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Orange (France) is to roll out a new Mobile service later in 2008 that apparently is going to have 6 TV channels and VoD (Video On Demand) for TV, PC, and most importantly, Mobile!
Orange made the “convergence” announcement at the MIPTV 2008 event held in Cannes – logical really, since IPTV in many ways will form the backbone of the service.
The service will have 6 channels, 5 of which will be different, and the sixth which will simulcast in HD. In parallel, there will also be on-demand programming to TV, PC, and Mobile.
The Mobile service will be 3G strreaming, and I would suspect this still to be Unicast, as oppose to the Multicast MBMS servivce that is being touted as as a possible challenger to DVB-H.
Come on Orange, bring some convergent love over to the UK – we won’t bite, honest!
[Via: PCAdvisor.co.uk]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
