Vodafone Germany has conducted live tests with LTE Broadcast in collaboration with Ericsson, Qualcomm and Samsung, LteWorld reports. The trial took place at Borussia Mönchengladbach\'s stadium on Feb 22, when they played 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.

LTE Broadcast, also known as evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS), puts no additional load on the network, enabling smartphone users in device dense locations to watch TV channels in high-quality.

The service uses Single Frequency Network technology (like DVB-T) to distribute the signal to an unlimited number of recipients. The user only needs an LTE-enabled device with an LTE Broadcast app.

As part of Vodafone Germany\'s network modernization program, LTE Broadcast could soon be available in other German stadiums.