Video content is “broadcasted” over a network down to the consumer’s handset. This allows consumers the freedom to select which content to watch. With broadcast or multi-cast video, content is a “one too many” experience and does not suffer the buffering or downloading issues of other mobile video platforms. Similar to “traditional” TV, advertising opportunities exist within commercial breaks. Personalization technology regarding the ad experience will generally be located nearer to the consumer’s device (e.g. a handset application) rather than within the video delivery. Currently there is no global defacto broadcast technology standard, however the following technologies are gaining acceptance in the different regions of the world: DVB-H (Europe), MediaFLO (US) ATSC M-H (US), DMB, ISDB and SDMB (Asia).
