MediaFLO USA Brings Expanded Live News Coverage to AT&T and Verizon Wireless Phones

MediaFLO USA has expanded its news coverage to include three new standalone full-time 24/7 news channels to its mobile TV service: CNBC and MSNBC from NBC Universal, and FOX News. The new channels will be available to AT&T and Verizon Wireless subscribers and will launch in time for the political party convention season. MediaFLO USA’s mobile TV service is available to AT&T subscribers as AT&T Mobile TV and to Verizon Wireless customers as V CAST Mobile TV.


“The FLO TV service allows consumers to stay connected to breaking news as it happens,” said Jonathan Barzilay, senior vice president, programming and advertising, MediaFLO USA. “With the addition of CNBC, MSNBC and FOX News, our subscribers will enjoy instant access to national news and up-to-the-minute financial information.”

All three channels will offer simulcast programming - airing content at the same time as it appears on cable - and will give consumers on-the-go access to many of the most popular news shows on cable TV, including “Squawk Box,” “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” and “Power Lunch” on CNBC; “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” “Hardball with Chris Matthews” and “Morning Joe” on MSNBC; and “FOX & Friends,” “The O’Reilly Factor with Bill O’Reilly” and “Hannity & Colmes” on FOX News.

In addition to the new channels, MediaFLO USA’s mobile TV service provides consumers with news programming from CBS News on CBS Mobile; NBC News on NBC 2GO, featuring “The Today Show,” “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” and “Meet The Press”; and AT&T Mobile TV customers have access to a full-time CNN Mobile channel.