Wireless review has a good article on mobile video which points out the irony of new dedicated video technologies designed to offload video content from 3G networks, when the main benefit of 3G was seen as its ability for video delivery. The article compares Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology with the more widely used DVB-H technology, as well as MobiTV.
And for anyone still doubting the commercial viability of mobile TV at its most basic level, look no farther than the next La-Z-Boy. America is a nation of couch potatoes, and if anyone can intuitively grasp the intrinsic value of making television mobile, it’s this country.“If one stands back and considers media consumption more broadly, in the U.S. television sets are on an average of 4.5 hours a day,” Lorbeck said. “This is a behavior we don’t have to teach.”
So there’s always the possibility mobile television will help by getting people out and walking while watching sitcoms…
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