Broadcasts to mobile devices to start in 22 cities

January 9th, 2009 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer Broadcasts to mobile devices to start in 22 cities (AP)

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An LG cell phone shows live TV during a demonstration at an OMVC news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

(AP) -- TV stations in 22 U.S. cities announced Thursday that they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like cell phones, MP3 players, GPS units and in-car entertainment systems.


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