March 19, 2007
Mobile TV warned to standardise
European Commission Viviane Reding has issued a stern warning to those involved in mobile TV to agree on adopting a single technology standard, reports the BBC.
"Ms Reding warned that Europe risked losing a chance to be a global player in the burgeoning mobile TV market. She made her comments during a speech to delegates at the Cebit technology fair in Hanover, Germany.
Ms Reding said a good candidate for this single technology was the DVB-H standard that was developed with almost 40m euros ($53m, £27m) of EC research cash.
She said the fact that DVB-H was already in use in 17 EU nations and that it was an open standard should recommend it to the EMBC members.
The commissioner imposed a deadline of summer 2007 on the mobile TV industry to agree on a standard. "
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