mobile tv/sprint
anyone else remember that sprint came out with live tv on capable phones way before anyone else? Just checking...
Remember when Sega came out with the dreamcast and it blew other systems out of the water?
Technology is only as good as it's marketing team and when it comes to cellphones, the network that supports it.
Hopefully with actual TV companies gettin...
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Yeah I remember. Sprint is always ahead of the game. Wi-max proves that! Not to mention Sprint speed, and a full line up of touch screen phones. Im glad I switched all my lines to Sprint. Sprint's Cdma network is the best for streaming media and they ...
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So Who's the Customer?
I assume that if it would compete with VZW and ATT, those carriers would block the service. I know the customer would like to receive free mobile TV, but if this service is competing with the #1 and #2 carriers and they're presumably blocking it, who is the customer?
Most likely it will be a program that customers will DL through verizon/ATT that will give them access to the broadcast. Either a one time fee, or some sort of monthly subscription that will be comparable to the carriers options, perhaps even the sub...
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Think about that. If the networks make it free, the consumer will demand it and the carriers in turn will be forced to make it available.
Given the low cost of making this happen, I imagine the networks will rely on ad revenue and not charge a mon...
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Don't they do this in the rest of the world already? (called DVB-H)
I read about how they are creating a mobile standard for ATSC (called ATSC-M/H). Basically, it could allow the local TV stations to broadcast in that format, as well as regular dig...
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