TV anywhere, anytime
Leaders in the industry, including Sprint TV and MobiTV, are bringing music videos, news, weather, and sitcoms to a phone near you. For a monthly subscription fee, mobile users get access to around 30 channels depending upon your phone. The service is not too expensive, ringing in around ten dollars a month, but without a high speed connection some users still experience dropped signals, long buffering time, or highly pixilated pictures. We can expect to see clear, live TV shows a standard feature on cell phones within a few years.

Mobile video
Teens today are increasingly watching video on their phones. Until recently, mobile video was only available through costly phones and premium plans. Not anymore. Mobile video is increasingly available on a broad range of phones and plans, so teens are tuning in.

What to watch out for:

• We know that too much screen time isn’t good for kids. Being able to access TV anywhere, anytime only increases the number of possible hours kids can be glued to screens instead of plugged into school, family, or friends.
  
  
• It’s harder to monitor the shows kids watch when they are tuning in to small, personal handheld devices.
  
  
• Television can be very distracting – it’s hard for teachers to compete with football games broadcast live.