According to Telephia, researcher to communications and new media markets, the mobile TV audience grew 45 percent to 3.7 million subscribers in Q2 2006. The third screen allows consumers to get news and information while on the go, with news, weather and sports channels topping the list as the most watched mobile TV content. Total quarterly mobile TV revenues increased to $86 million last quarter, an increase of 67 percent since Q1.
Tamara Gaffney, Director of Product Management, Telephia, says "Mobile TV is the fastest growing wireless data service, ... (with) the potential to be the most important new form of media since the advent of the Internet."
Among all mobile TV users:
In terms of access reach, people who watch relative to those who had access to the channel, CNN secured the top spot with 65 percent of mobile TV users. The Weather Channel had the widest distribution with an access rate of 82 percent.
Gaffney added, "...Consumers want television at their fingertips... News and information is the killer app for mobile television..."
Mobile TV Channels by Audience Share | |
Channel | Share of Total Audience |
ABC News | 40% |
The Weather Channel | 32% |
Fox Sports | 31% |
ESPN | 29% |
Fox News | 22% |
NBC Mobile News | 20% |
Comedy Central | 16% |
AccuWeather | 15% |
Discovery Kids | 15% |
Discovery Channel | 13% |
CNN | 12% |
E! | 12% |
Source: Telephia Mobile TV Diary Report, Q2 2006 |
Mobile TV Channels by Coverage Area Reach | |||
Access Reach (% of Audience with Access to Channel That Viewed) | Access (% of Total Audience With Access to Channel) | ||
Channel | |||
CNN | 65% | 18% | |
ABC News | 55% | 78% | |
Fox News | 49% | 38% | |
AccuWeather | 46% | 34% | |
The Weather Channel | 45% | 82% | |
Comedy Central | 41% | 37% | |
ESPN | 39% | 63% | |
Discovery Channel | 32% | 37% | |
Fox Sports | 31% | 79% | |
NBC Mobile News | 30% | 64% | |
E! | 26% | 37% | |
Discovery Kids | 25% | 30% | |
Source: Telephia Mobile TV Diary Report, Q2 2006 | |||
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