(From The USA Today -- By Paul Davidson)
The local TV channels on your living-room set may soon make their way to -- where else? -- your mobile phone. And it may not cost you a dime.
Local broadcasters are quietly planning to beam the stations to cellphones, video IPODS, in-car DVD players and other gadgets that would be equipped with TV tuners.
The high-quality digital broadcasts likely would start after the transition to digital TV ends in 2009.
Today, VERIZON, AT&T and SPRINT offer video services on cellphones, but they typically cost $10 to $25 a month. They include news and sports clips, previously aired network programs and 1 to 3-minute "mobisodes."
VERIZON in March launched a QUALCOMM service that simulcasts prime-time network shows.
The new effort could pump fresh life into local broadcast stations that have steadily lost viewers to cable TV, the Web, game players and mobile phones.
Free TV Shows May Air On Cellphones
John Santamaria, thanks for the post.
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