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Mobile television is television (TV) watched on a small Mobile device or mobile device, typically developed for that purpose. It includes services delivered via Cellular network, received free-to-air via terrestrial television stations, or via satellite broadcast. Regular broadcast standards or special mobile TV transmission formats can be used. Additional features may include EMovies and from the Internet and storing programming for later viewing. Except in South Korea, consumer acceptance of broadcast mobile TV was limited due to a lack of compatible devices.
Early mobile TV receivers were based on analog television systems. These models were the earliest televisions that could be placed in a coat pocket. The first was the Panasonic IC TV MODEL TR-001, introduced in 1970. The second was the Microvision or the MTV-1, and was also the first television that could pick up signals in multiple countries. The project took over ten years to develop and was funded by around £1.6 million in British government grants." Video + TV gear", Retro Thing. Later products used 2G and 3G cellular technology as well as digital TV spectrum.3G UK: The service is based on the Golden Dynamic Enterprises Ltd.'s "VOIR Portal" and follows the 3GPP standard 3G-324 M. The same service was also deployed to the Philippines in 2007.
In the 2010s, specialized mobile TV platforms and protocols were discontinued worldwide due to the rapid deployment of LTE Cellular network and the growing popularity of streaming television over the internet on modern Smartphone.
In 2007, the Advanced Television Systems Committee and the Consumer Electronics Association created an MDTV and began identifying compatible products as "MDTV".
White House officials and members of Congress saw a demonstration on July 28, 2009 from Ion Media in conjunction with the Open Mobile Video Coalition. Another demonstration took place October 16, 2009 with journalists, industry executives and broadcasters riding around Washington, D.C., in a bus with prototype devices. Included were those who would be testing the devices in the Washington and Baltimore markets in January 2010.
In 2009, the Open Mobile Video Coalition began testing with four stations: WATL, WPXA-TV, KOMO-TV, and KONG-TV.
In 2009, FCC chair Julius Genachowski announced an effort to increase the spectrum available to wireless services. Also in August, WTVE and Axcera began testing a single-frequency network (SFN) with multiple transmitters using the new mobile standard.
In December 2009, Concept Enterprises introduced the first mobile DTV tuner for automobiles.
On September 23, 2010, Media General began its first MDTV service at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio and had plans to do the same a month later at WFLA-TV in the Tampa Bay area in addition to five to seven more stations in its portfolio.
On November 19, 2010, a joint venture of 12 major broadcasters known as the Mobile Content Venture (MCV) announced plans to upgrade TV stations in 20 markets representing 40 percent of the United States population to deliver live video to portable devices by the end of 2011.
, there were 120 stations in the United States broadcasting using the ATSC-M/H "Mobile DTV" standard.
By early 2013, 130 stations were providing content, but the adoption of devices such as was not widespread.
In January 2012, the MCV announced that MetroPCS would offer MCV's Dyle mobile DTV service. Samsung planned an Android phone capable of receiving this service late in 2012. At the end of 2012, Dyle was in 35 markets and capable of reaching 55 percent of viewers. According to the home page on its website, "As of May 22, 2015, Dyle mobile TV is no longer in service, and Dyle-enabled devices and their apps will no longer be supported."
As of 2023, WNUV CW 54, a NextGen TV station in Baltimore, is broadcasting in a format called MobileW at 480p resolution for cell phone reception.Free Streaming Making Inroads with Traditional Television Consumers from The
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BT launched mobile TV in the United Kingdom in September 2006, but the services were abandoned in less than a year.ZDnet: BT ditches mobile TV service, 26 July 2007 Germany had a failed endeavor with MFD Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland, which launched their DMB-based service in June 2006 in Germany, but ended it in April 2008.Broadband TV news: MFD hands back German T-DMB licence, May 1, 2008 Also in June 2006, mobile operator 3 in Italy (part of Hutchison Whampoa) launched their mobile TV service, but in contrast to Germany's MFD it was based on the European DVB-H standard. The Register: DVB-H rockets ahead in Italy, 28 July 2006
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Mobile network
Terrestrial
Satellite
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