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The Mobile DTV Alliance is a marketing organization based in
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that was founded in 2006 by a consortium of companies to promote open standards for mobile TV. Its goal is the rapid adoption of mobile TV technology via
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and to further the mobile TV experience in North America. The President of the Mobile DTV Alliance, Yoram Solomon, is also on the boards of the WiMedia Alliance and
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. The Alliance was founded by
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,
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, Modeo,
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and
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''Alliance formed to promote mobile TV'', Financial Times, Jan 23, 2006

''DTV Alliance Takes Mobile TV To The Masses'', PC Magazine, Jan 24, 2006

''Report: Consumers ready for mobile TV'', Information Week, Jan 25, 2007

The other US mobile DTV alliance opens the door for a truce
Consortia in the United States Mobile television 2006 establishments in California Organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area San Ramon, California