Qualcomm purchases Digital Fountain

Qualcomm has purchased Digital Fountain which offers digital transmission delivery technology, including a forward error correction code that can be used in video transmission, such as mobile and online television, according to mocoNews.net.

Dan Rayburn, executive vice president of Streaming Media, notes in his blog that Digital Fountain’s value “is the technology they provide to the defense department and other companies in the IPTV and mobile space.  Much of their core technology has been adopted by standards bodies including 3GPP, DVB and others.”