BARCELONA – MWC 2008. “It will take another year before mobile TV takes off,” is the opinion of Peter MacAvock, executive director, DVB Project Office in Europe, tempering spirits running high at the largest mobile phone business gathering of the year. With the upcoming two major sporting events in Beijing and Europe, operators, broadcasters and manufacturers are trying to beat the race against time to be on the air. But mobile TV should not be just event based, content providers looking into ways of making mobile TV a viable product in the long time.
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