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Mobile TV is having a hard time in Europe, despite three years of hype.

I recently polled a few online social groups after writing my October 16th posts on the Mobile DTV and OMVC announcements, and my observance of the mobile panel at Foley’s Emerging Technology Conference in Boston. I thought I would share with readers some of the insights gleaned from these online discussions. On the question “will [...]

Earlier today, a final mobile digital television broadcast standard— Mobile DTV— was adopted by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). Today, the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), which includes over 800 broadcast stations announced it was going forward to deliver digital program services to consumers-based devices, from mobile phones to in-car systems. To show off [...]