Digital TV News: MediaFLO

MediaFLO USA Set to Expand FLO TV in More Than 100 Markets in 2009
Jan 8, 2009 – MediaFLO USA (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced plans to make the award-winning FLO TV™ experience available to more than 200 million consumers across more than 100 markets in 2009.
News categories: MediaFLO, FLO TV, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Audiovox To Make In-Vehicle Mobile TV a Reality With FLO TV™
Jan 7, 2009 – Audiovox has announced that it has selected the FLO TV (Nasdaq: QCOM) service to deliver live TV with a variety of news, sports, entertainment and kids programming to the automotive industry.
News categories: Audiovox, MediaFLO USA, CES2024, Digital TV, In-Car, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Qualcomm Conducts Drive Test of MediaFLO Broadcast Mobile TV Platform in Collaboration with Toyota
Dec 15, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced the first MediaFLO™ drive test in collaboration with Toyota (Tokyo:7203; NYSE:TM). Live televised programming was transmitted to a vehicle equipped with a MediaFLO phone connected to in-car video displays.
News categories: Qualcomm, Toyota, In-Car, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV

Softbank Mobile backs ISDB-Tmm over MediaFLO for mobile TV
Nov 7, 2008 – Softbank Mobile has decided to use the ISDB-Tmm protocol for its mobile TV. Originally, Softbank backed MediaFlo along with KDDI.
News categories: Softbank Mobile, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV

Mobile Video Infrastructure Market Ramps Up In Spite of Economy
Nov 6, 2008 – The market for mobile video infrastructure will experience rapid growth rates over the next several years in spite of the economy, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV

Computing and Consumer Electronics Devices Expand the Market for Mobile Video
Oct 15, 2008 – The entry of a broad range of new video-capable mobile devices will have a profound effect on the mobile video market, providing more markets for mobile operators, mobile broadcasters, advertisers and other content owners, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, 5G, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Portable, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Consumer spending on mobile broadcast TV to reach $2.7 billion by 2013, but revenues to be hit by free to air services
Oct 7, 2008 – The increasing availability of mobile handsets capable of receiving free-to-air analogue and digital terrestrial TV signals will adversely impact the prospects for dedicated mobile broadcast TV networks, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
News categories: Juniper Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Qualcomm Showcases Value-added Services Enabled by MediaFLO Broadcast Mobile TV Platform at IBC 2008
Sep 12, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced its live, over-the-air demonstrations of the MediaFLO™ interactive broadcast mobile TV platform at IBC 2008, which will feature audio, video and data applications delivered over both UHF and L-Band frequencies.
News categories: Qualcomm, MediaFLO, IBC2023, In-Car, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart Home, Smart TV

Newport Media Signs Qualcomm Software License Agreement
Sep 10, 2008 – Newport Media has announced that it will license MediaFLO™ service layer client software from Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), enabling it to integrate the software into its FLO™ ASIC and protocol stack for MediaFLO device manufacturers.
News categories: Newport Media, Qualcomm, Licensing, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Software