Good Superbowl, glad to see the Saints win and have it be a close game for most of it.
I have to say, the most interesting topic I was involved in today was on sex changes in Islam. I never thought six years ago that I’d help create a community that had those discussions. It’s nice to see things blossom. They grow up so fast.
I have to feel bad for whoever duped Qualcomm into thinking FloTV was a good idea to spend millions on. The concept isn’t bad; mobile TV is a very cool product. It just isn’t worth the allocation of so much capital for a venture that will have a minimal ROI. The service has been tried with cell phones and it miserably failed. 15/month + 200 for the unit is a high price to pay. Media like sports scores and play-by-play can be had on mobile websites, as can political news. Adult Swim and other network TV can be had on netbooks, laptops, etc. with their respective network sites or on places like Hulu. Phones that support Flash even have those. And it’s not anything extra than your monthly overall data plan. The target market already has these phones too. The luxury market doesn’t need this, as they will already have satellite radio in their Lexus’ SUV’s and multiple TV’s.
On a side note, the “bi-cultural” MTV Tres AKA the MTV channel aimed at Hispanic/Latino markets failed on actual TV and now has been banished to the title of “exclusively on V Cast Mobile TV” for “select phones” on the Verizon service. Sad.
