Mobile TV Firm Modeo’s CEO Quits; Interim CEO Ahead of Launch

This isn’t a surprise: mobile TV startup Modeo (spinoff from Crown Castle) has been having trouble getting any kind of traction in the U.S. market…the company was supposed to launch its mobile TV broadcast network by year end in NYC, but hasn’t yet, and seems it has been postponed to early next year. Now Michael Schueppert, CEO of fledgling firm, has abruptly quit the Texas-based company, reports EE Times.
Michael Ramke, Modeo’s VP of marketing and business development, has been appointed interim CEO. The story says that the the management change can be attributed to Modeo’s inability, over more than a year, to lock up carrier deals or even field-trial agreements for mobile-TV services in the States, something we have heard from ground sources as well.
In U.S., some positions on mobile TV camps are emerging, though still early: Verizon is in Qualcomm’s MediaFlo camp and will launch early next year as well. T-Mobile USA is trialling MediaFlo as well, and Cingular may be thinking about it as well.
Telephony Online: It’s unclear…whether Modeo will have a carrier partner at launch…it would be possible for Cingular or T-Mobile customers to subscribe directly to Modeo, using their carrier-issued SIM cards in Modeo handsets.”
Related:
Crown Castle Promises Modeo In NYC By Years End
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