US companies foresee rapid growth of satellite TV for cars
www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-10 13:47:26
LAS VEGAS, the United States, Jan. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Several US satellite firms said Sunday that they plan to feed satellite TV on cars within 18 months after satellite radio grabbed attention at 2005 International Consumers Electronics Show (CES) held here.
DirecTV, a US major satellite TV company, planned to release a special programming package for its mobile TV subscribers, thus the car users, in addition to receiving DirecTV in the cars, can watch 750 movies on 13 channels.
KVH, an antenna company that is leading in the growing car satellite TV market, expected the market will grow quickly as mobile screens in the cars are proliferating. The KVH has a rooftop satellite receiver/antenna system called the Tracvision A5which is sold through 800 retail shops.
Meanwhile, Audiovox announced that it will offer a similar antenna receiver package at a price of about 3,000 dollars. It estimated that about 35,000 to 40,000 car satellite TV units will sell the package this year.
Satellite radio company Sirius said it will offer two to three streaming satellite video channels for mainly children's programming by the summer of 2006.
Moreover, the Delphi company announced a partnership with the leading US cable operator Comcast for developing a satellite videosystem within 18 months.
The 2005 International CES, the world's largest showcase of latest digital technology and products, ran on Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas. Enditem
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