Nokia, MTN Nigeria and Digital Mobile TV (DMTV) have signed an agreement that allows subscribers to watch MultiChoice’s digital satellite TV (DStv) portfolio of TV channels at no cost for the next 12 months. The subscriber can activate this service by inserting an MTN SIM card into a Digital Video Broadcast Handheld (DVB-H)-enabled Nokia handset.
TANDBERG Television is upgrading the satellite head-end system of Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting Co. Ltd., more universally recognized under its ‘SkyLife’ brand name. The enhanced MPEG-4 AVC system will allow SkyLife to expand its HD TV services. As Korea’s only satellite broadcast operator, SkyLife is at the forefront of the country’s television landscape and is aiming to offer more channels and continue its improvement of advanced services to its subscribers. SkyLife’s full commercial broadcast service was launched in 2002 and, since then, has acquired 2.25 million subscribers. It offers over 150 specialized channels including movies, education, children’s programming, sports, news and music. Since its launch, it has introduced services such as electronic program guide (EPG), interactive broadcasting, and HD transmission of high profile sporting events, such as the 2006 FIFA World Cup. TANDBERG Television will provide SkyLife with a range of its market-leading head-end equipment, including the nexgen EN8090 MPEG-4 AVC high definition encoder, which enables an increased number of HDTV channels to be distributed over SkyLife’s satellite network. In addition, TANDBERG E5770 encoders will provide the best SD MPEG-2 real-time encoding and enable SkyLife to deliver high quality SD pictures quality, as well as maximizing bandwidth.
