National Public Radio’s “Election 2008” coverage will offer nine hours of live streaming and multimedia capabilities on November 4, from 8:00PM to 5:00AM (ET). The network will have reporters positioned with the campaigns and in more than two dozen sites around the country.
NPR’s coverage of the general election will include live streaming, blogging, interactive [...]
Broadcom today announced a new combination chip that integrates a complete Bluetooth Version 2.1 + enhanced data rate (EDR) baseband, radio and software, along with an FM stereo radio transceiver, on a single piece of silicon. It’s targeted for mobile devices, adding enhanced voice and stereo audio processing, and industry-leading embedded software functionality using [...]
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said today that he will support allowing conditional unlicensed use of the so-called “white spaces” television spectrum. During a press conference, Martin said that he was proposing to let carriers and other vendors deploy devices in white space spectrum which operates unlicensed at powers of 100 milliwatts.
His proposal would also [...]
The FCC will soon release a report on the feasibility of opening up unused spectrum, or white spaces, for use with wireless broadband, reports Reuters. The agency’s engineering report will share results of several years of data collection, including field tests on Broadway in New York City and at FedEx Field in Maryland.
Google, Microsoft Corp [...]
Comcast is expected to launch WiMax femtocells during the second half of 2009, reports Unstrung. Comcast is investing more than 1 Billion in the Clearwire/Sprint/Google joint venture. Cable doesn’t have mobile voice. They want in.
Dave Williams, senior VP for wireless and technology at the cable giant, revealed earlier this year that Comcast is looking [...]
Less than two months after the launch of its AMC-21 satellite, SES AMERICOM, announced that the Ku-band spacecraft is operational and delivering content and connectivity for leading broadcasters and mobile broadband service providers.
Anchor tenant PBS, which serves 356 public television stations and millions of viewers nationwide, has transitioned its complete programming lineup to AMC-21.
PBS [...]
About half of National Public Radio’s mobile visitors (about 700,000 to 800,000 per month) use iPhones, writes American Journalism Review. NPR Mobile, on the iPhone, provides new user-friendly options for listeners. “We’re thinking ahead to certain kinds of experiences we would design specifically for iPhone users,” says Associate Producer and blogger Lee R. Hill.
They’re distributing [...]
Hitachi has prototyped a digital camcorder that can stream HD video over Wi-Fi networks. Video being shot live, or recorded on its internal hard drive, transmits the HD video compressed in the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 through an 802.11g module in an SD card.
It’s delivered to a TV via an access point. Video selection, playback, stop [...]
Dailywireless asked our friend, Joe Christenson, what’s new and exciting in streaming media.
We got an earful. Joe is developing a streaming media business, and attended the Streaming Media West 2008 conference last week. Here’s what he had to say about the show:
Streaming Media West 2008 was held at the San Jose Convention Center. It [...]
DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite television provider, said on Friday it has reached an agreement with AT&T to offer a co-branded package of video, home phone, wireless phone and Internet service, starting Feb. 1, 2009.
DirecTV will begin selling the service once AT&T’s current partnership with DISH Network expires on Jan. 31. AT&T said current AT&T/DISH [...]
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