A system for transmitting audio and video signals to UMTS mobile telephony terminals and a mobile terminal for use with the system

A high-power radio transmitter transmits in broadcast mode, on an area comprising multiple cells of a UMTS telecommunications network, multimedia programs in the form of signals that are compatible with the physical level of the UMTS protocol, on a frequency band that is different from the frequency band of the telecommunications network. Each mobile telephony terminal suitable to interact with the telecommunications network and having circuits for decoding UMTS multimedia signals furthermore comprises a receiver, which is suitable to receive and decode the signals transmitted by the radio transmitter and to apply its output signals to the input of said decoding circuits. The multimedia programs broadcast by the radio transmitter transport various programs on UMTS channels identified by respective codes according to the UMTS protocol, in addition to optional tables that describe the programs on a preselected channel.