Mobile TV will not go with the Flo

Mobile Video Qualcomm’s much-hyped Flo TV mobile video platform has been a hugely expensive flop and now the chipmaker wants to unload the whole thing. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to write off mobile TV altogether. In fact, the idea, which has been around since Dick Tracy first strapped on his 2-way wristwatch, may Read More …

Boucher letter spells trouble in pay-ville

Comcast-NBC Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee tossed a live grenade into the TV industry’s scrum over its online future. In a letter to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, Boucher urged the commission to approve Comcast’s pending merger with NBC Universal, but only after imposing several conditions. Among those is a demand Read More …