Station groups team for mobile DTV effort

Cory Bergman April 16th, 2007

Nine station groups are teaming up to speed the development of technology that will allow their stations to broadcast video to cell phones and vehicles over digital airwaves. Called the Open Mobile Video Coalition, the group is working with NAB and is actively recruiting members and investors. “Mobile is the next killer app for DTV to recapture and reassemble audiences that have been migrating out of the living room,” said ION Media president and CEO Brandon Burgess. “I’ve been talking to a lot of investors, and what they say is, if you want me to invest, show me the demand…. This does that.”