Qualcomm never says die, puts cash into British MediaFLO network
Qualcomm's opting for the "la la la la, I can't hear you!" approach to the EU's decision to roll deep with DVB-H, it seems, committing $16.3 million in the UK to scoop up about 40MHz worth of...
View ArticleO2 and BBC express interest in UK MediaFLO network
Well well, what have we here? Nary a fortnight after Qualcomm committed $16.3 million in the UK to scoop up about 40MHz worth of nationwide spectrum to test MediaFLO there, along comes word that two...
View ArticleAT&T lands exclusive Olympics channel for Mobile TV
We wouldn't say they're necessarily crying foul, but Verizon is quick to point out that AT&T used its clout as an Olympic sponsor to secure an exclusive on an Olympic coverage channel for its...
View ArticleLG's CB630 "Invision" coming to AT&T Mobile TV in August
So, we figure one of two things has happened here: either the Samsung Access has been a solid seller for AT&T, leading the carrier to request a near-clone from competitor LG -- or LG saw the...
View ArticleAT&T adds LG Invision to Mobile TV lineup
Just as we'd envisioned, the Invision candybar (if a phone this stubby can, in fact, be called a candybar) from LG is now a reality for AT&T. The phone becomes just AT&T's third to support its...
View ArticleMediaFLO now serving MSNBC, CNBC and FOX News
Just in time for the run-up to the 2008 Presidential election, MediaFLO has added in a trio of news sources to give you your fix wherever you are. CNBC, MSNBC and FOX News have all been added to the...
View ArticleMediaFLO looking to nearly double served markets by end of 2009
It's possible that MediaFLO hasn't read the writing on the wall, but despite the fact that mobile TV isn't being adopted at a wild rate, the Qualcomm subsidiary is still trying to expand. In fact, a...
View ArticleLG Vu landing at AT&T in new wine hue
LG's Vu hit and left the spotlight in the blink of an eye earlier this year, but now AT&T's looking to rejuvenate interest in the Mobile TV-enabled handset by bringing it back out in a new wine...
View ArticleAudiovox in-car MediaFLO hands-on
Qualcomm's MediaFLO tech was originally intended for screens so small that resolution, artifacting, and wholesale crappiness don't really matter, but when you're building out a whole new wireless...
View ArticleAT&T CruiseCast in-car satellite TV service launching this Spring
Mobile TV hasn't even taken off in the cellphone market, but it's already looking to take another sector by storm. AT&T has announced here at CES that its CruiseCast in-car satellite TV service...
View ArticleQualcomm taps former Amp'd chief Bill Stone to head FLO TV
Bill Stone has already had one tough job thrust upon him when he was named CEO of the troubled Amp'd Mobile, and Qualcomm seems to think that he's the guy to handle another pretty difficult task, with...
View ArticleQualcomm could suffer from digital TV transition delay
We're honestly beginning to wonder: can Qualcomm catch a break? Between the years of fighting with Nokia and the absolutely abysmal MediaFLO adoption rate, we're seriously beginning to consider that a...
View ArticleInevitability, meet mobile TV: FLO Forum boss talks free content
You can only pimp a pricey, woefully underutilized multimedia network for so long before drawing the conclusion that there's probably something fundamentally wrong with your business model, and indeed,...
View ArticleAT&T adding four temporary Mobile TV channels to show every March Madness...
It turns out that MediaFLO's US network might not be as close to operating capacity as we'd thought, because AT&T wants to bring you live broadcasts of every single game of the NCAA Division I...
View ArticleLG's dumbphone haul for AT&T: Shine 2, "Georgia," and something else?
It should come as no surprise that AT&T would be eager to replace one of its more popular, longer-lasting dumbphone staples with more modern hardware that retains the original's major selling...
View ArticleFLO TV to add 39 markets following DTV transition
If we're using availability across AT&T's and Verizon's lineups as a benchmark, we'd venture to guess that FLO isn't doing terribly well -- but be that as it may, the Qualcomm subsidiary is...
View ArticleVerizon's VCAST TV service expands to three new markets
FLO had promised that it would waste no time rolling out new markets just as soon as old analog TV spectrum started to free up, and sure enough, that's exactly what they're doing. Verizon -- whose...
View ArticleFLO hopes to cut mobile TV costs by going straight to the customer
Besides the very real possibility that the average person isn't all that into the idea of watching live television on a screen the size of a few fingernails, there are two totally quantifiable reasons...
View ArticleQualcomm FLO TV handheld in the works?
According to gdgt, Qualcomm -- which usually sticks to research, design, and the fabless chip game -- is fixin' to produce something called the Personal Television, for use with its FLO TV network....
View ArticleAT&T touts Opera-powered full web browsing with new phones from Samsung...
AT&T wants you to know that you don't need a smartphone just to get a rich, full web experience from your handset -- theoretically, anyway -- with the introduction of four new models from longtime...
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