**As published in RCR Wireless News**

Qualcomm Inc.’s mobile TV service has gone dark and with it a new round of questions have cropped up about the future of mobile TV as a whole. Will there ever be a year that defines mobile TV? What will it take to finally deliver mass adoption?

Americans love their TV, without a doubt, but that has yet to translate to our mobile devices at least in the traditional sense. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of mobile applications that deliver video and TV programming at a good rate, but widespread mobile TV services still face an uphill battle. Still, groups like Mobile Content Venture, the Open Mobile Video Coalition and others are trying to revive broadcaster and TV network interests in the mobile channel.

As these groups proceed, it would be worth their while to reflect on what went wrong with Qualcomm’s big bet on mobile TV. Read more

** As published in RCR Wireless News **

LAS VEGAS–It’s been a long time coming, but at this year’s CES many more are willing to say mobile digital television is here and will be ready for consumers in 2010. The Open Mobile Video Coalition, which is comprised of 29 members representing more than 800 stations across the country, showcased a new round of live demonstrations highlighting every member’s place in the ecosystem. Transmitters, receivers, handheld units, netbooks, portable DVD players, USB dongles and other gear were on display during OMVC’s event Wednesday evening.

“The excitement about Mobile DTV is here on display at CES,” said Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association. “You are seeing history being made.”

While Qualcomm’s FLO TV has enjoyed an essential monopoly on broadcast mobile television via its MediaFLO simulcast network, broadcasters have been scrambling to build an ecosystem and set of standards around a digital broadcast for mobile phones and handheld devices. Read more