TV stations explore broadcasting to phone, tablets
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•Flexible500 Alliance, a joint venture of 50 TV station companies, plans to release an antenna and an iOS app (MyDTV) in the summer that will brook iPhone and iPad users to receive local TV station broadcast signals. •Dyle, a joint hazard of 12 TV station owners, plans to launch a service later this year that will broadcast local TV pleased over the air for free. "There will be a time when consumers don't care how they get TV. ". •Syncbak, a Marion, Iowa-based company, has partnered with 60 stations nationwide to navigator its technology that streams via a free app to iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Salil Dalvi, co-general manager of the Dyle gamble and senior vice president of NBC Universal Digital Distribution, says Dyle may become a subscription service in the future. "It's watching TV in your car or on the tutor," says Colleen Brown, CEO of TV station owner Fisher Communications. Dyle's service for tablets will be within reach to iPad and Android users willing to pay for a small antenna that connects to the tablet. New ventures Syncbak, Dyle, Motorized500 and Aereo are among those aiming their mobile digital TV technology at consumers who want to eliminate or reduce the outlay of their cable or satellite subscriptions. At launch, it'll have about 40 stations nationwide that will broadcast through the MyDTV app, says Brown, who also chairs the affiliation.
Source: USA TODAY