Soccer World Cup to kick start mobile TV

June 7th 2006 | Phones

The soccer World Cup in Germany will provide the catalyst for TV services on mobile phones to start taking off, but real growth will occur over the next five years, an industry report said on Wednesday.

"(By) the 2008 Olympics, we’ll all be much more prepared to watch TV on our phones and by the 2010 World Cup the infrastructure will be mature and one in 13 mobile phone users worldwide will own a mobile TV handset," said David McQueen, senior analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media.

Informa forecast revenues of $300 million from users accessing streaming and broadcast services during the World Cup.

Reuters

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Soccer World Cup to kick start mobile TV
Published in: Phones on 2006-06-07