New Broadcast Coalition Could Threaten Entrenched Mobile TV Players

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070416/FREE/70416004/1019/FREE' target='_blank'>http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070416/FREE/70416004/1019/FREE</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Rather than ceding control of the mobile TV market to the nation’s wireless carriers, nine U.S. television broadcast groups have formed an industry alliance called the Open Mobile Video Coalition to speed the development of a mobile variant for digital broadcast TV."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Jerry-041807-bilde.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Well it was just a matter of time I guess. The networks weren't going to let the carriers and consumers play with out them now where they? I'm not big on watching much more than quick news clips on my phones. I can't even fathom trying to watch a commercial filled 30 minute show on my phone can you?

[SteveHoward999]

My E830 PDA has a 4 inch VGA screen. My E62 phone has a 2.8 inch VGA screen. Both are fine for watching the Simpsons, SCRUBS and Spiderman when I sit in the airport ... but I doubt I'd want to try it on a screen much smaller than the 2.8 incher. Years ago I had a 'pocket' tv with a 2.2 inch screen. It was awful!!!!

Anyway, there seem to be more smartphones of all varieties sporting larger screens this year. I think the mobile tv scene will take of as the teenagers start to get their hands on these more powerful devices with bigger screens.

[kerrins]

I had one of those 2" TV's too. Reception was the worst. I'm just hoping there is a way to buffer the content so I don't get a choppy stream of video.