Various systems and methods for providing a repositionable video display on a mobile device, to emulate the effect of user-controlled binoculars, are described herein. In one example, one or more high resolution video sources (such as UltraHD video cameras) obtain video that is wirelessly broadcasted to mobile devices. The mobile device processes the broadcast based on the approximate location of the spectator's mobile device, relative to a scene within the field of view of the mobile device. The location of the mobile device may be derived from a combination of network monitoring, camera inputs, object recognition, and the like. Accordingly, the spectator can obtain a virtual magnification of a scene from an external video source displayed on the spectator's mobile device.