Mobile Digital Television Efficiently Uses Broadcast Spectrum for Critical Delivery of Live, Local Information and Emergency Alerts on Mobile Devices

Mobile Digital Television, the latest development in over-the-air TV broadcasting, is the ideal method for reaching millions of viewers at once with its native “one to many” delivery method that efficiently uses the radiofrequency spectrum. The Open Mobile Video Coalition, which represents nearly 900 broadcast TV stations, today called newly-emerging Mobile DTV a critical ingredient to insure that all Americans can quickly and easily receive news and information, emergency alerts, and their favorite broadcast TV [...]

FLO TV’s Personal Television Is Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

I like the idea of a portable TV, a handheld device that you can take with you wherever you are and watch the shows that you want, when you want. And I think that FLO TV is heading in that direction with its mobile TV network. But the company’s Personal Television, a dedicated mobile TV device, has to deliver a lot if it’s going to convince people to carry yet another device in their pockets. Right now, at least, the Personal Television isn’t convincing me that it’s worth its weight, as it suffers from reception that’s more a miss than a hit, a limited selection of content, and a price that’s just too [...]