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Watching TV on 5G mobile?

Dominic Law
YouTube TV service and Apple TV or Google Chromecast are included with Verizon's initial 5G residential broadband launch. https://www.verizonwireless.com/5g/home/

So 5G has disrupted the traditional way of watching TV.
Do you think it will be the new trend of watching TV?

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    The consumer behaviour of watching TV has moved a lot from watching traditional broadcasting TV to video-on-demand. The video contents do not just come from commercial content provider like Netflix and Youtube, but also from social networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp. In fact, already three-quarter (or more) of traffic on 4G LTE network is video. I don’t think mobile video will replace the traditional TV at home, but just people can now watch video on the road where they couldn’t do so before.

    5G provides a bigger bandwidth and better latency, so it opens the door for new types of multimedia applications too. There could potentially be a lot more video cameras, may they be surveillance cameras for security purpose or input of road conditions in autonomous cars. There could also be more interactive multimedia, such as video games and AR. A lot of these videos are not designed for human to watch; they are more likely for AI to “watch” and decide on appropriate responses (Internet-of-Things).

    It is true that building an extensive 5G network with good coverage will take time. It occupies a higher frequency spectrum meaning that it needs investment in rolling out and there would be challenges in acquiring the sites to install the equipment.

    The fun part of new technology is that engineers dare to dream about use cases and hope customers buy in! 5G networks are now gradually launched, and let’s see if any of these dreams come true!

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    The consumer behaviour of watching TV has moved a lot from watching traditional broadcasting TV to video-on-demand. The video contents do not just come from commercial content provider like Netflix and Youtube, but also from social networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp. In fact, already three-quarter (or more) of traffic on 4G LTE network is video. I don’t think mobile video will replace the traditional TV at home, but just people can now watch video on the road where they couldn’t do so before.

    5G provides a bigger bandwidth and better latency, so it opens the door for new types of multimedia applications too. There could potentially be a lot more video cameras, may they be surveillance cameras for security purpose or input of road conditions in autonomous cars. There could also be more interactive multimedia, such as video games and AR. A lot of these videos are not designed for human to watch; they are more likely for AI to “watch” and decide on appropriate responses (Internet-of-Things).

    It is true that building an extensive 5G network with good coverage will take time. It occupies a higher frequency spectrum meaning that it needs investment in rolling out and there would be challenges in acquiring the sites to install the equipment.

    The fun part of new technology is that engineers dare to dream about use cases and hope customers buy in! 5G networks are now gradually launched, and let’s see if any of these dreams come true!

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