Idetic and Comcast Media Center Launch Strategic Alliance for MobiTV Wireless Television Service.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BERKELEY, Calif. & DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004 Idetic, Inc. and Denver-based Comcast Media Center (CMC (Common Messaging Calls) A programming interface specified by the XAPIA as the standard messaging API for X.400 and other messaging systems. CMC is intended to provide a common API for applications that want to become mail enabled. 1. ) have announced a strategic alliance to deliver Idetic's MobiTV, the world's first live streaming television content service delivered to mobile phones. The MobiTV service is based on technology from Idetic that enables fast, efficient delivery of rich media to mobile handsets. Comcast Media Center, one of the country's largest commercial satellite downlink and media management facilities, will host the Idetic satellite and receiver network for the origination of television feeds. "The Comcast Media Center certainly meets our requirements for a well-equipped, well-managed and highly reliable resource for hosting our service. Comcast Media Center is uniquely capable of supporting a global interactive television network to meet the demands of over 1.2 billion mobile phone users worldwide," stated Dr. Philip Alvelda, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Idetic. "We envision making the entire world of digital content and services easily accessible, a goal made more achievable by working with facilities like CMC." "We are pleased to be working with Idetic on its delivery of MobiTV, which provides us with another unique opportunity to demonstrate the breadth of our media distribution capabilities," stated Gary Traver, senior vice president and COO of Comcast Media Center. MobiTV is a service that delivers live streaming television content to mobile phones, enabling users to access news, sports events and updates and popular TV shows from virtually anywhere. Developed and delivered by Idetic, Inc., MobiTV is the first global interactive television network, capable of serving the 1.2 billion global mobile phone users worldwide. The J2ME- and BREW-based application offers a simple, TV-like interface, allowing users to change channels as easily as they would with a regular television. The 305,000 square-foot Comcast Media Center currently originates more than 80 TV networks, including HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates channels. Its satellite uplink facility, which currently transmits more than 400 digital services, offers KU band, KA band, C band and DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. formats and reaches satellite downlinks in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America from its 105th meridian location. About MobiTV MobiTV is the first Global Television Network targeting the 1.2 billion mobile phone and handset users worldwide. The service delivers live television feeds to subscribers in real-time over existing cellular networks. MobiTV is compatible with most Java- or BREW-enabled mobile phones with color displays. Viewers do not need additional equipment beyond a subscription to MobiTV and their carrier's data package. MobiTV features some of the most popular TV channels: MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, ABC News Live, CSTV CSTV College Sports Television CSTV Copy Salary Table Version : College Sports Television, VTV VTV Venezolana de Television (Venezuelan TV channel) VTV Vietnam Television VTV Vancouver Television VTV Varsity Television vTV Virtual Television VTV Vanderbilt Television (Vanderbilt University) Sports, VTV Scoreline scoreline n (SPORT) → resultado final scoreline n (Sport) → score m scoreline n (SPORT , California Music Channel, CMC Beat Lounge, CMC-USA, Independent Music Network, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , Discovery Kids, ToonWorld TV Classics and Discovery en Espanol are all part of the initial package. More channels will be added to the service over the coming months. The MobiTV service is currently available on PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. Vision from Sprint. MobiTV is developed and operated by Idetic, Inc. For further information or a subscription to MobiTV, visit www.mobitv.com or call 510 981 1303. MobiTV is a registered trademark of Idetic, Inc. All other trademarks, tradenames, service marks, service names and images mentioned and/or used herein belong to their respective owners. About Idetic Idetic, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Berkeley, CA. Founded in November 1999, Idetic, Inc. is a leading developer of wireless media delivery services and technologies. Idetic's wireless infrastructure technologies improve the performance of today's wireless data infrastructure, and lay the foundation for next-generation services that support the richer media viewable on tomorrow's handsets. Idetic leveraged its new technology platforms to develop MobiTV, a Global Television Network that delivers live TV broadcasts to mobile phones. For more information about Idetic, please visit http://www.idetic.com. About Comcast Media Center Comcast Media Center (CMC), a unit of Comcast Cable, provides standard definition and HDTV network origination services, global transmission via satellite and terrestrial fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , broadcast quality studio, mobile and post production services, interactive applications and streaming distribution capabilities. CMC's HITS (Headend in the Sky The Headend in the Sky was founded in 1994 and its namesake product is commonly recognized as the pioneer of digital television in the United States. It is a product created by and offered from the National Digital Television Center; as a now wholly-owned subsidiary of Comcast ) digital platform, founded in 1994, delivers 150 digital services to more than 2,000 cable system headends. More information is available at: http://www.comcastmediacenter.com/ Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation, a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Operating in 17 of the United States' 20 largest metropolitan areas, Comcast is one of the leading communications, media and entertainment companies in the world. Providing basic cable, digital cable and high-speed Internet services, Comcast Cable is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. The company's 55,000 employees serve more than 21 million customers. |
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