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CE leaders to work together on mobile video standard

LAS VEGAS – The Mobile DTV Alliance held its first press conference Monday. Organized “to promote the growth and evolution of digital video broadcasting - handheld (DVB-H), an open procedure standard for broadcast digital TV reception on mobile devices,” members of the group include Intel, Motorola, Nokia, Texas Instruments, and Modeo As mobile video entertainment gains increased awareness and achieves greater availability, the Alliance will focus on promoting the best practices and open standards that deliver premium-quality broadcast television to mobile devices for the North American market, said the release, made public at this week’s North American Television Program Executives...