Free local TV soon to be available on cell phones

The prospect of watching live, local TV shows on mobile phones and other portable devices is getting closer. Manufacturers this week are showing off gadgets can receive a new type of digital TV transmissions.

"Mobile DTV" gadgets will be available this spring for consumers in the Washington, D.C., area to try. The devices include a cell phone made by Samsung Electronics Co. and a Dell Inc. laptop. There's also the Tivit, a device about the size of a deck of cards that receives a TV signal, then rebroadcasts it over Wi-Fi so it can be received by an iPhone or BlackBerry.

Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/6S18VQ
Or visit the Open Mobile Video Coallition here: http://www.omvc.org/
Sprint and Samsung announce a mobile DTV-enabled version of the Android-powered Moment: http://bit.ly/5NXb7Q
FLO TV on a mobile phone: http://www.flotv.com/get-flo-tv/mobile