Broadcast Mobile TV
Broadcast mobile TV involves the broadcasting of targeted television content to cellular handsets. This rapidly growing market represents a new and promising opportunity for both the broadcasting and the mobile communications industries. It is generally predicted to grow to 150-250 million users and reach multi-billions of dollars in service revenues by 2012.
To make the most efficient use of scarce spectrum resources and achieve cost-effective network coverage, broadcast mobile TV employs dedicated frequencies and special signal formats. It requires, therefore, a new transmission network that is separate from the cellular base-stations that handle mobile voice and data communications.
Channelot's Solution
Broadcast mobile TV trials and initial roll-outs leverage the legacy high-power sites that serve over-the-air Digital TV (DTV) to the home. However, robust coverage in dense urban areas and inside buildings requires a more extensive transmission network. This network will rely on a much larger number of relatively low-power sites.
Channelot's mobile TV transmission-site-in-a-box products go beyond the traditional single-function modules such as network interface, modulator etc to provide the fully integrated drop-in solution for the low-power and low-footprint mobile TV site.
Channelot's transmission stations are purpose-built for the demanding environment of the small, remote and unmanned installation. They thus form the ideal basis for today's and tomorrow's large-scale mobile TV deployments.
