DVB Mobile TV : Services : Italy

TIM TV (Italy)

GENERAL INFORMATION

LOCATION
Italy (nationwide) Coverage can be confirmed on a town-by-town basis on the TIM website: http://www.tim.it/business/o32218/infoutile.do (click "Verifica Copertura") Service seems to be available in most of the major cities.
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), Mediaset, Nagravision
CONTACT
http://www.tim.it/consumer/o8093/servizio.do
SERVICE LAUNCH DATE
June 2006
SUBSCRIBERS / USERS
No figures released yet.
BUSINESS MODEL
PayTV, available to TIM mobile phone subscribers To receive service, users must first have a suitably equipped handset (see below) with a "SIM Plus 256kb DVB-H". Service can be activated on-line, sending an SMS to an advertised number, calling the customer care or an advertised number or in a dealer shop.
SERVICE CONTENT
Basic TV channels: Canale 5, Italia 1, LA7, MTV, Sport Italia SKY channels: SKY TG24, SKY METEO 24, SKY Sport 24 Premium TV channels: Serie A Football - live coverage
TARIFFS / PRICING LEVELS
"TIM TV Tutto Compreso": Subscribers to specific long-term talk and text packages can have access to the TV service included for no extra cost if they have the right receiver. "TIM TV": 30 days - € 5 - vat included- access to Basic channels. SKY and Premium channel are on promotion, all of the above services included . An introductory offer of one free month PROVA TIM TV is also available .

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

TRANSMITTERS
About 340 main transmitters (DVB-H cells) + 1000 (about) additional SFN transmitters (the major part is located in the urban and suburban zones) to improve the coverage of the cells. Power of the main transmitters starts from 1W until 2kW. Power of the additional SFN transmitters is (typically) 20W at the input of the antenna. Population covered: 75% outdoor (about)
BROADCAST BAND AND FREQUENCY
UHF Band IV-V
DVB-H PARAMETERS
Modulation: 16QAM rate ½ , guard time ¼. Bandwidth 8 MHz. HeadEnd parameters: MPE-FEC ¾ for all services, Time slicing is ON.
AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH USED FOR DVB-H
The whole bandwidth is dedicated to DVB-H.
VIDEO & AUDIO FORMAT
H.264/AAC+
INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
Telecom Italia ESG Aggregator compliant with DVB IPDC specifications.
CONDITIONAL ACCESS / DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
DVB-IPDC (OSF) CAS-Nagravision, Gemalto USIM Encryption System: ISMACrypt
HEADEND EQUIPMENT
Thomson - Grass Valley (Encoders, IP encapsulator) EXPWAY (ESG Server)
RECEIVER / TERMINAL EQUIPMENT
Brionvega N7100 Samsung SGH-P920 Samsung SGH-P930 ONDA USB Magic Card DT501HS DVB-H

(Last update 01/02/2008)