Smart Mobile TV: Useless
Useless overhyped idea of the week: Philippine cellular provider Smart hopes to put local TV on mobile phones.
While I’m all for maximizing new phone capabilities — in this case, DVB-H — I don’t see much potential in the technology. I discussed this Joey Alarilla last year, and he hit the nail on the head: Filipinos with enough social standing to own video-capable phones are probably too smart to watch the shit local TV networks crap out. Furthermore, people on the move want to access content on their time, not some programming manager’s time.
If YouTube’s popularity in the Philippines is any indication, Filipinos who can buy these phones would rather watch watch on-demand online video. That’s what Smart should focus on delivering.
(Via Abe Olandres.)
hahah I defintely agree!!! =)
This simply is not a smart decision (pun intended). The majority of Filipinos can’t even afford an MMS-enabled cellphone. They even languish to have their relatives make a load transfer to them.
Watching TV in a short span of time (for leisure or just to kill time) is way, way cool. It’s going to be fun, isn’t it? The Long Tail that must exist to make this offering viable is simply not there, at least, in the Philippines. Plus, the steep prices of mobile TV-enabled phones prohibits the cost-conscious Filipinos from adopting it.
would definitely love to watch my favorite cable TV shows on my mobile. - couch potato
this would be very exciting tech stuff, imagine you can watch pay-per-view channel using your mobile fone. In the near future , this would be restricted to mobile phones. Some manufacturers are planning to develop DVB-G Received for PC’s. This would come in a form of PCIe Cards or USB DVB-H receivers.
Mobile TV would suit people who have nothing much to do and have lots of money. The “thing’s” is just not for me, yet. Maybe when I’m tired and a bit old to jog and run about.