Asia Express - Mobile Communications
China to Roll out Homegrown Mobile TV Standard
August 18, 2006
According to a recent report by Sina Tech, China's SARFT (State Administration for Radio, Film and Television) plans to launch a homegrown own Mobile TV standard, STiMi. The standard is expected to be initiated in late 2006. Currently, there are three mobile TV standards, including Qualcomm's MediaFLO, Korea's T-DMB (Terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), and Europe's DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld).