Toshiba to shut down MobaHo! (Japan)
A feeble consumer interest has led to close down Toshiba’s Mobile Broadcasting Corporation subsidiary in March 2009. This service was launched in Japan 2004 and attracted around 100,000 subscribers in four years’ time. Originally, Toshiba forecasts total in excess of a million subcriber by 2007. MobaHo! presently offers eight video channels as well as 40 audio channels. However, the service required users to acquire either a dedicated device or a PC card, no doubt hampering adoption.
