O2 Germany, Vodafone Germany and T-Mobile Germany will jointly marketing mobile TV services via DVB-H technology, reports news agency dpa-AFX. The operators have set up a consortium, which was given notice of to the federal cartel office. The plan is to launch at least 16 mobile TV channels via DVB-H in the spring of 2008 according to the spokesman for the planned consortium, Jens Kuerten. The fourth German mobile operator E-Plus was also part of the group but decided last year that mobile TV is not part of its strategy and left the consortium. The operators have already applied for DVB-H licences at the state media offices in Thuringa and Baden-Wuertemberg and will file applications with the other state media offices during the coming weeks said Kuerten to dpa-AFX.
