The book will answer questions such as:
- Whay are there so many technologies for mobile TV?
-What are the elationships between different mobile technologies?
- How does a mobile Tv service offered by a cellular operator such as Sprint differ from one offered by a DVB-H operator such as Modeo?
-Why is DVB-H so popular in Europe and Asia which have selected DVB-T as Digital TV standards?
-What is the status of Mobile TV in ATSC countries such as USA and Korea?
-What makes mobile TV a roaring success in Japan on FOMA( 3G network)?
-How do broadcasters provide interactive content based on Java or Flash via Mobile multimedia?
-What are the formats of mobile video and audio?How do they differ from a standard definition TV?
-What is the status of Mobile TV in different countries?
The book provides a detailed insight to mobile multimedia characterized efficient compression techniques, protocols formalized by 3GPP or 3GPP2, capabilities of broadcast, and mobile networks for delivering multimedia content. Network requirements such as spectrum; chipsets, software and handsets which enable multimedia services; delivery platforms and content protection technologies which provide revenue assurance are covered in detail. Written with a global perspective, this book takes a detailed look at the networks deployed worldwide with examples and is rich in diagrams providing extraordinary visualization of the new technologies.