CEA launches mobile DTV standards group

Trade organization the Consumer Electronics Association announced the creation of a new special interest group to address mobile digital broadcast technical standards. The CEA group will focus on A/153, the mobile/handheld addition to the Advanced Television Systems Committee's digital TV standards, which promises to enable U.S. stations to broadcast over mobile phones and other network-enabled portable media devices as well as receivers installed in moving vehicles. The CEA group said it plans to support the launch and growth of mobile digital TV in North America by fostering industry dialogue, educational programs and unified messaging in addition to promoting the development and implementation of technical standards and best practices documents. It also will meet with suppliers of technologies specified by the standard and arrange meetings with groups such as the Open Mobile Video Coalition, an association representing more than 800 U.S. TV stations in their efforts to accelerate the development and rollout of mobile DTV services.

For more on the CEA special interest group:
- read this release

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