INTRODUCTION

This book is exclusively dedicated to mobile TV, which is emerging as the killer application of the 21st century. Today over 2 billion mobile phones are in use worldwide. The range of services offered on mobile networks varies from simple voice calls to complex multimedia applications, entertainment, content sharing, and mobile offices. Mobile TV, the newest addition to the mobile services portfolio, is a sunrise technology with a potential user base of over 200 million by 2011. The pace of the industry is unprecedented with an average lifetime of mobile devices of less than 2 years. Countries such as China and India are adding close to 5 million users a month. The industry encompasses everyone.

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