Station Lighting Turns Viewers’ Mobile Devices into Portable TV’s –
Offers Access to Live News, Sport and Entertainment Programming On-the-Go
MIAMI – June 18, 2013 -WFOR-TV (CBS 4) in Miami announced today that it is now broadcasting a mobile signal. With this station lighting, South Florida viewers will now have access to CBS 4’s live local and network programming thanks to Dyle™ mobile TV, the consumer service and innovative technology that brings live broadcast television – including national news, sports and entertainment programming – to mobile devices at home or on-the-go. Accessories are available that turn mobile devices into portable TV’s without tapping into a consumer’s wireless data plan, making it easy for CBS 4’s viewers to enjoy live TV whether they are out at a sporting event or coffee shop, or checking local news while bracing for a storm during a power outage.
“We at CBS 4 are excited to partner with Dyle and make our programming available to people in our market who wish to view our station on a mobile device,” said Adam Levy, Vice President and General Manager, WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV.
Dyle is driving the commercial rollout of a national mobile video service that is using special airwaves to enable broadcasters to transmit a live simulcast of their channel directly to viewers’ mobile devices. Viewers can choose from several devices and accessories available in the market to watch live TV anywhere, anytime, without tapping into their data plans. iPhones and iPads can be turned into portable TV’s with Belkin’s receiver accessory for Dyle mobile TV, or with Elgato’s EyeTV Mobile TV Tuner accessory. And, MetroPCS offers the Samsung Galaxy S® Lightray™ 4G Android smartphone, which comes preloaded with the Dyle™ mobile TV app.
“We are very excited to have CBS 4 light their station for Dyle to make content available to viewers in South Florida who want to enjoy live broadcast TV from their mobile devices everywhere they go,” said Salil Dalvi and Erik Moreno, co-General Managers of MCV. “The addition of CBS 4 continues our momentum to provide live TV programming to users across the country and we look forward to further expanding our footprint in the coming months.”
Dyle mobile TV is part of the media industry’s TV Everywhere effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. Dyle is operated by the Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint-venture of 12 major broadcast groups including Belo Corp., Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps Co., Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television Inc., Media General Inc., Meredith Corp., Post-Newsweek Stations Inc. and Raycom Media, all of which are part of the standalone entity known as Pearl, LLC, as well as Fox, ION Television and NBC.
For more information on Dyle, visit https://dyle.tv/ and follow Dyle on Twitter, www.twitter.com/@DyleMobileTV.
About Dyle™ Mobile TV
Dyle™ mobile TV is offering consumers with an easy way to experience and enjoy live broadcast television on their mobile devices at home or on-the-go. The Dyle app and Dyle Mobile TV compatible apps enable live broadcast programming – such as local and national news, as well as sports and entertainment content, utilizing the ATSC-Mobile DTV standard, on mobile devices featuring Dyle. With several compatible devices and accessories, Dyle is now available in 40 US markets, potentially reaching 57 percent of the population, with plans to add additional network programming and hardware in the future. Dyle is operated by the Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint-venture of 12 major broadcast groups including Belo Corp., Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps Co., Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television Inc., Media General Inc., Meredith Corp., Post-Newsweek Stations Inc. and Raycom Media, all of which are part of the standalone entity known as Pearl, LLC, as well as Fox, ION Television and NBC. For more information, visit dyle.tv.
