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Verizon Considering DVB-H for Live TV

Oct 5, 2005, 1:55 PM by (staff)

An analyst citing insider sources claimed this week that Verizon Wireless has chosen Crown Castle's forthcoming DVB-H network to offer live TV service early next year. Crown Castle owns over 10,000 tower sites nationwide, as well as 5 MHz of national spectrum near 1670 MHz for the service. Crown Castle and Nokia have already conducted a successful trial of the technology in Pittsburgh, and expect to launch in up to 30 markets within two years. The service will reportedly offer up to 16 channels of live video at 20 frames per second. Verizon's VCast video service currently offers only prerecorded clips - not live TV - due to spectrum and capacity concerns. Both VCast and Crown Castle's service are based on Microsoft's Windows Media technology. Verizon choosing DVB-H could be a major blow for Qualcomm's competing MediaFLO offering.

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I think I'll wait until the press release	MediaGuru	Oct 10, 2005, 12:04 PM
Cingular already has live TV...	jinx7676	Oct 6, 2005, 8:12 PM
Re: Cingular already has live TV... by Rich Brome Oct 6, 2005, 9:44 PM Re: Cingular already has live TV... by jinx7676 Oct 7, 2005, 4:58 PM
I am sick of Verizon always relying on other companies	tomorrowfactory	Oct 5, 2005, 7:31 PM
I would hope S. Korea would have GREAT coverage... by maverick13 Oct 5, 2005, 10:59 PM Re: I would hope S. Korea would have GREAT coverage... by maverick13 Oct 5, 2005, 11:01 PM Re: I am sick of Verizon always relying on other companies by tomorrowfactory Oct 6, 2005, 1:14 AM Re: I am sick of Verizon always relying on other companies by tropicalhaven Oct 6, 2005, 7:13 PM
New Phones?	mbcab08	Oct 5, 2005, 6:36 PM
Re: New Phones? by Ludio Oct 5, 2005, 6:42 PM Yes by Rich Brome Oct 5, 2005, 9:09 PM Re: Yes by mbcab08 Oct 6, 2005, 1:29 PM Huh? by Rich Brome Oct 6, 2005, 2:08 PM
Crown Castle	thatchman1	Oct 5, 2005, 4:07 PM
Re: Crown Castle by Rich Brome Oct 5, 2005, 4:20 PM Re: Crown Castle by wfine81 Oct 5, 2005, 5:43 PM Re: Crown Castle by Rich Brome Oct 5, 2005, 6:11 PM Re: Crown Castle by staiano Oct 5, 2005, 11:06 PM
MediaFlo	KevC84	Oct 5, 2005, 4:21 PM
Cool.	RUFF1415	Oct 5, 2005, 3:28 PM
Re: Cool. by SForsyth01 Oct 5, 2005, 3:50 PM

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