The state of Mobile Video

Brian · 12-18-2005, 09:26 AM

2005 could go down as the year mobile video started to gain traction due to numerous product announcements and content distribution deals. The most notable of these announcements was in October, when Apple released the new video-capable iPod combined with the availability of popular TV shows at the iTunes Music Store. Since Apple's announcement, news of competing mobile video distribution deals has been coming fast and furious.

An article at iMedia Connection entitled Mobile Video: Present and Future takes a look at mobile video and mobile-TV, detailing many of the challenges that the mobile entertainment market will face both near and long term:

Bandwidth issues
Competing technologies
Streaming vs downloadable content
Control: Content providers vs wireless operators
Apple vs everyone else
Consumer ambivalence
Pricing

Notably absent from this list was the mention of Digital Rights Management (DRM), which will inevitably play a major role as content providers attempt lock down and control how, when, and where consumers use their content.

Read the full article here.

[iMedia Connection via MocoNews]

TadW · 12-18-2005, 11:30 AM

It's funny you picture Steve Jobs here since he's never been the most forefront guy when it comes to mobile video. At least Apple fanatics cannot say that Jobs invented mobile video

From a WSJ article dated June 14, 2004:

What about portable video?

Jobs: We don't see a market for people that want to watch video on these portable devices. What's happening is to build in video, some companies are making [these devices] twice as heavy as an iPod and twice the size of an iPod, so they don't fit in your pocket, and twice as expensive as an iPod.

12-18-2005, 09:26 AM	#1
Brian MobileRead Editor Posts: 447 Karma: 84 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Massachusetts Device: Treo 700p, Zodiac2	The state of Mobile Video 2005 could go down as the year mobile video started to gain traction due to numerous product announcements and content distribution deals. The most notable of these announcements was in October, when Apple released the new video-capable iPod combined with the availability of popular TV shows at the iTunes Music Store. Since Apple's announcement, news of competing mobile video distribution deals has been coming fast and furious. An article at iMedia Connection entitled Mobile Video: Present and Future takes a look at mobile video and mobile-TV, detailing many of the challenges that the mobile entertainment market will face both near and long term: Bandwidth issues Competing technologies Streaming vs downloadable content Control: Content providers vs wireless operators Apple vs everyone else Consumer ambivalence Pricing Notably absent from this list was the mention of Digital Rights Management (DRM), which will inevitably play a major role as content providers attempt lock down and control how, when, and where consumers use their content. Read the full article here. [iMedia Connection via MocoNews]

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12-18-2005, 11:30 AM	#2
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	It's funny you picture Steve Jobs here since he's never been the most forefront guy when it comes to mobile video. At least Apple fanatics cannot say that Jobs invented mobile video From a WSJ article dated June 14, 2004: What about portable video? Jobs: We don't see a market for people that want to watch video on these portable devices. What's happening is to build in video, some companies are making [these devices] twice as heavy as an iPod and twice the size of an iPod, so they don't fit in your pocket, and twice as expensive as an iPod.

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