Mobile TV: a new form of entertainment?

• Published in: Industrial management + data systems Vol. 114; no. 7; pp. 1050 - 1067
• Main Authors: Wong, Choy-Har, Wei-Han Tan, Garry, Loke, Siew-Phaik, Ooi, Keng-Boon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wembley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 05.08.2014
• Subjects: Commerce; Data management systems; Developers; Emergence; Habits; Heat treatment; Information & knowledge management; Information systems; Mathematical models; Mobile commerce; Mobile communication systems; Structural equation modeling; Television; Wireless communication; Wireless communications; Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM); Mobile TV (m-TV); Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2)
• ISSN: 0263-5577; 1758-5783
• DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-05-2014-0146

Purpose – While mobile TV (m-TV) is beneficial and is currently an emerging area within mobile commerce, the adoption rate is at the infancy stage. The purpose of this paper is therefore to adapt the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) model to explore on the factors in predicting users’ behavioral intention (BI) of m-TV. Design/methodology/approach – Partial least square structural equation modeling approach was employed using 193 respondents to test the findings. Findings – The findings revealed that effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), facilitating conditions (FC), hedonic motivation (HM) and habit (HT) have significant effects on BI. In addition, gender was found to have moderating effect between FC and BI. Practical implications – Findings from this study provide valuable insights and contribute to the marketing strategy for mobile marketers, wireless communications vendors and application developers in the m-TV industry. Originality/value – Since the emergence of m-TV is regarded as a new concept, what factors that may motivate users to watch TV using m-devices remains unexplored and therefore is currently a neglected research area. This paper provides clues and valuable insights for mobile marketers, wireless communications vendors and application developers in the m-TV industry.