Mobile DTV Alliance
Encyclopedia
The Mobile DTV Alliance is a marketing organization based in California
that was founded in 2006 by a consortium of companies to promote open standards for mobile TV
. Its goal is the rapid adoption of mobile TV technology via DVB-H
and to further the mobile TV experience in North America.
The President of the Mobile DTV Alliance, Yoram Solomon, is also on the boards of the WiMedia Alliance
and Wi-Fi Alliance
.
The Alliance was founded by Intel, Microsoft
, Modeo, Motorola
, Nokia
and Texas Instruments
.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
that was founded in 2006 by a consortium of companies to promote open standards for mobile TV
Mobile TV
Mobile television usually means television watched on a small handheld device. It may be a pay TV service broadcast on mobile phone networks or received free-to-air via terrestrial television stations from either regular broadcast or a special mobile TV transmission format...
. Its goal is the rapid adoption of mobile TV technology via DVB-H
DVB-H
DVB-H is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats. It is a technical specification for bringing broadcast services to mobile handsets. DVB-H was formally adopted as ETSI standard EN 302 304 in November 2004. The DVB-H specification can be downloaded from the official DVB-H website...
and to further the mobile TV experience in North America.
The President of the Mobile DTV Alliance, Yoram Solomon, is also on the boards of the WiMedia Alliance
WiMedia Alliance
The WiMedia Alliance is a non-profit open industry association that promotes and enables the rapid adoption, regulation, standardization and multi-vendor interoperability of ultra-wideband worldwide....
and Wi-Fi Alliance
Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-Fi Alliance is a trade association that promotes Wireless LAN technology and certifies products if they conform to certain standards of interoperability. Not every IEEE 802.11-compliant device is submitted for certification to the Wi-Fi Alliance, sometimes because of costs associated with...
.
The Alliance was founded by Intel, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Modeo, Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
, Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
and Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
.