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Europe chooses Nokia’s DVB-H as the preferred medium for broadcast television delivery

Categories: Announcements, Nokia
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 at 5:15 AM

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I simply don’t get it. Can someone explain to me why anyone in their right mind would want to watch TV on such a small screen? Not only that, but the internet and tivo have changed the way that we as consumers watch content. After I got broadband my television use declined rapidly, the only time I actually turn the damn thing on is in the morning so I can have something to listen to while drinking coffee. That being said, the European Union has selected Nokia’s DVB-H standard and has just backhanded Qualcomm’s MediaFlo technology and South Korea’s T-DMB. Expect the standard to be published in a couple of weeks.

Call me when video on demand happens or they throw tivo’s into cellphones.

[Via: Information Week]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Christian

    Umm… first off the DVB-H standard has been finalised for some time now. Secondly it’s not owned or produced solely by Nokia (it’s an ETSI standard) – they just happen to be one of several companies that are keen on that standard. Thirdly, some TV phones (including Nokia’s N92 and N77 which are both already shipping) *do* have Tivo-like time-shifting functionality.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    I meant the EU will publish it in mid July as the article states.

    Does the N77 or N92 allow me to record a show on a timed schedule?