Friday, August 3, 2012

MetroPCS Launches "Dyle" TV Service on Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G

MetroPCS Communications has enabled the Dyle broadcast TV service on the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G handset, the first smart phone in the U.S. market to offer live, local broadcast television using the Dyle mobile TV service.


Dyle offers content from broadcasters NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS Television, LIN Media, Telemundo, Univision, Ion, Belo, Cox Media, E.W. Scripps, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst, Media General, Meredith, Post-Newsweek Stations and Raycom Media. In total, 92 stations have agreed to work with MCV.


The Mobile Content Venture that owns the Dyle service hopes people will want to watch linear TV on their smart phones, but some are skeptical, though Dyle says its research shows people will watch

Dyle research suggests that up to 61 percent of respondents to a survey would be very likely to switch service providers, or somewhat likely to switch service providers, to use such a service. 

One advantage of Dyle is that it does not use Internet bandwidth, simply adding direct ability to display a standard TV broadcast signal on a mobile device. 

Access to the Dyle mobile TV service will be offered in select markets and at no additional charge to customers on a MetroPCS 4G LTE service plan. In some other cases, Dyle has talked about charging a fee to use the service. 

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