The Open Mobile Video Coalition held a press conference today to announce today that it has received commitments from 63 stations in 22 markets, covering 35 percent of the U.S., to roll out mobile digital TV using existing spectrum and technology installed as part of the digital TV transition. The technology will allow local stations to broadcast live programming to mobile phones by only slightly modifying their existing digital infrastructure, which is drastically different than streaming video over the mobile network, or building a new TV network from the ground up, as in the case with Qualcomm’s MediaFLO. Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Broadcasting’s President David Lougee: “Unlike cellphone networks that can be overwhelmed, we can get information out to millions of people simultaneously. This new service will let citizens on the move stay in touch with what’s going on in their communities, whether it’s news, sports, or weather, more effectively than any other medium.”
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Representatives at the press conference ranged from broadcasters, like Gannett, NBC and Scripps, as well as technology partners such as Samsung, LG (SEO: 066570) and Harris. Harris’s Chairman and CEO Howard Lance: “What
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