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MI FRIENDS - Mobile Interactive Video Services
Type
applied research project
Start Date
01 April 2006
End Date
31 December 2007
Status
ongoing
Keywords
Mobile Video
Mobile TV
DMB
DVB
DVB-H
DAB
Mobile Interactive Services
Description
MI FRIENDS is an applied field test and research project of mobile interactive services based on DMB standards. Project initiator and leader is the BLM (Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien) in Munich.
MI FRIENDS encompasses Mobile, Interactive Favourite TV, Radio, Information, Entertainment and New Digital Services. Under this logo, new mobile broadcasting as well as other media services employing the digital multimedia broadcasting technology DMB, are to be developed and tested during the project with a view both to technological and economic prospects as well as social and cultural aspects. As a key objective, users are to receive radio, television, print and other services via one mobile end device. MI FRIENDS will be tested in the Regensburg region and in South Tyrol for the duration of 24 months. In Munich, it will be on air during the 2006 Football World Championships. The start of the joint project is planned for the first quarter of 2006.
MI FRIENDS encompasses Mobile, Interactive Favourite TV, Radio, Information, Entertainment and New Digital Services. Under this logo, new mobile broadcasting as well as other media services employing the digital multimedia broadcasting technology DMB, are to be developed and tested during the project with a view both to technological and economic prospects as well as social and cultural aspects. As a key objective, users are to receive radio, television, print and other services via one mobile end device. MI FRIENDS will be tested in the Regensburg region and in South Tyrol for the duration of 24 months. In Munich, it will be on air during the 2006 Football World Championships. The start of the joint project is planned for the first quarter of 2006.
Leader contributor(s)
Brodt, Torsten
Partner(s)
Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien
Funder(s)
Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Division(s)
Eprints ID
22134