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As the lights go out today on analog television broadcast, as part of the long-planned transition to digital, frequencies in several markets carryin...
As the lights go out today on analog television broadcast, as part of the long-planned transition to digital, frequencies in several markets carrying television signals to mobile phones. Qualcomm, which has spent $500 million to buy frequencies used by analog broadcasters in several U.S. markets, is expanding the reach of its FLO TV network in new markets including San Francisco, Boston, Houston and Miami, adding 60 million potential customers. A total of 15 new markets go online today. Later this year, the company will expand to New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago and other markets. The service provides full–length simulcast and time–shifted programming from CBS, CBS College Sports, CBS News, CNBC, Comedy Central, ESPN, FOX, FOX News, FOX Sports, MSNBC, MTV, NBC, NBC 2Go, NBC News, NBC Sports, Nickelodeon and NickToons. At the All Things Digital conference in California earlier this month, I interviewed Bill Stone, the president of FLO TV, which is wholly owned by Qualcomm. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer Less
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