Mobile Digital TV

Category:

Electronics

Topic:

Mobile TV Developments

Overview:

Although we have had the ability to watch television on mobile devices for some time now, this new technology will allow us to more efficiently watch TV on devices such as cell phones, netbooks, computers, etc. using antennas for older devices and new technology built into newer model cell phones and other devices.

Importance:

Before this new technology was developed, it was very hard to watch live television on the go. The connections were unreliable, expensive, and didn't have local channels. However now stations will be able to broadcast to small devices such as computers and cell phones for less than a penny a minute. This new service, Mobile Digital TV, allows devices to receive signals directly from signal towers verses over the 3G wireless Internet used in cell phones and some computers. By the second half of the year we should have this new technology in stores, unless any problems arise.

Setbacks:

For now there are not setbacks in the production of this new product. However, I do imagine there might be some connection problems with the antennas at first or some other mechanical problem, just like most new equipment.