California based Packet Video (PV) is to deliver the multimedia backbone for Google's Android device platform. The ten year old company is owned by NextWave and joined the open handset alliance as a foundation member and has extensive experience in the mobile video space. PV supplies the multimedia software that drives Verizon Wireless' VCAST music and video services, NTT DoCoMo's 3G FOMA service and Orange's Orange World and claims to be installed on over 100 million handsets. Release