{"id":663,"date":"2010-10-21T16:13:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T21:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antennasdirect.com\/blog\/?p=663"},"modified":"2021-03-30T09:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T14:25:28","slug":"flo-tv-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antennasdirect.com\/blog\/flo-tv-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Flo TV dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flo TV is dead according to this report;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/oct\/06\/business\/la-fi-flotv-20101006\">Qualcomm is dropping Flo TV service<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Savor the irony as regulators debate the best use of broadcast spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>We actually have reports that some Radio Shack outlets never sold a single one of the $250 units since its launch in 2009. For the majority of Americans who\u2019ve never heard of this device, the Flo TV service multi cast a dozen low res channels on Ch55\u00a0to a portable device with a 3.5\u201d screen.<\/p>\n<p>This was dead on arrival for several factors, Portable digital TVs with higher resolutions and larger screens can now be had for around $50 with no monthly fee.\u00a0\u00a0Second, if you\u2019re a Smartphone user, carrying around another portable device just wasn\u2019t very appealing for many people.<\/p>\n<p>If the above reasons weren&#8217;t enough to overcome, it carried a $15\/monthly charge. \u00a0People are saturated with subscription fees and Flo TV didn\u2019t offer much you couldn\u2019t get from a portable digital TV or by streaming video from a Smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the irony:\u00a0 The broadcast television spectrum grab the FCC has proposed, if brought to fruition, would most likely be\u00a0employed for a similar type multichannel pay TV service. \u00a0The lower frequencies utilized currently by broadcasters don\u2019t lend themselves to wireless broadband as readily\u00a0as to one way digital broadcasting services\u00a0(like Flo TV), which can survive with lower bitrates, greater interference\u00a0and less efficient \u00a0antennas.<\/p>\n<p>Think anyone from the FCC\u2019s broadband commission will glean any lessons here? \u00a0Nah, I didn\u2019t think so either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flo TV is dead according to this report; Qualcomm is dropping Flo TV service Savor the irony as regulators debate the best use of broadcast spectrum. 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