New Mobile Video Service Gets Cool Reception.(MediaFLO)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2006 by Dickson, Glen

By Glen Dickson Broadcasters worry about interference from MediaFLO Broadcasters are concerned that MediaFLO, a new mobile video service being launched by Qualcomm later this year, will cause significant interference to their analog and digital television (DTV) broadcasts. MediaFLO is scheduled to debut in the fourth quarter, with a nationwide footprint.

Qualcomm petitioned the Federal Communications Commission in January 2005 to expedite MediaFLO's launch by allowing the service to meet the same standard that broadcasters have used to measure interference between two stations in a market. It also asked the FCC to provide for a streamlined processing procedure that would give stations 14 days to respond to MediaFLO's filing plans to launch in a...

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