{"id":548843,"date":"2006-05-18T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2006-05-18T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/548843-multichoice-wants-world-first.html"},"modified":"2006-05-18T13:16:49","modified_gmt":"2006-05-18T13:16:49","slug":"multichoice-wants-world-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/548843-multichoice-wants-world-first.html","title":{"rendered":"Multichoice wants world first"},"content":{"rendered":"

"We are especially proud that South Africa will be one of the few countries where every adrenaline-pumping moment of the 2006 Soccer World Cup will be broadcast to DVB-H-enabled mobile handsets," Multichoice CEO Nolo Letele, said on Wednesday in an e-mailed speech delivered at a presentation as part of celebrating World Information Society Day. <\/font><\/p>\n

Multichoice has, with the permission of sector regulator Icasa under a test license, been trialling DVB-H in Soweto, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban since November last year. <\/font><\/p>\n

Letele said countries including Finland, Germany, Italy and France were among those trialling the technology and heading towards launching soon. <\/font><\/p>\n

Different from 3G<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

SA’s biggest mobile operator, Vodacom, was the first to offer mobile TV to consumers, launching this over 3G in December last year. <\/font><\/p>\n

Multichoice explained that the difference between the two technologies was that although 3G had the advantage of enabling content on-demand – i.e. being a two-way transmission – it was subject to bandwidth limitations, whereas this was not the case with DVB-H, which is uni-directional. <\/font><\/p>\n

But, being a true broadcast, is not subject to such bandwidth and quality limitations. However, the two were complimentary technologies, and in time handsets would feature both. <\/font><\/p>\n

The initiatives around DVB-H form part of South Africa’s aim to be technologically ready to broadcast the 2010 World Cup, for which South Africa is the host. <\/font><\/p>\n

All players, including the three mobile operators, Multichoice, state-owned signal distributor Sentech and state broadcaster the SABC were collaborating towards this goal, Multichoice said. <\/font><\/p>\n

Team work<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

Naspers CEO Koos Bekker said in his speech, also delivered on Wednesday: "Collectively we all understand the need to communicate to the whole world that South Africa will meet the broadcasting requirements for 2010, and can do so – in most respects – today already." <\/font><\/p>\n

Outgoing Cell C CEO Talaat Laham said in a statement that it, along with the other players, was committed to ensuring the success of the DVB-H implementation. <\/font><\/p>\n

Multichoice’s DVB-H partners include Naspers group company Irdeto to provide the encryption for the service, Sagem Communications, in providing one of the first DVB-H enabled handsets, and broadcast hardware provider Grass Valley.<\/font> <\/p>\n

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