An Internet Protocol (IP)-based mobile TV system and a method for
synchronizing the rendering of a streaming service are provided. In the
IP-based mobile TV system, a plurality of mobile terminals receives a
streaming service from network equipment, along with both a sequence of
Network Time Protocol (NTP) time stamps corresponding to the streaming
service and a synchronization clock. Each mobile terminal recovers an NTP
reference clock for rendering the received streaming service according to
both the synchronization clock and a synchronization time difference
value, and then renders the received streaming service according to both
the recovered NTP reference clock and the received NTP time stamps.
Accordingly, the plurality of mobile terminals in the IP-based mobile TV
system is able to render the received streaming service synchronously.