If stations’ mobile DTV plans are successful, broadcast operation...
If stations’ mobile DTV plans are successful, broadcast operations could more closely resemble phone carriers’, said Sinclair CEO David Smith. “Over time as we get into what I would call a gap-filling mode, it’s very conceivable that we'll be…
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just like a telephone operation from the standpoint of receivability,” he said. “That’s kind of the ultimate objective.” The mobile DTV technology, still under consideration as a standard at the ATSC, is continuously improving, Smith said. “The technology is clearly getting better and better and better,” he said. “While it will never be perfect, certainly when it comes time to enter the marketplace, we'll be substantially better than the original cell phone structures when they were put in place.” Sinclair Q1 sales fell 18 percent from a year earlier to $131.3 million. It swung to a $87 million net loss from a $14.9 million profit. Sinclair stock rose 19 percent Thursday.