A method of reducing a channel switching delay in time division multiplexing mobile television systems, whereby a sequence of data bursts corresponding to channels is transmitted for reception with a time division multiplex on a radio frequency channel bandwidth, each of said data bursts comprising a data portion and a parity portion; said method comprising: - receiving data bursts at a mobile television receiver; - selecting a first channel (VIEW) for viewing at said mobile television receiver; - anticipating second channel and third channel (DOWN) that a user may switch to, wherein the time intervals between the bursts of said first channel (VIEW) and the bursts of said second channel and between the bursts of said third channel (DOWN) and the bursts of said first channel (VIEW) are equal; - switching said mobile television receiver between an active state and a non-active state, wherein said active state corresponds to the data bursts of first, second, and third channel and to the enablement of said mobile television receiver to receive said first, second, and third channel, and wherein said non-active state corresponds to the data bursts other than those of first, second, and third channel and to the disablement of said mobile television receiver; - decoding the data bursts corresponding to first, second, and third channel during said active state; - buffering the data bursts for each of said first, second, and third channel in a shared memory storage, thereby discarding the parity portion of data bursts of said second channel and of said third channel, and discarding an initial part of the data portion of the data bursts of said second channel and of said third channel; - replacing previously buffered old data bursts with newly received data bursts, thereby reusing said shared memory storage. - receiving data bursts at a mobile television receiver; - selecting a first channel (VIEW) for viewing at said mobile television receiver; - anticipating second channel and third channel (DOWN) that a user may switch to, wherein the time intervals between the bursts of said first channel (VIEW) and the bursts of said second channel and between the bursts of said third channel (DOWN) and the bursts of said first channel (VIEW) are equal; - switching said mobile television receiver between an active state and a non-active state, wherein said active state corresponds to the data bursts of first, second, and third channel and to the enablement of said mobile television receiver to receive said first, second, and third channel, and wherein said non-active state corresponds to the data bursts other than those of first, second, and third channel and to the disablement of said mobile television receiver; - decoding the data bursts corresponding to first, second, and third channel during said active state; - buffering the data bursts for each of said first, second, and third channel in a shared memory storage, thereby discarding the parity portion of data bursts of said second channel and of said third channel, and discarding an initial part of the data portion of the data bursts of said second channel and of said third channel; - replacing previously buffered old data bursts with newly received data bursts, thereby reusing said shared memory storage.