AT&T Purchases Former MediaFLO Spectrum for $1.93 Billion
AT&T and Qualcomm have jointly announced that the carrier has closed the preliminary purchase of Qualcomm’s former 700MHz spectrum holdings used previously for its MediaFLO mobile television network. The purchase is pending regulatory approval with AT&T planning to use the spectrum as the downlink frequency in its forthcoming LTE network launch. The spectrum purchased extends […]
Qualcomm Looking to Sell MediaFLO Division
During its earnings conference call, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has confirmed that it is in talks to sell off the platform developer’s struggling mobile television initiative in MediaFLO with the timeline for the sale expected between this year and next before declining to elaborate further. The broadcast technology utilizes the 700MHz spectrum closest to analog […]
AT&T Announces LG Arena with Mobile TV
Not long after the first leaked image surfaced on New Year’s Day, AT&T has officially announced the forthcoming launch of the LG Arena multimedia device with built-in AT&T Mobile TV. The LG Arena features a 3.0 inch WVGA resolution touchscreen with the LG S-Class user interface, a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus, GPS support with […]
Qualcomm Announces FLO-EV and Smartbook Demo, Audiovox Announces In-Car System
Qualcomm has announced an update to its FLO broadcast platform during MWC today and a smartbook demo application with partner Audiovox plugging its currently available in-car system powered by FLO TV. First up is the announcement that Qualcomm has expanded its FLO broadcast platform with the forthcoming launch of FLO-EV, which it has described as […]
Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm Expand MediaFLO Coverage
Verizon Wireless has announced that coverage for its MediaFLO powered VCAST Mobile TV service has been expanded to cover San Francisco, Sacramento, and Fresno in California. This follows initial service expansion in the wake of the digital television transition which began on the weekend of June 12th and affects Qualcomm’s FLO service as it operates […]
AT&T And MediaFLO to Launch MobileTV on May 4th
AT&T and MediaFLO have announced the availability of the long awaited MobileTV starting May 4th. The service will provide users with popular television programming similar to Verizon’s VCast MobileTV who are also partnered with MediaFLO in providing their service. To ‘celebrate’ the launch, AT&T is introducing LG’s VU and Samsung’s Access as the first two devices to […]
AT&T Announces Pending MediaFLO Launch
In a press release today, AT&T has announced the pending launch of its new MediaFLO-based mobile television service after many false starts, which the company will simply name AT&T Mobile TV. The service will be identical to VCAST Mobile TV currently offfered on Verizon Wireless, with the addition of two channels exclusive to AT&T subscribers […]
Verizon Updates V CAST Mobile TV Player
Verizon has issued an update for their V CAST Mobile TV Player. The update improves the performance of TV playback. Verizon has not issued a change list for what exactly was improved in the update. The update will not automatically detect itself. You need to go to Options inside the application and chose the option […]
AT&T MediaFLO Launch Details, Changes to Data Plans Surface
Engadget Mobile has unveiled exclusive details on AT&T’s launch of MediaFLO mobile TV service now expected sometime later in the first quarter and changes to their current data plan structure to align more competitively with other carriers.
AT&T Delays MediaFLO Launch to 1Q 2008
Reuters is reporting that AT&T has delayed the launch of MediaFLO mobile television services on its network until the first quarter of 2008 due to “fine-tuning” in a statement given by spokesman Mark Siegel with no specific details given on the changes being made. As we previously reported in February, AT&T chose Qualcomm’s MediaFLO platform […]