Brits Like Watching Mobile TV... At Home

from the like-radio-but-with-pictures dept

The results of two mobile television trials in the UK have been released this week, and like previous efforts, they're being spun to raise the level of hype surrounding the services ever higher. There's plenty of reason to question the stats, but one number stands out in particular: the most popular place to use the service in one of the trials was at home. That alone seems to be enough to make the rest of the numbers suspect -- if a satellite TV provider gave a bunch of people free service, they'd probably watch it and say they loved it too. The other trial showed that people are more interested in digital radio than TV on their mobile phones, but never mind -- one analyst says that within 3 years, about 85% of the entire population of the UK will be watching TV on their phones, and paying $10 a month for it.
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  1. identicon
    Howard, 17 Jan 2006 @ 11:00am

    TV watching

    When 85% of the UK population is watching TV on their cell phones, they will have to import even more "guest workers" in order to get anything done.

    --
    The Celtic Fiddler

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    Munno, 17 Jan 2006 @ 1:53pm

    Phone TV and the Brits

    Sounds like a load of crap to me.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  3. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 17 Jan 2006 @ 8:35pm

    No Subject Given

    I thought that brits had to pay an annual fee per TV (to cover broadcasting costs).

    may be that there is pent up demand for multiple sets that this model (VOD) changes?

    link to this | view in thread ]


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