| 13 January 2021
The DTG (Digital TV Group), in partnership with Digital Catapult, Global Wireless Solutions, O2 Telefónica, Rohde & Schwarz, has successfully secured Government funding to develop a 5G mobile based platform to broadcast events in stadiums and other venues.
Boasting pre-existing relationships built on successful R&D work and 5G trials, the collaboration is designed to bring together complementary skills from across the whole mobile media delivery ecosystem from devices to networks to broadcast to content and to venues. The consortium plans to provide enhanced interactive viewing experiences direct to devices in stadia and at other select locations, using 5G broadcast also known as FeMBMS: further enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service. The objective of the consortium s VISTA (Video In Stadia Technical Architecture) project is to test and demonstrate consumer benefits and technical feasibility of using 5G FeMBMS technology.