LG To Debut Mobile TV Standards In US

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Watching TV on your cell phone or a PMP via a receiver has never been popular in the United States, but LG electronics hopes to change that. The Korean electronics super-giant is planning to introduce some new products for the American market that they hope will get Americans hooked on mobile television.

LG’s products will use the new American mobile digital TV standard which has been nonexistent until recently, and will be rolled out next year. The first two mobile TV-capable products that LG has announced will a portable DVD player and a cell phone. LG has said that the video quality on their new chip sets that enable mobile TV will be “HD-quality”.

Despite their popularity elsewhere, mobile TV has never caught on. Over 80 TV stations in the US will begin broadcasting in the mobile TV format next year, and reportedly 30-45% of the country will be ready for mobile TV. No words on pricing or a release date for the LG gadgets, but expect more news at CES. A few other manufacturers may have some mobile TV gadgets for the US market there as well.