The McKinsey Quarterly

featured Media & Entertainment, Radio & TV article, mobile TV

April 2006 

Understanding Europe's market for mobile TV

The prize for mobile TV may be larger than expected, but only if the price of handsets and subscriptions is modest and if broadcasters, mobile operators, and handset manufacturers cooperate.

Recent Thinking
  • featured Media & Entertainment, Radio & TV article, investments in digital technology

    January 2005 

    Broadcasting digitally

    An increased willingness by broadcasters to embrace new technologies bodes well for viewers.

  • featured Media & Entertainment, Radio & TV article, mobile phones

    June 2004 

    Using mobile phones to boost TV ratings

    To realize the benefits of interactive technology, broadcasters and mobile carriers must work on their own interaction.

  • featured Media & Entertainment, Radio & TV article, cable

    May 2003 

    Fast-forwarding digital cable

    Can a former pipe dream rescue the $70 billion digital upgrade?

  • featured Media & Entertainment, Radio & TV article, broadcast media

    November 2001 

    Broadband media: Look before you leap

    The bad news: broadband’s technology, infrastructure, and economics are still inadequate. The good news: broadcasters are far more secure from attack than they were at the dawn of the World Wide Web.

The Archive

2001

  • August 2001 

    PCs vs. TVs

    Companies are rightly investing now to deliver consumer broadband applications as the technology’s penetration grows. But current expectations about the industry’s development aren’t a good enough guide to the future.

2000

  • August 2000 

    The end of broadcast?

    Media-streaming technology is bringing high-quality video to the Internet. Get ready for change.

  • June 2000 

    Is anyone out there listening?

    Some of Europe’s radio stations have a chance to double their revenues, but deregulation will heighten the difference between winners and losers.

  • May 2000 

    Black-Scholes meets Seinfeld

    Uncertainty defines the television business, but the application of options theory to TV programming decisions can improve returns from programming investments.

  • May 2000 

    Unscrambling digital TV

    Digital television will cause a revolution in the TV industry—but not, perhaps, the revolution its government promoters intended.

1999

  • November 1999 

    Keeping Baywatch at Bay

    Can public-service broadcasters fulfill their mission in today’s deregulated television environment? The answer, for the time being, is yes.

  • May 1999 

    Digital what? The coming revolution in radio

    It has survived the advent of television, several revolutions in recorded-music formats, and the coming of the Sony Walkman. Yet traditional radio may now face a serious threat from its digital sibling.

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