Mobile TV Viewers To Boom Nearly Half A Billion

ABIresearch seems to think that by 2012, the Mobile TV market will boast nearly half a billion subscribers. With 3G coverage expanding around the globe and the increased build-out of mobile TV networks, the research firm believes that more content will be available and consumers will naturally gravitate towards these advanced services.

ABIresearch sees the Asia-Pacific market being the biggest leader, growing from 24 million users in 2007 to ten times that amount by 2012. North America is also singled out, as both Verizon and AT&T, the two leading operators with a combined total of over 130 million subscribers, plan to have their Mobile TV networks ready to rock by the end of 2008.

I think it will be interesting, especially as the U.S. is using Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology and the rest of the world is using DVB-H and other similar variants for their mobile TV.