Acceptance of mobile TV channel switching delays

User interaction has always been one of the most crucial points when evaluating the quality of experience of a service. Mobile television, especially when received over DVB-H or in other small bandwidth transmission environments such as UMTS networks, imposes some restrictions to this interaction, since switching from one channel to another requires an indefinite amount of time. It is therefore necessary to describe the technical foundations leading to these delays. Moreover, methods need to be developed to render channel switching times more appealing.