Washington DC’s Local Stations To Begin Airing Mobile DTV Broadcasts

Mobile Digital TV (mobile DTV) broadcasts, as promised by the Open Mobile Video Coalition, the industry group of commercial and public broadcasters behind mobile DTV, are beginning to trickle out. The AP reports that local TV stations in Washington D.C. will begin airing mobile TV broadcasts in late summer, which will be available on any mobile device, including cellphones, laptop computers, and in-car entertainment systems, that have a mobile DTV receiver built into them. The five broadcasters include the local affiliates of CBS (NYSE: CBS), NBC, PBC and Ion, and one Fox-owned independent channel. Broadcasts–including the ads that support them–will be identical to the ones shown on television.

Broadcasters have been strong backers of mobile DTV. Not only does it give them a potential revenue source in addition TV and online, it doesn

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