Lawmakers, policy makers, broadcasters
and consumer electronics vendors today gathered in Washington, D.C.,
for an event marking the commercial launch of Mobile DTV.
The event, held in the Rayburn House
Office Building, is giving those in government a firsthand look at
mobile phones, media table adapters, media players and portable sets
capable of receiving Mobile DTV while on the go.
Hosted by the Open Mobile Video Coalition
(OMVC), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), and the
Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and sponsored by Dyle
mobile TV, LG Electronics, Harris, Samsung, the Mobile500 Alliance,
Elgato and Rentrak, the event demonstrates Mobile DTV is a viable
broadcast service.
“Today, Mobile TV is live in 50 markets reaching more
than half of the U.S. population,” said Vince Sadusky, president of the
OMVC and president and CEO of LIN Media. “Now that the first consumer
devices are available in retail stores, we are excited to celebrate the
commercial launch of Mobile DTV.” Currently, more than 130 stations are
on air in those 50 markets with Mobile DTV.
The event included demonstrations of the
new Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G* smartphone, the first commercial
mobile phone equipped with Dyle mobile TV service. Wireless carrier
MetroPCS is making the Galaxy S Lightray 4G with Mobile DTV reception
available to consumers.
Other demonstrations included new accessory devices
to provide mobile TV capability to tablets and media players and a new
portable mobile TV equipped with WiFi capability.
The Capitol Hill event also marks the
commercialization of the new Mobile Emergency Alert System (M-EAS) that
goes beyond today’s electronic text alerts for mobile devices, offering
real-time video, maps, photos, and urgent information in the event of an
emergency. Demonstrated by LG Electronics and Harris Broadcast, M-EAS
is currently being standardized by the ATSC, which also developed the
A/153 Mobile Digital TV broadcast standard.
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