PacketVideo Corporation Achieves Instantaneous Channel Changing, Enhancing the Mobile TV Experience
09 January 2007 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Consumers would not accept a six-second wait for the channel to
change on their TV at home, and PacketVideo Corporation�s new
enhancement to its Digital Video Broadcast � Handsets (DVB-H)
solution eliminates that delay on mobile devices. Overcoming a
major obstacle in bringing mobile digital broadcast TV viewing
closer to the experience of watching at home, PacketVideo today
introduced an efficient solution for fast channel changing,
dramatically reducing the problematic delays that have to-date
accompanied the mobile broadcast TV experience. This solution is
being demonstrated at the International Consumer Electronics Show,
held here this week. �The world has been watching TV for nearly 70
years, and expectations are high for the mobile viewing
experience,� said PacketVideo CEO Jim Brailean, Ph.D. �At
PacketVideo, we�re optimizing each element of that experience to
make it better. We do this to help our mobile operator and handset
manufacturer partners create a better end-user experience at the
launch of digital video broadcast services.� PacketVideo, whose
heritage is rooted in bringing video to mobile devices, was the
first company to enable video on a mobile phone back in 1998. No
Longer Trading Battery Life for Speed Currently during digital
video broadcasts for mobile devices, delays between channel changes
are a symptom of the set-up between the number of streams per
multiplex, the related time slicing, and how the streams are
aligned in those time slices. Other methods to improve channel
transition speed may have the undesirable side effect of draining
precious battery life. The PacketVideo solution minimizes the
impact on battery life while achieving a 200-300 milliseconds
channel transition time in a typically configured broadcast system.
About PacketVideo: For nearly a decade, PacketVideo, a subsidiary
of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ:WAVEV), has been
the�software�innovator helping mobile carriers and mobile device
manufacturers bring dazzling � and profitable � new multimedia
features and services to their end-users. With more than 150 design
wins and 100+ million PacketVideo-powered units deployed around the
world, PacketVideo has the deepest, broadest and most respected
multimedia software expertise in the industry. Founded in 1998,
PacketVideo is headquartered in San Diego, California with regional
offices in the U.S., Japan, Europe and India. Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains
�forward-looking statements� for purposes of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties.
There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be
achieved, and actual events or results could differ materially from
the events or results predicted or from any other forward-looking
statements made by, or on behalf of, PacketVideo, and should not be
considered as an indication of future events or results. Important
factors that could cause actual events or results to differ
materially include: our ability to develop and commercialize new
products and services; our ability to enter into and maintain
customer relationships; changes in capital requirements; and other
risks described in filings of our parent company, NextWave Wireless
Inc. (NASDAQ:WAVEV) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
These risks and uncertainties, as well as others, are discussed in
greater detail in the filings of NextWave Wireless Inc. with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. All such documents are
available through the SEC�s website at www.sec.gov. PacketVideo and
NextWave Wireless Inc. make no commitment to revise or update any
forward-looking statements in order to reflect changes in events or
circumstances after the date any such statement is made, except as
may be required pursuant to applicable law.
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