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In my opionion "the responsible" to the delay in the mobile TV using DVB-H in some countries are the television and mobile phone operators which are suffering the consequences of the global economic crisis. As I read in an article, in order to develop DVB-H the mobile/TV operator, need to reinforce and adapt the current DVB-T infrastructure. But that suppose a cost to them, and the operators are experimentiing income reductions due the economic crisis, and they need to cut their investment (costs) in order to maintain their margins. Operators invest their limited resources in finishing and enhancing their current 3G/3.5G network that they need to amortize.

there are challenges aplenty across the whole mobile TV technology spectrum

I believe mobile TV is createing a new ecosystem for the mobile industry. It brings together different indsutires broadcast companies, manufacturers, cable TV and the movie industry.

I decide to check how many mobile phone are available that support this technologyes and there are a few in Europe, and not all are available in the market, so why operators are going to invest in a technology which the mass market can't access?

pd: I recommend to read the following article: "Mobile TV Future: long term planning" (Grajski K.,2008)