Nokia has commissioned a report conducted by Dr Shani Orgad from the London School of Economics that gives insight into the impact of mobility on television. According to the new report, personalisation and interactivity will be the key drivers of mobile TV. The report, titled 'This Box Was Made For Walking', examines the future impact of mobile TV on the broadcasting and advertising industries.
The report predicts that the introduction and adoption of mobile TV will ultimately give way to a more personal and private TV experience than that of traditional broadcast TV, with big implications for users, content providers, and advertisers. Users will be able to receive content anytime, anywhere, choose what is most relevant to them, and even create and upload their own television content, while content providers and advertisers will be able to tailor their offerings more specifically to the user.
"For mobile TV to become more than just television on the move, it will have to build on existing channels, programs, and ways of watching television and using the Internet," said Dr. Shani Orgad. "Mobile TV will become a multimedia experience with an emphasis on personalisation, interactivity and user-generated content."
"We are currently entering a new era in television, that of personal TV and video consumption," said Harri Mannisto, Director, Multimedia, Nokia. "This LSE report highlights the opportunities for both broadcasters and advertisers in this new mobile television era."
According to the report, the current trend of user generated content, as seen by the phenomenal growth of YouTube, will be a key feature of mobile TV. As consumers increasingly use their mobile devices to create video content, new broadcast platforms will emerge to distribute this content to other mobile users. The United States television channel, Current TV, is a good indicator of the future with 30% of its programming consisting of user-generated content.
Introducing the Five Second Ad Spot
Dr. Orgad, in her report, examined the impact of mobile TV on the advertising industry and predicted new opportunities for the industry as it is able to better target and interact with key audiences. On mobile TV, advertisers will be able to pinpoint their messages to users according to very specific levels not possible with traditional TV and at success rates higher than those of the Internet.
The report also revealed that advertisers are currently experimenting with five and seven second-long ad spots to be better suited to the 'snacking culture' of mobile TV viewing.
The report predicts that mobile TV programming will be a combination of original content from broadcast television and new content made specifically for mobile. It is expected that the most popular genres and programs on mobile TV will be news, entertainment (soaps, reality shows, comedy, animation), sport, music and children's programs.
According to the report, the content will be tailored with the mobile viewer in mind:
- Much shorter and more concise news bulletins
- User interactivity in the plots of reality TV shows and game shows
- Growing importance of user-generated content
- New distribution formats in China, for instance, the movie Kung Fu Hustle was made into ten segments for mobile TV
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