Alcatel-Lucent (AlcaLu) has signed an equipment and services contract with 3 Italia, for the expansion and optimisation of it’s Mobile TV broadcast network in Italy. The solution is based on DVB-H terrestrial transmitters (as oppose to the satellite-based DVB-SH), and will allow 3 to increase the indoor and outdoor coverage. Interestingly, the AlcaLu solution supports DVB-T,

Mobile TV hasn’t even been launched in most countries yet, and there’s already new technologies ready to take its place. DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds) was selected by the European Union as its official standard for Mobile TV. At this year’s IFA in Berlin, Alcatel-Lucent has demonstrated a technology dubbed DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcast –

China Mobile, one of the Olympic sponsors, has built TD-SCDMA networks in six key Olympic host cites, notes Market Watch. The Olympic handsets feature dual mode GSM/TD-SCDMA standards and come with chips for satellite TV, using China’s Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting. It’s similar to Europe’s DVB-SH standard for digital video broadcast. … Read Original Post

China Mobile, one of the Olympic sponsors, has built TD-SCDMA networks in six key Olympic host cites, notes Market Watch. The Olympic handsets feature dual mode GSM and come with chips for satellite TV, using China’s Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting). It’s similar to Europe’s DVB-SH standard for digital video broadcast. It uses both satellites and terrestrial

Although Raleigh, North Carolina is set to become one of the first DVB-SH test markets in America, WRAL is already testing out yet another standard. The station known nationwide for taking its local newscasts to the world of HD while everyone else sat and moped in their SD control rooms is currently teaming with CBC in order to test out the ATSC-compatible MPH mobile television transmission system

Hughes Network Systems, the broadband satellite provider, today announced that it will provide Wayport Wi-Fi to its HughesNet subscribers at locations across the U.S., including hotels, Hertz airport locations and 10,000 McDonald's restaurants. Wayport's Wi-Fi package is available to HughesNet subscribers for $14.99 a month. It will give subscribers unlimited Wi-Fi …

Short but sweet - Echostar were very successful in the recent FCC spectrum auctions in the US - and a lot of people were pointing to the fact that the Satellite Pay-TV operator was going to go Mobile. As some of you probably already know, Echostar also snared SlingMedia not so very long ago, so

DISH Network (Echostar) and Alcatel-Lucent today announced that DISH Network will test the DVB-SH mobile broadcast technology in the United States. The ultimate objective is to validate the performance and cost-efficiency of the DVB-SH standard. The DVB-SH standard (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds), is an evolution of DVB-H …

DISH Network Corporation and Alcatel-Lucent today announced that DISH Network will test the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile broadcast technology in the United States, with the appropriate DVB-SH equipment, test tools and training provided by Alcatel-Lucent. This evaluation will take place in DISH Network's laboratories in Atlanta, Ga. from May to

Dish Network isn't wasting time as it considers what technology might be the best fit for spectrum it recently won in the 700 MHz auction. The company partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to test DVB-SH mobile TV broadcast technology with equipment, tools and training provided by infrastructure vendor. ... - Matt Kapko