Mobile TV and the Wireless Spectrum Tug of War2010-04-16 10:21 by DanielaTags: FCC, Wireless
Mobile TV, which has been slow to catch on in the U.S., may be gaining momentum, in part because broadcasters holding onto unused spectrum licenses have to figure out ways to use it or face increasing pressure from the FCC to give it up. A new venture, Pearl Mobile DTV, will provide content to mobile devices that support the ATSC-M/H open protocol - but there aren't many of those out there yet. In the midst of a dispute with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over control of the airwaves, a group of broadcast companies announced a joint venture to develop a national mobile content service - that is, "mobile TV." Including television broadcasting heavyweights such as NBC and Fox, the group will allow member companies to provide mobile devices with content including live and on-demand video, local and national news from print and electronic sources, and sports and entertainment programming. The broadcast spectrum will come from the three consortium member companies that already own and operate stations - Fox; NBC and Telemundo; and ION - along with nine local broadcast groups that have stations currently broadcasting over spectrum licensed to them: Belo, Cox, E.W. Scripps, Gannett, Hearst, Media General, Meredith, Post Newsweek and Raycom. Read more -here-
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