MultiChoice, a South Africa-based, direct-to-home (DTH) television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town, Intelsat announced March 14.

The trial aims to refine transmission of digital video broadcasting to handheld (DVB-H) technology while better understanding the viewing patterns and content preferences of subscribers for mobile TV.

MultiChoice will uplink 10 to 12 trial channels of sports, entertainment, news, music and specially developed “made for mobile” content to Intelsat’s IS-902 satellite, which will distribute the content to multiple terrestrial transmitter sites throughout the trial region.