http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enMon, 21 Jul 2008 03:18:16 -0000https://techliberation.com/2008/07/20/primer-on-mobile-tv-market/#comment-1455021<p>I'll believe it when I see it.</p><p>I've actually been working with mobile media startups on and off for almost 4 years in the US, and as far as I can still tell, the core demographic for the services are those who can afford to drive themselves to work.</p><p>If they're driving (commuting), they ain't watching mobile TV.</p><p>The countries with higher adoption rates largely do not have the "drive yourself" culture we have in the US, and of course the biggest markets are those with well-established public transit used by large percentages of the population.</p><p>In the US, the folks using public transit aren't the ones buying 3G phones, for the most part.</p><p>My point is, I think we have a long cultural way to go in the US before this becomes ubiquitous here.</p>JonLMon, 21 Jul 2008 03:18:16 -0000