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Nokia admits DVB-H is not succeeding

article published on 14 April, 2008

The world's largest mobile phone handset manufacturer Nokia has admitted that mobile television broadcasting is not catching on as previously expected. Despite the support for the DVB-H standard which is backed heavily by Nokia, only a few operators in Europe have opened any TV broadcasting services. The European Union backed the DVB-H standard last year. "It's a bit in a turmoil," Niklas ... [ read the full article ]

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maryjayne
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_ 		15. April 2008 @ 08:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They shouldnt have had high expectations for Mobile TV. First they have to rely on consumers to purchase the more expensive mobile phones to support the feature. Second they have to hope that consumers are willing to pay $x.xx per kbyte of data transfer to watch TV on their phone. A majority of the population are not going to pay big bucks to watch low quality TV on their phone let alone purchase the higher end model of phones to get the necessary features.

Good luck at getting this project to take off.
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1gadget
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_ 		16. April 2008 @ 05:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by maryjayne:
 Second they have to hope that consumers are willing to pay $x.xx per kbyte of data transfer to watch TV on their phone.
In DVB-H you don't pay per kbyte...

And at the moment there is no subscription fee for Finnish services.
http://www.mobiilitv.fi/MobiiliTV/9355
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