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EU tunes in to DVB-H

Europe gets a single mobile TV standard Mobile TV has moved one step nearer to widespread roll-out as the European Commission officially selects DVB-H as the standard for Europe.… ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Fri, Nov 30 2007

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