Rich Fiscus
29 Nov 2007 21:25
Despite an announcement on Thursday by the European Commision that the E.U.'s official standard for mobile telivision will be DVB-H, not every member state is happy about the decision. In fact some countries hope to organize a 2/3 majority to Block the standard's adoption.
In a statement, the commission said "DVB-H will be published by the Commission in the list of official EU standards," and "As a result, all EU Member States will have to support and encourage the use of DVB-H for the launch of mobile TV services, thus avoiding market fragmentation and allowing economies of scale and accordingly affordable services and devices,"
"It is premature to consider intervening in the market for mobile TV," British Minister of State for Competitiveness Stephen Timms said in a statement. "All current competing standards should be listed (by the EU), not just DVB-H." In addition to Britain, Germany and the Netherlands also opposed the decision.
Source: Reuters