What is DVB-H?
Mobile TV utilises a cutting edge technology called DVB-H, or Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld – the latest development in digital video broadcast standards. DVB-H is a mobile broadcast technology that allows for the digital terrestrial broadcast of live television and audio channels to a mobile handset. Your special ZTE F912 handset is fitted with a special receiver so that it can pick up the encrypted DVB-H signal, provided that it is within range of one of the DVB-H transmitters. These specially erected transmitters send the DVB-H signal to your handset so, if you’re within range, you can choose to tune in to DStv-Mobile whenever you wish.
The plethora of options now available on phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other handheld devices now includes television (TV). Incredibly, you can take your TV with you. Whether you’re comfortable squinting at that very small screen is something only you can answer. More and more providers are embracing the idea of mobile television, and more and more manufacturers are following suit. It’s not just mobile phones and PDAs that are the prime candidates for mobile TV. Devices designed specifically for mobile television are being built with increasing regularity. These devices look like tablet personal computers (PCs), but with wider screens and built-in antennas. Companies that broadcast television signals to handheld devices are subject to the same kind of laws and best practices that govern those who broadcast to homebound devices. The industry standard for these regulations is called Digital Video Broadcasting—Handheld (DVB-H). DVB-H is a relatively new cousin in the DVB
DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld) is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats. In other words, it is a technical specification for bringing broadcast services to mobile handsets. DVB-H was formally adopted as ETSI standard EN 302 304 in November 2004. The DVB-H specification (EN 302 304) can be downloaded from the official DVB-H website.[1] From March 2008, DVB-H is officially endorsed by the European Union as the “preferred technology for terrestrial mobile broadcasting”.[2][3][4][5] The major competitor of this technology is Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB). DVB-SH (Satellite services to Handhelds) now and DVB-H2 in the future are possible enhancements to this technology, providing improved spectral efficiency and better modulation flexibility. DVB-H technology is a superset of the very successful DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) system for digital terrestrial television, with additional features to meet the specific requirements of handheld, battery-
