Whilst the lady in the picture seems quite happy with her Mobile TV, it would appear that people in both Germany and Japan will be less so….
Mobile 3.0 (the company that won the DVB-H auction in Germany) hasn’t been able to generate any traction in the market (and is probably headed for insolvency), since the mobile operators there have decided not to sanction any DVB-H devices (ed: big mistake Mobile 3.0, you didn’t get the operators on board?!). In Japan, Toshiba has announced that it is shutting down Mobile Broadcasting Corp. at the end of March 2009, due to not having anywhere near enough subscribers.
Intererstingly, two different countries and situations, but same result as regards devices – there have been a proliferation of devices capable of receiving DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) – and of course for that, the networks/channels/programming are all built out already!
I can’t help but think that in territories where DVB-T or other DTT standards are prevalent, we are going to perhaps see more devices coming out supporting this, and those supporting mobile-only digi-tv standards backtracking at a rapid pace…..thoughts y’all?
[Via: Mobile Burn]