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Asia to overtake Europe for mobile TV

Link: Asia to beat Europe in mobile TV - industry execs | Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Reuters.co.uk

Asia is set to overtake Europe’s early lead in adopting mobile television broadcasting as Europe struggles to find available airwaves for broadcasts, industry executives at an Asian trade fair said this week.

“Out of the regions of the world this represents the most interesting at the moment,” Peter MacAvock, executive director of industry body DVB Project, told Reuters in an interview at the BroadcastAsia fair in Singapore.

Interesting news. Here’s the killer quote though:

“Everybody thinks mobile TV is a great idea, but when it’s time to get out the chequebook everyone starts to look at each other,” MacAvock said.

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