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Mobile TV's elusive economics

Yesterday, the WSJ quoted Qualcomm's CEO as saying its Flo TV service hasn't found the audience they'd hoped for and that its service model would be broadening to encompass other data delivery (link:  Wall Street Journal).  Then today I read that advocates of television broadcasting's entry into this space have demoed their similar service using broadcast spectrum in Detroit (link:  TV Technology).  Meanwhile, non-driving passengers are already viewing YouTube and other videos on their 3G smart phones for free.  Seems as though both camps have a long way to go to demonstrate there's a business here.  --Dennis

Auto-Tuned Things Considered and more

Thanks to Bryan McKay for posting the funny video used to introduced NPR President/CEO at the All Things Digital conference this week.  Link:  Technorati. #pubmedia  --Dennis