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The N96 has DVB-H on board - and is a very nice device too!
Barely a week after I wrote my last post about DVB-H devices, and the battle they face with the “newcomer” DVB-T devices, another story appears with an opinion – this it’s FOR DVB-H. Silicon.com quotes a Frost & Sullivan report, which says that DVB-H will become the standard for Mobile broadcasting by 2011.
By 2011, analyst house Frost and Sullivan predicts revenues in the DVB-H mobile TV market will be worth €6.8bn, with operators likely to charge users between €7 and €12 per month extra for DVB-H functionality by 2010.
Like with many of these articles, they present really good arguments and strong viewpoints – for me though, the Mobile TV market is really fragmented right now, with lots of disruptive devices out there. They could have multiple radios in them (makes downloading video content easier and more likely faster), or they could have a DVB-T tuner, picking up Free-to-air terrestrial TV. How this all plays out in the next five years is going to be VERY interesting….
[Via: Silicon.com]
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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.
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