Abstract
Summary
There is a fragmentation of standards in mobile TV broadcasting that appears
here to stay. DVB-H, ATSC-M/H, CMMB, ISDB-T, DVB-SH, T-DMB, and MediaFLO are
all being used or under development today.
The most popular mobile TV broadcast services are those that are offered
without a subscription, as in Japan and South Korea. However, mobile TV
broadcast services are viewed by many as a way to generate revenue, so many of
the mobile TV broadcast services will be subscription based.
Operators in multiple countries in both Europe and Asia are expected to launch
mobile TV broadcast services in 2008, driving the subscriber increases.
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