The Open Mobile Video Coalition will launch a free service in the fall called Dyle.tv.
“What makes this solution different, and perhaps what gives it the best chance to succeed, is that it is built upon the existing ATSC digital broadcast infrastructure,” comments Ben Bajarin for TechPinions. “DVB-H required quite a bit of new infrastructure investments and many did not make them,” he adds, referring to why earlier mobile TV efforts may have failed.
The cost for stations to install new hardware is only between $15-25,000 and can be done in two hours. Devices will require a DTV chip to access the signal.
Dyle.tv will be available as an Android and iOS app and the rights to major networks have already been secured. The service will launch in 210 markets across the U.S.
Bajarin speculates that this mobile TV service will not only be good for live news and sports programming, but for “catch-up” TV that would make for a compelling service.
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