AT&T debuts broadcasting service

US based telecom giant AT&T has introduced its own video portal which would broadcast television shows and movies for free, reports TechWhack.

The company has named this service AT&T Entertainment. It is currently offering content from networks like Bravo, Oxygen, Syfy, The CW, USA Network, CNBC and others.

Of course, the service works only for users in the US region.

A new third-generation standard for mobile broadcasting was ratified this week by the Global System for Mobile Association, states Television Broadcast.

The new 3GPP 'integrated mobile broadcast' standard facilitates mobile broadcasting over various types of cellular networks.

It allows uninterrupted handover of voice and data transmissions to legacy 3G systems.

STM Norway has entered into a contract for a new SatLink digital video broadcasting - return channel via satellite (DVB-RCS) hub with Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, according to Reuters.

The new hub, compliant with the open, international, DVB-RCS standards for multi-frequency time division multiple access satellite communications networks, is built with full-redundancy in all active components.

The hub utilises STM's latest technology, and supports advanced quality of service features and adaptive coding and modulation.