MobiTV closes U.K. office

Mobile television service provider MobiTV is closing its U.K. office. According to New Media Age, MobiTV will terminate its content aggregation service for British operator 3 and no longer provide its downloadable TV Java application to rival carrier Orange, instead focusing on the U.S. mobile operator market.

While some industry onlookers have long suspected MobiTV may face a limited future as operators begin migrating to a broadcast TV model, Pyramid Research senior analyst Nick Holland said the company's exit from the British market does not spell the beginning of the end. "MobiTV may be finding it a little difficult to compete in the U.K. market, but their proposition is still compelling elsewhere," Holland told FierceMobileContent. "But they need to evolve, and they need to work with operators in terms of what they're thinking." 

For more on MobiTV's moves:
- read this New Media Age article

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