Kagan: Is market getting excited to see T-Mobile US wireless pay TV?

Wireless pay TV is growing, and that growth will only accelerate with 5G in the next couple years. AT&T DirecTV NOW started the party by offering wireless pay TV over the last year or two. Based on their success, Verizon says they will follow. The same with T-Mobile who acquired Layer3 TV and plans to offer their own version of wireless pay TV very soon. Who else will jump into the mix?I am getting very excited to see this new wireless pay TV marketplace. It looks like T-Mobile may be next up to bat when they introduce theirs in the next few months. They acquired Level3 TV a year ago. I thought we would have seen something in the market already. Apparently, the engineering is taking longer than expected. The next several years will be very exciting in the wireless industry. The move to 5G is just the next big step. Think of 5G as the big bang that will start the entire creative bandwagon which will impact and transform many companies in many industries, not just wireless. This is the growth wave wireless pay TV will ride.The moves from 2G to 3G to 4G were all about the wireless industry. However, the move to 5G is greater than that. It will impact and transform wireless as always, but it will also unleash the power of wireless in so many new ways it will make our head spin in the next few years.Think of the way 4G transformed the taxi and limousine industries with Uber and Lyft. That is what we can expect from the pay TV world as well. The only question is how deep will the changes go? 5G wireless pay TV could just add another slice to the entertainment pie, or it could completely redefine the space.The same way the Internet transformed cable TV over the last decade, 5G wireless will transform it once again and make everything mobile.