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DiBcom: Three Leading Mobile TV Innovators at the Heart of the DVB-SH
Ecosystem
(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
RDATE:16012008
Pau, France -- DiBcom, TeamCast and UDcast, three leading global
providers of technologies for the broadcast and reception of Digital
Terrestrial Television and Mobile TV are contributing actively at the
core of the DVB-SH ecosystem, to meet the high performance requirements
for the satellite and terrestrial broadcast segments.
As leaders in their respective market sectors, these companies are
major collaborators in the TVMSL Project (Mobile TV Without Limits),
which is financed by the French Agency of Industrial Innovation (AII,
now integrated with OSEO).
DiBcomsupplies the components for demodulation which are integrated
into the portable receivers for Personal Mobile Television,
TeamCastprovides the modulators which are integrated into the
terrestrial repeaters for the broadcast networks and similarly the
professional measuring receivers used for the validation and monitoring
of the networks,
UDcastsupplies the network head-end equipment including the IP
encapsulators, the network managers and iSplicer distribution systems
enabling broadcast of local content.
Thanks to their complementary equipment supply and high level technical
support, these three SME's have contributed to the pilot project set up
at Pau by Alcatel-Lucent and SFR, while also participating in other
pilot projects supporting the deployment of the DVB-SH standard around
the world (in the USA for example).
"DVB-SH is a standard with international status, particularly as it
uses satellite to complement the terrestrial broadcast networks. We are
delighted to be collaborating with a number of French SME's who are
recognised as leaders in the supply of fundamental elements required
for its deployment. DiBcom is especially pleased to also be
participating in one of the first experiments for DVB-SH which will
take place on American territory," comments Yannick Levy, CEO of DiBcom.
"We are delighted to have contributed to this truly significant, first
validation of DVB-SH, in a collaboration which has certainly also
benefited from the active support of AII for SME's," declared Gerard
Faria, Executive Director of TeamCast. "DVB-SH is a broadcasting system
for Personal Mobile Television which brings with it a conclusive
performance gain in all modes of operation - satellite only,
terrestrial only, or hybrid satellite and terrestrial deployment."
"Good signal quality is essential for practical applications of mobile
television. With our technology, we are contributing to the
optimisation of the DVB-SH standard and to the guarantee of good
reception even under difficult signal conditions," added Jas Saini, CEO
of UDcast. "Following the first trials, several service operators
around the world have now ordered their DVB-SH satellite platforms, and
like us, are convinced that this market will see strong growth in the
coming years."
About DiBcom
DiBcom is at the heart of mobile TV. As a fabless semiconductor company
that designs high-performance chipsets, DiBcom enables low-power mobile
and portable TV reception everywhere and at speeds exceeding 200 km/h.
The company's solutions are used in automotive, PC/peripheral, mobile
phones and other handheld devices. DiBcom has extensive experience
solving real-world mobile digital terrestrial television (DTT)
reception problems and has overcome the main technological barriers to
high-quality service. The company has developed a number of patented
algorithms and architectures for fast and accurate channel estimation
and high Doppler compensation. Its chipsets are compliant with the
current worldwide Digital Video Broadcast standards DVB-T, DVB-H,
DVB-SH, T-DMB and ISDB-T.
For more information, please visit www.dibcom.com
About TeamCast:
TeamCast is a young company with strong technical credentials who
supply OEM' product technology to infrastructure equipment providers
for digital television broadcast networks.
Capitalising on the expertise of their three founders, TeamCast's
scientific and technical teams have been deeply involved in the
definition, development and validation of a number of digital
television broadcast standards - for example, the standards for mobile
and portable terminals defined by DVB-H, DVB-SH and FLO 2.0.
The OEM technology promoted by TeamCast provides a complete and
compatible range of functional modules which are highly integrated and
robust, and which the clients of TeamCast can easily integrate into
their own transmitters, re-transmitters, base stations etc - thus
forming the network infrastructure required for digital television
broadcasting.
TeamCast is continuously updating its product range, developing modules
which support both established and emerging standards for digital
television around the world, including Europe, America and Asia. Today
TeamCast serves more than 225 customers in 45 countries.
TeamCast's main research and development laboratories are based at St
Gregoire, close to the city of Rennes. An American subsidiary, TeamCast
Inc, based in Chicago (IL), was opened in February 2007, to enable
closer working with US customers.
For more information, visit the website: www.teamcast.com
About UDcast:
UDcast is a leading software company providing IP broadcast solutions
for the delivery of content to a broad range of devices over existing
and emerging wireless networks worldwide.
As the number one worldwide supplier of mobile TV IP encapsulation
solutions, UDcast makes it possible to deliver TV over digital
terrestrial networks to mobile devices. UDcast demonstrates leadership
in bringing new Mobile TV and Terrestrial TV standards to the market
including DVB-H, DVB-SH, DVB-T2 and WiMAX TV. UDcast solutions are
field-proven in a large number commercial deployments and trials around
the world.
UDcast's Mobile TV technology is a key component in the end-to-end
solutions from major systems providers including Motorola, Nokia, NSN,
Alcatel-Lucent, Tandberg-Ericsson, Cisco-Scientific Atlanta, Harris
Broadcasting and others.
The Company was recognized in 2007 as a leading European technology
company by the prestigious Red Herring Hot 100 award, representing the
top 100 high technology companies in Europe. The Company maintains its
global headquarters in Sophia-Antipolis, France with offices in the
USA, Spain, Algeria and Italy.
For more information, visit the website: www.udcast.com
CONTACT: Geraldine Danez, DiBcom
Tel: +33 (0)1 76 91 54 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 76 91 54 01
e-mail: gdanez@dibcom.fr
YasminKaderbhoy / Emma Keenan, Open2Europe
Tel: +33 (0)1 55 02 2780/1459
e-mail: y.kaderbhoy@open2europe.com
e-mail: e.keenan@open2europe.com
Mandy Bedard / Dalyce Suanez, Open2America
Tel: +1 403 454 5556
Tel: +1 403 869 3259
e-mail: m.bedard@open2america.com
e-mail: d.suanez@open2america.com
Sandrine KONNECKE, TeamCast
Tel: +33 (0) 2 23 25 26 80
Fax: +33 (0) 2 23 25 26 85
e-mail: sandrine.konnecke@teamcast.com
Filip Gluszak, UDcast
Tel: +33 4 93 00 16 60
Fax: +33 6 03 23 30 01
e-mail: filip.gluszak@udcast.com
Jennifer Hicks, ink Communications for UDcast
Tel: +1 617 372 2272
e-mail: jennifer@theinkstudio.com
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