Las Vegas - The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), an alliance of U.S. commercial and public broadcasters aiding the development of mobile digital television, said on Tuesday that it will test two competing technologies in 2008 that use digital broadcast TV spectrum to deliver mobile television signals.

Washington - The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), an association of television broadcasters looking to accelerate development of mobile digital broadcast TV in the U.S., announced on Tuesday that nine additional broadcast station groups have joined its ranks. New members Cox Television, Dispatch Broadcast Group, Freedom Broadcasting, LIN TV, Meredith, Media General, Post-Newsweek Stations, Raycom Media and Schurz Communications joined existing members including Belo, NBC, Tribune Fox and Gannett. The OMVC plans to develop standards, devices and business models with the goal of a 2009 launch.

Las Vegas - Nine major broadcast TV station groups have formed a coalition aimed at speeding the development of mobile digital TV.