Mobile TV goes mainstream; Guess what? Lack of devices stumbling block.

RCR Wireless News, April, 2007

Byline: MATT KAPKO With more than 6 million users already on board in the United States and year-over-year growth of 188 percent last year, according to Telephia, mobile television is a force to be reckoned with-so much so that it got its own standout show at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas.

Many in the industry are trumpeting the fact that mobile TV has already attracted millions of users (2.7 percent of all U.S. wireless subscribers) despite its embryonic state, but more devices that are capable of playing video must hit the shelves before the industry reaches its targeted penetration of around 30 percent within the next five years. As of now, only 15 percent of all mobile devices are video capable. Show me...

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