The Fall of Qualcomm FLO TV means nothing to Mobile DTV testing in Washington, DC. Not yet

October 9, 2010 by Leave a comment

It doesn’t look like the recent fall of Qualcomm FLO TV means anything to the Mobile DTV testing  that has been underway in Washington, DC since May of this year.

Open Mobile Video Coalition, a voluntary association of television broadcasters, has been conducting a consumer showcase of the mobile digital TV technology, since May and is expected to wrap up by the end of this month. The survey is termed as the “OMVC Washington Consumer Showcase,” and was conducted as a market research on the growing usage of mobile phones or smart phones especially for watching television on mobile. Read more of this post

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Mobile TV coming to Washington, D.C., Will anyone use it?

July 6, 2010 by 8 Comments


As I reported last month, mobile TV to be launched in Washington, D.C soon. The implementation and testing are currently underway. I’ve been also doing some research on such a service past three month or so which has made me to think whether this is something the Washingtonian want. Most of the studies I have been reviewing on Mobile TV are not really optimistic about its  value and growth.

No doubt the smartphones usage and their connection speeds have taken off since the inception of iPhone back in 2007, but mostly for communication and seek of information. At the end of 2008, the U.S. market had a smartphone penetration rate of 15%; it’s currently at 24% and The Nielsen Co. is predicting we’ll see a 49% adoption rate by the end of 2011. Read more of this post

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