The National Association of Broadcasters warned Congress that allowing unlicensed wireless operations in vacant television spectrum could jeopardize the transition to digital TV, continuing the highly charged debate with tech companies over a proposal to expand Wi-Fi into white spaces."For more than a year,...
It seems there's more than one way to spread the love. Earlier this year on American Idol, host Ryan Seacrest devoted way too much TV time promoting (what else?) Apple's iPhone. (Perhaps you've heard of it. It's all the rage with the cool kids...
A handful of mobile players are trying to cram the silver screen onto the third screen. But whether there's a business case to be made for mobile movies is far from clear. The first wireless films came online for U.S. consumers in December 2005...
Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page said there are not technical impediments to making vacant television channels - white spaces - available for unlicensed wireless broadband access, but that powerful lobbying forces want to convince the Federal Communications Commission otherwise."I think the debate has been...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Allie Winter has joined RCR Wireless News as a reporter covering the wireless carrier beat. Winter, a Minnesota native, graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism. Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Minnesota Daily...
The Federal Communications Commission is revisiting the controversial licensing of thousands of towers in the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of a successful legal challenge by conservation groups concerned about the safety of migratory birds. But there is little initial indication that a federal...
As Echostar Corp. improves its financial performance - the company netted $5.7 million during the last quarter compared to a net loss of $18.5 million a year ago - it is also beginning to talk about possible plans for spectrum it recently acquired in...
Whenever two fierce competitors talk collaboration, people listen.That's the case with today's announcement that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will jointly pursue a mobile/handheld, digital TV standard for North America's broadcast TV industry. The two companies had been pursuing competing...
Qualcomm Inc. said it demonstrated the capability to support the MediaFLO and ISDB-T mobile TV standards on a multimode handset.The demonstration was powered by Qualcomm's Universal Broadcast Modem chipset.Qualcomm said the demonstration illustrates that its MediaFLO technology can complement ISDB-T technologies used in Japan...
Application: NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileRunning on: Samsung M520 on Sprint Nextel's networkYay: A must for NASCAR fans who want to be informed on all things NASCAR, all the time. Fair representation of the desktop NASCAR Web site. It's free as long as you have...
Inspired messagesThe Pope will send inspirational text messages to mobile phones during Catholic World Youth day this summer in Australia, according to a report from Agence France-Presse. "We wanted to make WYD08 a unique experience by using new ways to connect with today's tech-savvy...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Like many other forms of entertainment, watching mobile TV wastes time - at least to some. For the executives running mobile entertainment companies that routinely talk about the medium as such, there's an apparent sense of pride or ease that comes...
A perfect storm could be forming for high-tech giants and their campaign to secure vacant TV spectrum - known as white spaces - for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed wireless devices. It may be one of those things - owing to a confluence of factors...
Total annual spending for advertisements on mobile devices will exceed $1 billion this year and could increase to about $7.6 billion by 2013, according to a report from Juniper Research. The firm said mobile streamed and broadcast TV services will become the most lucrative...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
NEW YORK CITY -- The tears, deafening screams and all-around giddiness were nonstop last night as Madonna played a six-song set at the Roseland Ballroom for a select group of wireless subscribers, promotion winners and hardcore fans.The "Material Girl" took the stage shortly after...
AT&T Mobility's MediaFLO-based mobile TV service has not yet officially launched; after a couple of false starts, the carrier appears set to launch the service, along with a pair of devices, in the coming weeks.However, RCR Wireless News obtained an LG Electronics Co. Ltd....
Fresh off a handful of license wins in the 700 MHz auction last month in the United States, Qualcomm Inc. is now eyeing spectrum in Britain, yet the company says it is not interested in becoming an operator in that country."Qualcomm does not intend...
Dish Network Corp. isn't wasting time as it considers what technology might be the best fit for spectrum it recently won in the 700 MHz auction. The company partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to test DVB-SH mobile TV broadcast technology with equipment, tools and training provided...
There's a lot of debate these days about what might push mobile television into its next growth spurt, but most seem to agree that offering ad-supported channels can only help.GoldSpot Media, a Silicon Valley start-up, is banking on that strategy with what it says...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look...
LAS VEGAS - EVER SINCE television was invented in 1926, the industry has seen over-the-air broadcasts reach more screens as the medium exploded in popularity. The industry's first push was to get a single TV set into as many living rooms as possible, then...
LAS VEGAS - "There is an expression - if there is something that people want to watch, you can broadcast it on a rock in the desert and they will watch it," Frank Nein, co-founder, partner and senior VP at Lexicon Digital Communications, said...
