ISDB-Tmm
ISDB-Tmm (Terrestrial mobile multi-media) will use suitable number of segments by station with video coding MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. With multiple channel, ISDB-Tmm will serve for dedicating contents such as sport, movie, music channel and other with CD quality sound. This service uses the VHF band, 207.5–222 MHz which is used after the switchover to digital television in July 2011.
Japanese Ministry licensed to mmbi, Inc. or Multimedia Broadcasting, Inc (マルチメディア放送, Maruchi Medhia Hōsō?) for ISDB-Tmm method on 9 September 2010. The MediaFLO method offered with KDDI was not licensed.
The ISDB-Tmm broadcasting service by mmbi, Inc. is named モバキャス™ (pronounced mobakyasu), literally short form of mobile casting on 14 July 2011, announced the new broadcasting station is named NOTTV® on 4 October 2011, and approved the operation by Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications on 13 October 2011. Planning the service with monthly subscription fee of 420 yen for south Kanto Plain, Aichi, Osaka, Kyoto and some other prefectures from 1 April 2012. The deployment plan is to cover approximately 73% of household by end of 2012, approximately 91% by end of 2014, and 125 stations or repeater will be installed in 2016 to cover cities nation wide. Smartphone and Tablet computer with receiving capability is also available in March and April as the initiative terminals on the market.
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