State-wide television networks — over broadband — may be an idea whose time has come. With broadband penetration moving towards 70% in the United States you have to ask yourself…why not?
Nobody’s tried it. Mobile tv can carry a dozen or more channels locally. Advertisers in big cities may lease channels on local DVB-H and MediaFLO broadcasts for targeted advertising. Localized content could follow.
Mobile Television and Mobile WiMAX could be synergtic. In Korea, WiBro handhelds also include Mobile TV (via DMB-T). Perhaps live, state-wide television networks could follow. With advertisers. Small screen broadcast news may be less successful than 5,000 time-shifted video blogs. Make your own schedule.
City TV channels already exist on cable. They vary from educational and public access shows to NY-1, a full-blown 24/7 news operation just for New Yorkers.
The broadcast center, located in a shopping mall, could plug in MPEG-4 AVC encoders (above) for broadcast-quality 1Mbps transmissions. Good to go.
Statewide. The Oregon Public Affairs Network covers the government. Oregon Education has broadband connections and a 2.5 GHz Wireless Network. Broadband wireless, using WiFi and WiMAX, can deliver the last mile. One-way Mobile TV is the billboard. Broadband is the transactional element. As seen on WiBro.
Regional networks like Northwest Cable News make money. That’s the new reality television. Eyeballs. Giving away AOL would reduce revenue by about $2 billion, but it increases eyeballs and ad revenue, says the Washington Post. AOL saw advertising revenue rise 26 percent to $392 million in the first quarter of 2006.
Portland’s Live Wire uses an entertainment format pioneered by Prarie Home Companion. Radio shows. Great Radio is where you find it. NW theatre companies include the Miracle Theatre Group (Hispanic), Triangle Productions (gay), Northwest Mystery Theater, Willamette Radio Workshop and others.
Add Event Coverage, Music, Public Forums, Antique Auctions and Plays. Don’t forget to incorporate Bloggers, Video Blogs and PodCasters into your mix. Stir.
