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class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Media transmission technology developed by Qualcomm</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flotv-logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Flotv-logo.jpg/220px-Flotv-logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Flotv-logo.jpg/330px-Flotv-logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Flotv-logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption>FLO TV logo</figcaption></figure> <p><b>MediaFLO</b> was a technology developed by <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a> for transmitting audio, video and data to portable devices such as <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Personal_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal television">personal televisions</a>, used for <a href="/wiki/Mobile_television" title="Mobile television">mobile television</a>. In the United States, the service powered by this technology was branded as <b>FLO TV</b>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Broadcast" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast">Broadcast</a> data transmitted via MediaFLO includes live, real time audio and video streams, as well as scheduled video and audio clips and shows. The technology could also carry <a href="/wiki/Internet_Protocol" title="Internet Protocol">Internet Protocol</a> <a href="/wiki/Datacast" class="mw-redirect" title="Datacast">datacast</a> application data, such as <a href="/wiki/Stock_market" title="Stock market">stock market</a> quotes, sports scores, and <a href="/wiki/Weather_forecasting" title="Weather forecasting">weather reports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2010, <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a> announced it was suspending new sales of the service to consumers.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2010, <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Mobility" title="AT&T Mobility">AT&T</a> announced that it will purchase Qualcomm's FCC licenses in the 700 MHz band.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FLO TV discontinued service on March 27, 2011. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "FLO" in MediaFLO stood for <i>Forward Link Only</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FLO_name_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLO_name-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meaning that the data transmission path is one way, from the tower to the device. The MediaFLO system transmitted data on a frequency separate from the frequencies used by current mobile telephone networks. In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the MediaFLO system used frequency spectrum 716-722 MHz, which had previously been allocated to <a href="/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency#Frequency_Allocation_-_United_States" title="Ultra high frequency">UHF</a> <a href="/wiki/TV_channel" class="mw-redirect" title="TV channel">TV channel</a> <a href="/wiki/Channel_55_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Channel 55 (disambiguation)">55</a>.01Nov2004 Qualcomm press release regarding 700 MHz spectrum usage for MediaFLO <sup id="cite_ref-Verizon_Launching_MediaFLO_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Verizon_Launching_MediaFLO-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FLO was standardized within <a href="/wiki/ETSI" class="mw-redirect" title="ETSI">ETSI</a> as TS 102 589,<sup id="cite_ref-TS589_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TS589-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has components standardized within the <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_Industry_Association" title="Telecommunications Industry Association">Telecommunications Industry Association</a> (TIA 1099, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1120, 1130, 1132, 1146 and 1178.) </p><p>MediaFLO was a competitor to the Korean <a href="/wiki/T-DMB" class="mw-redirect" title="T-DMB">T-DMB</a>, the Japanese <a href="/wiki/1seg" title="1seg">1seg</a> and the European <a href="/wiki/DVB-H" title="DVB-H">DVB-H</a> standards. </p><p>Qualcomm conducted MediaFLO technical trials internationally, with the intention of forming partnerships with existing <a href="/wiki/Multichannel_video_programming_distributor" class="mw-redirect" title="Multichannel video programming distributor">multi-channel content providers</a> and service operators, but has since discontinued development. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technology">Technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mediaflo_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Mediaflo_logo.png/220px-Mediaflo_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Mediaflo_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="170" /></a><figcaption>MediaFLO logo</figcaption></figure> <p>The protocol was developed because of the inherent spectral inefficiency of <a href="/wiki/Unicast" title="Unicast">unicasting</a> high-rate full-motion <a href="/wiki/Video" title="Video">video</a> to multiple subscribers. Additionally, traditional <a href="/wiki/Analog_television" title="Analog television">analog television</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wireless" title="Wireless">over-the-air</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_digital_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrestrial digital television">terrestrial digital television</a> signals (<a href="/wiki/DVB-T" title="DVB-T">DVB-T</a>) were difficult to implement on mobile devices, due mostly to issues of <a href="/wiki/Power_consumption" class="mw-redirect" title="Power consumption">power consumption</a>. <a href="/wiki/ATSC" class="mw-redirect" title="ATSC">ATSC</a>, used only by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and its neighbors, also has difficulty even with fixed reception due to <a href="/wiki/Multipath_propagation" title="Multipath propagation">multipath</a>, and mobile <a href="/wiki/ATSC-M/H" title="ATSC-M/H">ATSC-M/H</a> (which is <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> from individual <a href="/wiki/TV_station" class="mw-redirect" title="TV station">TV stations</a>) was not finalized until 2008. </p><p>In addition, the transmission need not convey as high a resolution as would be needed for a larger display. MediaFLO streams are only 200-250 kbit/s, which would be insufficient for a larger screen size.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the now defunct United States implementation, FLO was transmitted by a network of high-power broadcast <a href="/wiki/Transmitter" title="Transmitter">transmitters</a> operating at <a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">effective radiated powers</a> as high as 50 kilowatts. This allowed for a coverage area of a transmitter to be as large as 30 to 40 kilometres (19 to 25 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The activation of many of these transmitters were delayed due to the official end of analog TV broadcasting on channel 55 <a href="/wiki/DTV_transition_in_the_United_States#Extension_of_transition_to_June_12" class="mw-redirect" title="DTV transition in the United States">being delayed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately following the transition, the FLO network was expanded to several new markets, and coverage was enhanced in some existing ones.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The transmission was an encrypted <a href="/wiki/Orthogonal_frequency-division_multiplexing" title="Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing">OFDM</a> set of <a href="/wiki/Quadrature_amplitude_modulation" title="Quadrature amplitude modulation">QAM</a> signals sent on a 5.55 MHz channel from 716-722 MHz (former <a href="/wiki/Ultra-high_frequency#Frequency_Allocation_-_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultra-high frequency">UHF TV</a> <a href="/wiki/Channel_55_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Channel 55 (disambiguation)">channel 55</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Band_(radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Band (radio)">band</a> was <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_auction" title="Spectrum auction">auctioned</a>-off by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC) and known as the "Lower 700 MHz Block D".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Qualcomm also bought, in a later auction, the use of former analog UHF TV channel 56 (722-728 MHz) in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco for additional services. However, this is owned by Manifest Wireless (a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Dish_Network" title="Dish Network">Dish Network</a>'s Frontier Wireless) in most other <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">media markets</a>, where ATSC-M/H signals were <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">on air</a>. All of the transmitters sent the same signal and used the same frequency, forming a <a href="/wiki/Single-frequency_network" title="Single-frequency network">single-frequency network</a>. This allowed the mobile to decode the signal from more than one transmitter in the same way that it might if it was a <a href="/wiki/Multipath_propagation" title="Multipath propagation">multipath</a>-delayed version from the same transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All stations used <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_callsign" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast callsign">callsign</a> <b>WPZA237</b>, but each has an identifier indicating its group and number. For example, one station in the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlanta" title="Metro Atlanta">metro Atlanta</a> <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">media market</a> was ATL-006, while another was ATL-014. </p><p>Some other operational parameters of MediaFLO are as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Parameter </th> <th>Value </th></tr> <tr> <td>Total number of <a href="/wiki/QAM" class="mw-redirect" title="QAM">QAM</a> sub-carriers </td> <td>4,096 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Number of guard sub-carriers </td> <td>96 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Number of pilot sub-carriers </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Multicast Logical Channels (MLC) </td> <td>1-7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Modulations used </td> <td><a href="/wiki/QPSK" class="mw-redirect" title="QPSK">QPSK</a> (4 symbol constellations), <a href="/wiki/16QAM" class="mw-redirect" title="16QAM">16QAM</a> (16 symbols) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spacing between sub-carriers </td> <td>1.355 kHz (5.55 MHz / 4,096 sub-carriers) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Modulated symbol (chip) duration </td> <td>0.18 μs (1/5.55 MHz) </td></tr> </tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All of the bearer (data) traffic occurred within an MLC using the 3500 non-overhead subcarriers. The protocol also contemplates a certain amount of inter-symbol time spacing, to allow for the effects of multi-path transmission and reception. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Parameter </th> <th>Value </th></tr> <tr> <td>Total OFDM symbol interval (T<sub>S</sub>) </td> <td>833.33 μs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bearer Data traffic (T<sub>U</sub>) </td> <td>738.02 μs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Window interval (T<sub>WGI</sub>) </td> <td>3.06 μs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cyclic Prefix (T<sub>FGI</sub>) </td> <td>92.25 μs </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLO_Physical_Layer:_An_Overview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a window time T<sub>WGI</sub> included both before and after each OFDM symbol. However, since this window is shared between each two consecutive symbols, T<sub>S</sub> = T<sub>U</sub> + T<sub>WGI</sub> + T<sub>FGI</sub>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_roll-out">Commercial roll-out</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commercial roll-out"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="USA:_FLO_TV">USA: FLO TV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: USA: FLO TV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the U.S., all FLO television providers offered a set of 14 basic channels: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2.FLO&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2.FLO (page does not exist)">2.FLO</a> (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.) — Original made-for-mobile reports and concerts; added in early 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adult_Swim" title="Adult Swim">Adult Swim</a> (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> Mobile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Broadcasting_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia Broadcasting System">CBS</a> Mobile — Containing a mixture of sports and other CBS content</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> Mobile TV — Frequently simulcasting live sporting events from their family of networks</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Television">Fox</a> Mobile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> Mobile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Broadcasting_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="National Broadcasting Company">NBC</a> 2Go — A mix of MSNBC, NBC, CNBC, and <a href="/wiki/Bravo_(US_TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bravo (US TV network)">Bravo</a> networks <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Channel" title="Disney Channel">Disney Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nickelodeon (TV network)">Nickelodeon</a></li></ul> <p>Adult Swim <a href="/wiki/Time_sharing" class="mw-redirect" title="Time sharing">time-shares</a> with 2.FLO, as it does on <a href="/wiki/Cable_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Cable TV">cable TV</a> with <a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network" title="Cartoon Network">Cartoon Network</a>. </p><p>Additionally, the "FLO Preview Channel" was a <a href="/wiki/Free-to-view" title="Free-to-view">free-to-view</a> <a href="/wiki/Barker_channel" title="Barker channel">barker channel</a>, available without subscription.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For <a href="/wiki/Conditional_access" title="Conditional access">conditional access</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verizon_Wireless" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Wireless">Verizon Wireless</a> utilized its <a href="/wiki/EVDO" class="mw-redirect" title="EVDO">EVDO</a> network to authenticate mobile handsets and provide the <a href="/wiki/Key_(cryptography)" title="Key (cryptography)">decryption keys</a> necessary to decode the programming. Because of this, users who block data use to prevent unauthorized charge were also blocked from viewing any channels, including the preview channel. </p><p>There were 16 TV channels broadcast for Verizon.<sup id="cite_ref-On_MediaFLO_now_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-On_MediaFLO_now-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The additional Verizon channels include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Tr3%CC%81s" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Tr3́s">MTV Tr3́s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TLC_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="TLC (TV channel)">TLC</a></li></ul> <p>There were 16 TV channels broadcast for AT&T:AT&T Mobile TVThe additional AT&T channels are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cable_News_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Cable News Network">CNN</a> Live Mobile*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crackle_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crackle (company)">Crackle</a> — showing a variety of movies*</li></ul> <p>The standalone FLO TV Personal Television and FLO TV Automotive products also included CNN Live Mobile and Crackle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trials">Trials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Trials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some trials were underway in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, with no commitment for a commercial phase. In France, Qualcomm tried unsuccessfully to convince TDF to choose MediaFLO technology. In the UK, <a href="/wiki/British_Sky_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="British Sky Broadcasting">British Sky Broadcasting</a> conducted trials of MediaFLO in 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Devices">Devices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Devices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devices featuring MediaFLO were introduced by <a href="/wiki/LG" title="LG">LG</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> at <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Consumer Electronics Show">CES</a> 2006 in Las Vegas. On December 1, 2005 <a href="/wiki/Verizon_Wireless" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Wireless">Verizon Wireless</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a> announced a partnership for the launch of the MediaFLO network. Verizon launched the service commercially as part of its VCAST offering on March 1, 2007, marketing the MediaFLO-specific technology/service as "VCAST TV". A similar announcement was made by <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Mobility" title="AT&T Mobility">AT&T Mobility</a> in February 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AT&T Mobility launched their MediaFLO service on May 4, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first non-phone TV-only devices were released in late 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FLO TV was first offered on certain wireless phones offered by Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless. </p><p>In November 2009 FLO TV introduced the FLO TV Personal Television mobile device (model PTV-350). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="End_of_service">End of service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: End of service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 21, 2010, Qualcomm CEO <a href="/wiki/Paul_E._Jacobs" title="Paul E. Jacobs">Paul Jacobs</a> said the company planned to either sell its MediaFLO business or its spectrum, or to find a partner.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company had predicted the total cost to launch the service would be $800 million, including the $683 million the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Union-Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Union-Tribune">San Diego Union-Tribune</a></i> says Qualcomm paid for the spectrum. At the time, the service covered as many as 68 million people, but many analysts confirmed that the project was losing money. </p><p>On October 5, 2010, Qualcomm signaled the end of the FloTV service by declaring that there would be no further sales of devices to consumers. Qualcomm indicated the service would be up and running through at least Spring 2011 but could be turned off at any point thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company said that the MediaFLO spectrum could be used for electronic magazines or newspapers, though such services could be offered alongside the existing broadcast channels. Qualcomm had even reached out to software developers for possible solutions. </p><p>On December 20, 2010, <a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> announced that it would purchase Qualcomm's FCC licenses in the 700 MHz band and that FLO TV service would be shut down on March 27, 2011. Qualcomm received $1.93 billion. Despite spending $132 million in the previous quarter on bolstering FLO TV, Qualcomm still made a profit on the sale, as it had originally paid $38 million for the former channel 55 and $558 million for the former channel 56.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaFLO&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile TV">Mobile TV</a> a term for the category of techniques</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DVB-H" title="DVB-H">DVB-H</a> (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_Video_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</a> (Digital Video Broadcasting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_Multimedia_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Multimedia Broadcasting">DMB</a> (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_audio_broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital audio broadcasting">DAB</a> (Digital Audio Broadcasting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_Radio_Mondiale" title="Digital Radio Mondiale">DRM</a> (Digital Radio Mondiale)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1seg" title="1seg">1seg</a> (mobile TV system on <a href="/wiki/ISDB-T" class="mw-redirect" title="ISDB-T">ISDB-T</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISDB#ISDB-Tmm" title="ISDB">ISDB-Tmm</a> (<b>T</b>errestrial <b>m</b>obile <b>m</b>ulti-media)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_program_guide" title="Electronic program guide">Electronic program guide</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Reuters. 2010-10-05.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Qualcomm+suspends+Flo+TV+sales&rft.date=2010-10-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSTRE6945AO20101005&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMediaFLO" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=137066">FLO TV Doomed By Easier, Free Alternatives</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101007140706/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=137066">Archived</a> 2010-10-07 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> - MediaPost, Oct 5 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-spectrum-att-idUSTRE6BJ2IO20101220">"AT&T to buy Qualcomm's spectrum licenses for $1.93 billion"</a>. 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