With the launch of AT&T Mobile TV, the New York Times looks at how mobile TV has caught on in other countries. In Japan, 20 million phones are equipped with TV receivers. South Korea has 8.2 million. By contrast, it’s estimated than 100,000 people have subscribed to Verizon’s mobile TV service since it launched in March of last year.
Meanwhile, members of the Open Mobile Video Coalition — local broadcasters who plan to use their digital signals to broadcast to handheld devices — continue their quest for TV anywhere. But lots of questions remain: Is there enough spectrum? How to monetize it? How many people will watch it?


