Consumers are/aren't hot for mobile TV: World Cup edition
by Marc Perton 
posted Mar 13th 2006 at 12:56PM
While European carriers may hope
that the soccer World Cup will provide a boost for mobile TV, feuds over formats, standards and rights have left the
service providers with a hodge podge of offerings that will likely drive viewers straight home to their fixed-location
sets. In Germany alone, disagreements among 15 regional communication authorities has left some customers able to watch
only a portion of the games live, with coverage of others limited to clips. The battle between DVB-H -- favored by most
carriers -- and DMB (which is more widely available) has only exacerbated the confusion. As Reuters points out, though,
the cellular providers' loss is a win for TV companies; companies such as Sony and LG see their LCD sales going up in
Europe, in part because of World Cup-driven demand.
Filed under: Multimedia, T-Mobile, HSDPA, UMTS
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Finder @ Jul 5th 2006 6:53AM
wow :)