DVB Mobile TV : Services : Germany

Mobile 3.0 (Germany)
June 1st saw the launch of pre-commercial test transmissions in four cities. Full commercial rollout had been expected before the end of 2008, however various reports at the beginning of August suggest that the Mobile 3.0 consortium is set to wind down its DVB-H activities. It is reported that the backers of the service have had difficulties in marketing it to consumers in the absence of a cooperation agreement with the major mobile network operators.

GENERAL INFORMATION

GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF SERVICE
Test services are now on air in Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Hanover. Nationwide rollout will not take place until licenses have been obtained from all state authorities - licenses have been granted already by the authorities in the following regions and cities: Bremen Hamburg Hesse Saxony Schleswig-Holstein Thüringen
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
The license to build and operate the DVB-H network in Germany has been awarded to T-Systems. The license to operate the mobile TV platform has been awarded to Mobile 3.0, a company jointly owned by Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland (MFD) and Neva Media.
CONTACT
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SERVICE LAUNCH DATE
Test services began on June 1st.
SUBSCRIBERS / USERS
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BUSINESS MODEL
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SERVICE CONTENT
Nine television and three radio station Free-to-air: Public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, Deutschland 24 and three "multimedia radio" services, bigMUSIC, MyFun Radio and 90elf. Encrypted: RTL, Sat.1, ProSieben, VOX, n-tv and N24. There is capacity for a further five TV services to be added.
TARIFFS / PRICING LEVELS
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

TRANSMITTERS
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BROADCAST BAND AND FREQUENCY
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DVB-H PARAMETERS
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AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH USED FOR DVB-H
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VIDEO & AUDIO FORMAT
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INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
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CONDITIONAL ACCESS / DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
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HEADEND EQUIPMENT
Nokia Siemens Networks
RECEIVER / TERMINAL EQUIPMENT
Nokia and Samsung

(Last update 04/08/2008)