Twelve broadcast groups (Fox, ION, NBC, Belo, Cox, Scripps, Gannett, Hearst, Media General, Meredith, Post-Newsweek, and Raycom) have announced plans to roll out at least two broadcast stations offering mobile DTV (ATSC M/H) in 20 DMAs in 2011. They say that 40% of the U.S. population will be covered.
Now, all they have to do is convince the consumer electronic industry to manufacture more than the very few devices available or nearly so and, of course, convince consumers that they want this enough to carry another gadget -- and do this while hoping no one notices the bad start that FLO TV had.
Here is the coverage and commentary:
Wayne Friedman in MediaDailyNews.
Susana Schwartz in Connected Planet.
Steve Smith in MediaPost.
Ray Willington in Hot Hardware.
TV Technology.
--Dennis
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