Personal Video Broadcast Applications Using 3GPP Solutions

Responding to the needs of mobile consumers and enterprise customers for value-added mobilemedia services, EarthCam and PacketVideo today announced the availability of live camera video services for today's hottest video-enabled telephones.

The services are currently viewable on the Sony Ericsson P800 multimedia smartphone and will become available on other GPRS and CDMA phones in the near future. At CTIA, the companies are demonstrating two pioneering mobilemedia services powered by PacketVideo's industry standard 3GPP pv3 Mobilemedia System, live in the Sony Ericsson exhibition stand.

-- Live EarthCam! - mobile users gain access to EarthCam's New York Times Square livecam, LondonCam, ParisCam, and, in the near future, other live camera webcams that are part of one of the world's largest livecam networks, viewing scenic locations around the globe.

-- MyCam - allows consumers to create secure, personalized livecam webcasts that can be viewed on Sony Ericsson P800 devices. EarthCam's MyCam application uses PacketVideo technology to stream live content to wireless devices powered by pvPlayer(TM). The service enables users to deploy live cameras in the home, office, or anywhere a webcam can be installed. Using EarthCam's broadcaster service model and MyCam software on the PC, consumers can easily generate personalized 3GPP-compliant MPEG-4 livecam streams viewable on any compliant mobile device.

"We are delighted to work with EarthCam and Sony Ericsson to deliver high quality video to users with market-leading devices," said Dr. James Brailean, Ph.D., PacketVideo CEO and co-founder. "EarthCam Live! and MyCam are compelling applications that leverage PacketVideo's leading mobilemedia technology to enable mobile service providers of all types to quickly deploy differentiating mobile services and ramp up data revenues. Personal live camera services are the pivotal innovation in wireless multimedia."

"We are delighted to work with PacketVideo and EarthCam. Our collaboration demonstrates some of the compelling new video-based applications that showcase the powers of the Sony-Ericsson P800 smartphone," said Gregory Graham, Applications Product marketing manager at Sony Ericsson North America. "Our research has shown that remote monitoring of family, home and business is one of the most desirable mobile consumer applications today."

"Partnering with PacketVideo and Sony Ericsson has created a great opportunity for us to demonstrate our innovative mobile communications applications," said Brian Cury, CEO and founder of EarthCam. "Our combined effort in delivering the high quality streaming video and audio will set a new standard in personal video broadcasting to mobile devices."

These 3GPP-compliant live camera services are intended for mobile service providers looking to develop additional revenue streams from mobile content and drive traffic over 2.5G or 3G networks. Following successful trials, application development and testing, the MyCam live service has been made available for the Sony Ericsson P800 multimedia phone, which is powered by PacketVideo's technology.

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