to choose from. I'd like to see memory card slots and maybe even a usb or rca for video output would be nice too.

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By year-end, the OMVC predicts that 70 stations in 28 markets, covering 39 percent of the country, will launch mobile DTV. "We don't expect real mobile devices to be available for sale until CES time [January]," Schelle said.

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The R&D markets in Atlanta and Seattle, involving two stations in each city, will give mobile receiver makers the opportunity to test prototypes of their products under actual transmission conditions. Open Mobile Video Coalition Executive Director Anne Schelle said she expects the handset devices to begin testing in the R&D markets next month.

Mobile DTV Standard Moves Forward, by Craig Johnston

Piggie · 07-25-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by O-O

Just like we've been saying all along. Which carrier wants to add a free service to their phone.

Well I am glad an "expert" in the field confirmed what was obvious.

O-O · 07-25-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by HTNut

39% of the population will be able to receive atsc-m/h signals by 2010. Too bad there isn't a device out yet that can receive them.

I'm thinking that I will be one of the early adopters of a handheld after a few of them are available for me to choose from. I'd like to see memory card slots and maybe even a usb or rca for video output would be nice too.

Mobile DTV Standard Moves Forward, by Craig Johnston

Testing begins next month but I'm surprised none of the manufactures are racing to get their products out on the market. Wonder if the FCC is keeping them from selling anything with a atsc-m/h tuner until a certain date.

Piggie · 07-25-2009, 08:47 PM

Reading between the lines, I think the devices will first be put in the hands of testers as opposed to going to Best Buy then making a lot of bad feelings if this things doesn't work.

Aaron62 · 07-28-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Piggie

Reading between the lines, I think the devices will first be put in the hands of testers as opposed to going to Best Buy then making a lot of bad feelings if this things doesn't work.

I wonder how much money is being invested into the mobile dtv market between the Open Mobile Video Coalition and all of the broadcasters. Has to be in the tens of millions.

Trip · 07-28-2009, 06:39 PM

Well, the bigger question is how much is being invested above what would be spent anyway. For example, until last Friday I was at a TV station, and we'd be in the market for a new exciter anyway, so what's the difference between an exciter with Mobile DTV and one without it? I can't imagine it's a huge difference.

Of course, I don't know what additional equipment is needed besides the exciter.

- Trip

Piggie · 07-28-2009, 11:20 PM

Trip, had the US adopted DVB would we even need a separate mobile standard?

Trip · 07-29-2009, 06:39 AM

Probably. DVB-T is a different standard from DVB-H, but functions in much the same manner as ATSC-M/H does to standard ATSC. I think. I'm not 100% sure on that.

- Trip


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