I ponder the late arrival of DVB-H (will it appear in your neck of the woods in 2008?), the general lack of enthusiasm for mobile TV and the rise and rise of YouTube, along with cheaper bandwidth and native S60 players. Will mobile TV's niche be so small that no company or country will bother to put in the infrastructure at all?

"You know, I was never really that enthusiastic about the idea of mobile TV in the first place. The parallels with mobile music aren't really appropriate, since:

1. there are many activities for which you'll need music in your ears but for which you won't want to keep your eyes locked on a tiny phone screen
2. you're going to be a bit of a sitting target in this crime-prone world, sitting on the bus or tube or train, with headphones on for audio and with eyes watching the aforementioned screen, making you oblivious to the approach of any wannabe muggers, after your obviously cutting edge DVB-H handset
3. mobile TV, like traditional and cable TV, is a streaming service that just shows you whatever happens to be 'on', unlike music listening, where you actively select exactly what you want to hear"

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