Broadcast Channels
Posted by John from New York, NY, US on April 19, 2007
With TiVO and SlingBox becoming more and more common, will consumers of Mobile TV accept some number of broadcast channels?
Mobile TV enables consumer to easily acquire, store and access digital content from almost anywhere, whenever the consumer needs it. SlingBox and TiVo in a sense play a similar role, but they mainly provide access to scheduled broadcast TV from a new location or with time shift. Mobile TV will provide access to the traditional scheduled broadcast TV and additionally, provide access to an infinite amount of video and audio content through personal unicast connections. Mobile TV has its strength in the fact is so much more than traditional TV moved to a tiny screen. Beside the freedom of watching live TV content wherever you are, Mobile TV also enables On-demand TV and Podcast TV. It also enables personalized content and a more interactive TV experience than traditional TV, with features such as voting and chatting capabilities.
