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Arqiva / O2 Oxford Trial

 

The final results of this trial were made public at the end of May 2006. Some of the main results were as follows:

- Total weekly viewing increased over the duration of the trial from about 3 hours in the early stages to over 4 hours per week by the end.
- There was a wide range of viewing duration with 24 minutes the average session.
- The most popular viewing location was "At Home" in the early stages, whereas watching while commuting to and from work becoming the most popular viewing location by the end of the trial (37%).
- The 16 programme service was popular with known TV brands proving more popular than new made-for-mobile content.
- 85% of users were satisfied with the service with 72% indicating that they would take up the service within 12 months at an acceptable price.

Slides extracted from results presentation

 
   
GENERAL INFORMATION
 
   
LOCATION
 
Oxford, UK
 
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
 
Arqiva / O2
Content Providers: BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five TV, Turner Broadcasting, Shorts International, Discovery, Eurosport, MTV, BSkyB
 
CONTACT
 
mike.brooks@arqiva.com
 
DURATION
 
6 months: October 2005 to March 2006
 
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
 

Confirm findings of earlier research into usage and viability of mobile TV services, particularly regarding:
- the potential uptake of mobile broadcast TV and its customer value for the UK market
- identification of genres and content types that work in the mobile environment
- evaluation of DVB-H technology performance
Plus, start building a viable mobile TV ecosystem with potential partners.

 
BUSINESS MODEL(S) INVESTIGATED
 
Subscription and Pay As You Go/Pay-per-View
 
USERS
 
360 existing O2 customers. Selected by demographics by a market research agency.
 
SERVICE CONTENT
 
16 linear TV services: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4, Five TV, BBC News 24, Sky News, CNN, Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, British Eurosport, Sky Sports News, British Shorts TV, Sky Travel, MTV custom channel.
 
TARIFFS / PRICING LEVELS
 
Not permitted by license to charge users.
 
   
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
 
   
TRANSMITTERS
 
9 Harris transmitters in SFN covering Oxford
 
BROADCAST BAND AND FREQUENCY
 
Band IV, 554MHz
 
DVB-H PARAMETERS
 
QPSK, 1/2 FEC, 10 Time-slices
 
AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH USED FOR DVB-H
 
100% used for DVB-H services.
 
VIDEO FORMAT
 
H.263
 
INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
 
None
 
CONDITIONAL ACCESS / DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
 
IPSec
 
HEADEND EQUIPMENT
 
Nokia "ServiceSystem" v2.2
 
RECEIVER / TERMINAL EQUIPMENT
 
Nokia 7710
 
   
Information correct as of 26/06/2006
 

 

 

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