AT&T selects MediaFLO; US moves closer to mobile TV monopoly
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
It was no surprise to see Verizon and Sprint both select Qualcomm’s MediaFLO to power their mobile TV networks; after all, Qualcomm and CDMA go together like peas in a pod. Imagine our surprise, though, to hear that AT&T has also selected the technology over the more globally-accepted DVB-H. The two companies made the announcement today, promising that a MediaFLO-based network will come through to supplement AT&T’s existing video content in the second half of the year, picking up MediaFLO’s newest features along the way: multicast video clips, datacasting (for, to use their words, “realtime information and entertainment, and dedicated audio. As for American DVB-H? Hiwire and Modeo have to be down in the dumps this morning, though T-Mobile has yet to make any announcements one way or the other. Admittedly, we’re pulling for the little guys — choice is always good, right?
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