In
Finland, the license to operate a DVB-H network was awarded to Digita, but the service was closed in March 2012. In May 2006 they announced that they had signed a contract with
Nokia to use its DVB-H platform for the service. The network was supposed to be launched on 1 December 2006, but disagreements regarding copyrights of the broadcast material have stalled the launch. Among the services available will be
Voice TV and
Kiss digital radio. Initially the network should cover 25% of the population with coverage area
Helsinki,
Oulu and
Turku. Mobiili-TV started commercial services on 10 May 2007. The service was ended on 5.3.2012 due to lack of subscribers. Network operator Digita was granted to upgrade old DVB-H transmitters to next generation DVB-T2Lite technology which has ability to carry HD, SD and mobile-size picture for TV sets, laptops, pocket-PCs, mobile phones etc. simultaneously. In
India, Indian public broadcaster
Prasar Bharti (also known as DD for Doordarshan) started DVB-H trials in various metropolitan areas to test the reception quality of the broadcast coverage. Moreover, DD is currently broadcasting 8 channels in the
New Delhi. In
Italy,
3 Italia and
Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali launched nationwide services in May 2006 (technology used), both
Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) and
Mediaset in June 2006,
Vodafone in December 2006. DVB OSF was the adopted security standard in this country. Since June 2008, 3 Italia has made some channels free on Dvb-h for all the users. All services had ceased by 2012. In
Singapore, DVB-H was first used for a live demonstration at a Nokia event in June 2004, where it carried
Channel News Asia, being the first in the Asia Pacific region to use the technology. DVB-H was demonstrated again for the BroadcastAsia event in April 2005. In August 2008,
M1,
StarHub,
Singtel and
Mediacorp jointly conducted a consumer DVB-H trial which lasted three months and limited to 300 customers from the three telco companies. The trial carried six channels. In the
Philippines,
SMART had launched its Mobile TV services, called
MyTV. It is only available on the
Nokia N92 and N77 mobile phone due to incompatibility of the current system with other security technologies such as DVB OSF, the one supported by all other handset manufacturers. However, with transition to OMA SmartCard Profile, it is yet to be available on other mobile phones models. This transition is not foreseen by end of 2008. In the United States,
Crown Castle had rolled out a DVB-H offering through a company they created called
Modeo in 2006. It was initially offered in New York, but it was eventually terminated in 2007. Modeo was attempting to compete head-to-head with
MediaFLO; which is both a Mobile TV company and Mobile TV Standard created by
Qualcomm. At the
NAB trade show in April 2006, a second service launch was announced by SES Americom, Aloha Partners and
Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali. Titled
Hiwire Mobile Television, the service is set to begin trials in Las Vegas in Q4 2006. Hiwire owns two 6 MHz channels of spectrum at 700 MHz covering most of the country. In
Albania,
DigitAlb and GrassValley launched the service on 20 December 2006, with free access up to the end of 2008. The package consists of 16 channels and covers 65% of the territory as of August 2007. The service ended in October 2010. In
Vietnam,
VTC launched nationwide service on 21 December 2006. Similar issue to Smart in Philippines, the system was supporting only few Nokia handsets that limited the take-off of the service.
O2 Ireland commenced a trial in March 2007 with a single high site 1.2 kW transmitter at Three Rock covering the greater
Dublin area. In
France,
Spain and
South Africa nationwide service launch is planned for 2008 or 2009, However, the unavailability of the UHF frequencies keeps on delaying services launches. In
Austria DVB-H is available since the start of
UEFA Euro 2008 as result of a joint effort between Media Broad and the mobile operators
3 and
Orange. The service was switched off at the end of 2010. In
Morocco, the service has been launched in May 2008. In
Switzerland, DVB-H was available from the start of
UEFA Euro 2008 from
Swisscom until 2010. In
Germany, the future of DVB-H is still unknown due to continuous issues with the license and open questions about the business model, in particular which role operators play in it and if they are willing to do so. In
China, two companies have been issued licenses by the government,
Shanghai Media Group and
China Central Television. Trials are currently underway, services were expected to be launched before the 2008
Beijing Olympics. However, in this country,
China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) is the standard the most deployed in 2008. In
Malaysia, 3 Italia,
Maxis and
Astro conducted a DVB-H trial using 3 Italia's know-how, launching in "mid 2007" with six channels. In June 2007, Nokia and
MiTV planned to launch DVB-H in "the second half of 2007" through the
U Mobile network, using a Nokia N77. Known as Mobile LiveTV, it carried seven channels in a package called Friendly User Program. The service was reportedly shut down in February 2009.
Kenya has a DVB-H service, DStv Mobile, which was launched in Nairobi by South African company Digital Mobile TV. Consumers will receive a package of ten DStv channels through their mobile phones at a cost of Sh1,000 per month. The channels will include SuperSport Update, SuperSport 2, SuperSport 3, CNN International, Big Brother Africa and Africa Magic. In
Iran, DVB-H services began in
Tehran in March 2008. The service brings ten television and four radio channels to mobile phones. In
Estonia, DVB-H service started testing phase in April 2008 with Levira and EMT, offering up to 15 TV-stations. Testing period ended in November 2009; the service never went into commercial use. In
South Africa Multichoice launched the public version of its DVB-H service, called
DSTV Mobile on 1 December 2010. During September 2018, MultiChoice announced that its DStv Mobile service will end on 31 October 2018. In the
Netherlands,
KPN launched a DVB-H service on 29 May 2008. The service offers 10 channels, 1 channel specially made for the service and 9 channels which are converted regular broadcasts. On 30 March 2011, KPN announced it was terminating the DVB-H service on 1 June 2011 because of a lack of new mobiles supporting the standard which resulted in fewer users. KPN still believes in mobile video, but in the form of video-on-demand using mobile internet connections. In
Jamaica, DVB-H service was launched by telecoms provider
LIME in 2010 in the capital city Kingston and its Metropolitan Area. Further upgrades were made and the service was made available in the second city, Montego Bay. ==Lack of acceptance==