KDDI Research released a report (Japanese-language; PDF download here) I authored on The State of TV in America (English abstract). This is part 1 of 2, and focuses on the traditional broadcast TV and cable industries, and the advent of “three screen viewing”, to paraphrase Nielsen’s term. Part 2 looks forward, and will focus further on multi-device viewing, and innovations in the video viewing and distribution fields.

Quick post with my Rosum hat on. Today Rosum announced (pdf link) the launch of its Alloy chip, which utilizes broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing and location information for mobile devices and femtocells. Alloy was developed in partnership with Siano Mobile Silicon, which provides Mobile Digital TV receiver chips, for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices.

Speaking as a long-time Rosum contributor, this is a proud day.

Blair Levin, Executive Director of the FCC’s Omnibus Broadband Initiative (i.e., the National Broadband Task Force), called the US the Doug Flutie of wireless broadband in a recent blog post on the broadband.gov website. His points: skills can only take you so far. You need raw assets, in this case spectrum, as well.

The FCC has more than hinted at reclaiming both broadcast TV spectrum and perhaps fallow government spectrum. CTIA, meanwhile, has asked that 800 MHz be liberated for wireless. The Broadband Task Force’s status update from the September 22nd FCC Open Meeting is available here. The section on spectrum starts on slide 61.

KDDI Research Institute published a report (Japanese-language) I did on white space communications, i.e., unlicensed communications over TV spectrum.