Nokia unveils MHP-compliant digital satellite and terrestial television receivers


August 29, 2003, Helsinki/IFA - Berlin, Germany  - Launched today, the Nokia Mediamaster 310 products are MHP (Multimedia Home Platform)-enabled digital television receivers for satellite and terrestrial television and radio channels.  With the Nokia Mediamaster 310 products viewers can start enjoying the growing variety of interactive MHP services, such as SuperTeletext, banking and other entertaining and information services as provided by their local broadcasters. In addition to providing access to all unencrypted satellite or terrestrial television and radio channels, the Nokia Mediamaster 310 products also support subscriptions to encrypted or Pay TV channels with a common interface slot and embedded Conax conditional access system.
 
"By combining access to valuable, interactive MHP services with the high picture and audio quality of digital television, and a wide range of digital television programming, the Mediamaster 310 is ideal for viewers who want more from their television viewing experience," said Jukka Tiitu, General Manager, Sales and Marketing for Nokia Home Communications. "With the launch of the Nokia Mediamaster 310 products for MHP, consumers can now choose from a robust range of Nokia Mediamaster products to make the most of their digital television entertainment experience."
 
On-screen Nokia Navi(TM) Bars user menu with an electronic program guide (EPG) and rapid navigation between TV and MHP applications make the Nokia Mediamaster 310 products easy-to-use. To make using MHP service easy and convenient, the unique Nokia Navibars user interface automatically creates a special folder with bookmarks listing the available and detected MHP applications.  Consumers can also create up to eight personal favorite lists from a memory of hundreds of channels. The Nokia Mediamaster 310 products also feature family-friendly games such as Snake, Tracktor and Opposite.
 
Reflecting Nokia's distinctive and attractive design, the Nokia Mediamaster 310 S has a black-blue cover and molded titanium-grey front panel.  The Nokia Mediamaster 310 T has a black-olive cover and molded titanium-grey front panel.
 
The Nokia Mediamaster 310 S has passed the MHP Conformance Tests for MHP 1.0.2, indicating it can provide access to MHP services compliant with the Enhanced Broadcast and Interactive Broadcast Profiles of MHP. 
 
The Nokia Mediamaster 310 products support Dolby(TM)Digital (Bitstream Out) and the wide-screen format.
 
The Nokia Mediamaster 310 S will be available in Europe in the end of Q3 2003 and the Nokia Mediamaster 310 T  in Q4 2003.
 
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e-mail: Piritta.Luoto@nokia.com
 
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