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**Stuart C** · 26-07-2007, 14:31

Seems all you Lobster owners are going to lose your video service in January.

This is mainly as a result of BT Movio not renewing their contract with Gcap Media (who actually own the rights to use the frequency used).

What apparently hasn't helped is the fact that Movio uses DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) on the DAB network for broadcasting, but the EU has recently endorsed DVB-H as a transmission standard, in preference to DMB.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07..._mobile_video/

Virgin would not comment on the reason they are ending the contract six months early (Movio's contract lasts until the end of june), but lack of subscribers is likely to be one reason.

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