[opendtv] Re: Qualcomm on Channel 55
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:56:12 -0700
and, likely to be the last. Do you have any perceptions about how this is
perceived within Qualcomm? It's something like "We're the money-making
division of the company, and our money is used so that Qualcomm can invest a
bit in technologies that will never make money, like MediaFLO."
This was said to me personally by an executive vp of Qualcomm a month or so
after MediaFLO was announced. It was emphasized to me that MediaFLO would
never make any money.
Broadcasting, on the other hand ...
John Willkie
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From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 1:58 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Qualcomm on Channel 55
> Yes but the strangeness emanates from the fact that broadcasters passed
> on developing their OTA spectrum for actually broadcasting. They seem
> content with ancient 8-VSB and MPEG2 technology with no thought to
> mobile on their spectrum while spending all their efforts on multicast
> must carry.
>
> That is what is strange. Others see the opportunity and will bury
> current broadcasters IMO. Qualcomm is just the first.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> Mitchell Cardwell wrote:
>
> >A cell phone company asking TV stations to vacate their channels so the
> >cell phone company can offer...TV. What a strange time we live in.
> >
> >Mitch
> >
> >On Jun 20, 2005, at 12:35 AM, Bill Hogan wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Qualcomm announces plans for UHF Ch. 55 [1]
> >>
> >>
> >>Qualcomm, the mobile technology specialist, is one of those companies
> >>wondering if the DTV transition will ever end. It is anxious to use
> >>UHF Ch.
> >>55 for its nationwide mediacast network, an enterprise that plans to
> >>launch
> >>multiple channels of video and audio to third generation mobile phones.
> >>
> >>To jumpstart the new service, Qualcomm has already begun negotiating
> >>with
> >>broadcasters occupying Ch. 55 to give up the spectrum early.
> >>Qualcomm’sfirst agreements are with the owners of WACX-TV in
> >>Orlando,
> >>and KWDK-TV in Tacoma, WA. The confidential agreements are said to be
> >>contingent on the current owners winning FCC permission to stop
> >>broadcasting
> >>on Ch. 55 and to operate digital-only on Ch. 40 in Orlando and Ch. 42
> >>in
> >>Tacoma.
> >>
> >>Qualcomm created a subsidiary called MediaFLO after paying the federal
> >>government $38 million in an auction last summer for future nationwide
> >>rightsto channel 55. However, it can’t use the spectrum in areas
> >>where
> >>a broadcaster still occupies the spectrum or where it would cause
> >>interference with stations on adjacent channels.
> >>
> >>The name MediaFLO is derived from Qualcomm’s Forward Link Only
> >>(FLO)
> >>technology for content aggregation, delivery and viewing. The network
> >>will
> >>support 50-100 national and local content channels using the 700MHz
> >>spectrum,including up to 15 live streaming channels and numerous
> >>clip-cast
> >>and audio channels.
> >>
> >>T
> >>
> >
>
>
>
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