ROADiBROM project cause spilot Mobile TV project of a German city and Fraunhofer institute

As a result of  Dissemination activities and inspired by ROADiBROM project, a new mobile TV broadcasting project was founded in Germany.
Circom Regional, one of the ROADiBROM Consortium partners takes part in this project as well.

Project description:

set a mobileTV channel and transmit real mobile broadcasting with programmes and contents especially made for the german city of Erlangen.

Project Team at work (from left): Tobias Hellmuth, Andres Eben, Mauritius Lukowicz

Details:

- This project is a non-commercial research- and pilot-project
- development of the first european location-based mobile TV channel
- concepting, generating and adapting of contents for mobile devices
- transmission via DVB-H technology
- 24 hour mobile TV program
- test transmission between february and martch 2008
- transmission in the area around the city of Erlangen
- following market an consumer acceptance research

Aims:

- highlight different possibilities for mobileTV
- create an interest of people for innovative media and technology
- identify acceptance of regional mobileTV
- develope a production flow for mobile TV

Strategic Project partners:

- city of Erlangen
- Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
- University of Applied Sciences Ansbach
- CIRCOM Regional
- Bayerisches Fernsehen (Bavarian Television, Germany)

Project description (in German)

Get actual information on the project homepage (in German): http://www.mobiletv-production.com
Status: public
Source: Digital Convergence, published Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 15:44 by Katrin Lublow
Keywords: Mobile TV pilot project Erlangen and Fraunhofer Institute
Category: General