http://tinyurl.com/5f6ehh

WRAL Airs First Local Mobile Digital TV Signals
By Rhonda Wickham
WirelessWeek - July 23, 2008

This week, digital TV company WRAL and Capitol Broadcasting Company’s (CBC) New Media Group are conducting a field test of mobile digital TV technology in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. market.

The Triangle field test will demonstrate the new MPH system, which lets local broadcasters deliver digital television to mobile devices such as wireless phones, laptops and personal media players.

Two channels of specially encoded video will be broadcast over WRAL-DT for reception by prototype mobile handheld receivers. The test is intended to demonstrate mobile DTV reception in typical mobile customer environments such as riding in a car and walking in a park.

The MPH system takes advantage of digital TV’s multicast capabilities by using the same signal that brings over-the-air HDTV to viewers’ homes to also deliver mobile TV to handheld or other portable devices.

Helping with the field trials are Harris Corporation, LG Electronics and Zenith. The MPH system is a candidate for the new mobile DTV standard now being finalized by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.

WRAL-TV and CBC are part of the Open Mobile Video Coalition, which is a nationwide group of broadcasters driving the deployment of mobile digital broadcast television. Commercial deployments are expected next year.

7/23/2008 1:28:42 PM

it reminds me of

7/23/2008 1:45:44 PM

^ OH SHIT MY BROTHER HAD THAT HAHA

7/23/2008 1:48:59 PM

haha I bet the battery life on that setup was awesome

7/23/2008 2:16:15 PM

wral really does innovate

7/23/2008 2:38:50 PM

The cellphone companies will likely not support it, because they won't make any money on the deal. Good luck trying to get AT&T and Verizon to support it as a free OTA program when they both have their own MobileTV services that they are charging for.

7/23/2008 2:46:44 PM

exactly.... this is chinese technology, there's near zero chance of getting that here

7/23/2008 2:56:57 PM

i still want a game gear for christmas.

7/23/2008 9:21:26 PM

so is this a different technology from what the phones use in japan (or is it korea?)

7/23/2008 10:02:30 PM

Quote :

"typical mobile customer environments such as riding in a car and walking in a park."

I donno about you guys, but I'm not up to watching tv on my mobile while walking in a park. I'd have a much more pressing matter of navigating the trail, trying not to trip or run into joggers then laugh at me for failing to exercise.

7/23/2008 10:18:18 PM

tailgating after Feb 2009 will be a bitch.....wait nevermind the tv will be stationary in a parking lot with an antenna that is stationary. I guess watching a game on tv while in the stadium it could be useful.

7/25/2008 10:50:09 AM

Why can't the mobile handsets just use a regular ATSC tuner? Why do they need their own broadcast and receiving hardware?

7/25/2008 11:45:23 AM