mobile TV

Mobile TV's Last Frontier: U.S. and Europe

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:47:49 -0400

Full article: New York Times
While South Koreans are the world leaders in mobile TV viewing, the technology is also catching on in China, India, Africa and Latin America, where 80 million people now have cellphones that can receive free, live TV broadcasts. In the United States and Europe, where operators tend to control what technology goes into handsets, a major hurdle to free-to-air broadcasting is, ironically, that it is free.

Verizon's FiOS TV Plans to Mimic Apple with Online Store

Stevie Converse — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:35:45 -0400

Full article: Bloomberg News
Amy Thomson
Verizon's FiOS TV plans to start selling applications such as games in a new online store, mimicking the approach used by Apple. Verizon also aims to expand its rights to content, including TV shows, so it can offer it on laptops and other mobile devices.

Mobile TV Service Debuts

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:45:39 -0500

Full article: Media Post
Wayne Friedman
Major TV station groups unveiled a groundbreaking mobile digital TV service that transmits stations' signals directly with mobile devices. It's debuting on 63 stations in 22 markets, covering 35 percent of U.S. television households.

U.S. Lags Far Behind in Mobile TV Use

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:22:14 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
Peter Svensson
The United States is far behind several other countries when it comes to making television an attractive option for cell phones. Carrier business models are partly at fault, but choices about TV technology made long ago are largely to blame.