MobiTV demonstrates mixTV mobile DTV service
This one is still only in the very earliest stages, but it looks like MobiTV has taken advantage of the big National Association of Broadcasters Show in Vegas this week to show off a new mobile DTV service that it's developed in partnership with Sinclair and PBS, which it hopes will eventually find its way to a few interested cellular carriers. The service itself is a combination of free over-the-air DTV broadcasts (from PBS and the CW, at the moment) and subscription-based on-demand content, which would apparently be made available for a seven-day window and be delivered via mobile WiMAX. Unfortunately, there's no indication whatsoever of a potential roll-out, but it looks like MobiTV will be working hard during the next few days to woo some additional partners, so there's at least a slight chance that we could be hearing a few more details before the show wraps up later this week.[Via Phone Scoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brian Kaempen @ Apr 20th 2009 7:39PM
This needs to stop! The only mobile TV system that should be developed is MPH system! We don't need another "format war" ala Blu-ray and WHD. Look how those have turned out for so many. All I want to be able to do is be on the bus in Chicago, realize it's 3:30, and bust out my phone and tune in to Jeopardy on my iPhone. I don't use AT&T's craptastic video service and when I was with Verizon I didn't use their either. I want regular TV complete with 2-3 minute commercial breaks and not some proprietary service with limited media partners.
-Brian
Randy @ Apr 21st 2009 2:10PM
Actually, MobiTV has been around for about 10 years. Alot longer than MPH.