FLO TV Expands Channel Lineup: ABC Mobile and Disney Channel

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FLO TV Expands Channel Lineup:
ABC Mobile and Disney Channel
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Top Shows Debut on FLO TV Service, Including ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” &“Desperate
Housewives” and Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana” & “Wizards of Waverly Place”
SAN DIEGO – December 08, 2009 – FLO TV Incorporated, provider of the award-winning FLO TV™ live mobile
TV service and a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), has expanded its content
distribution agreement with The Walt Disney Company to add content from the ABC Television Network and
Disney Channel to its lineup, joining content already available on ESPN MobileTV. As part of the deal, FLO TV
users will have access to some of the most popular shows in primetime from ABC Mobile and a simulcast of the
Disney Channel.
“ABC Mobile and Disney Channel offer some of the most iconic and popular programming on television,” said
Jonathan Barzilay, senior vice president of programming and advertising, FLO TV. “FLO TV is thrilled to add ABC
Mobile and the Disney Channel to the lineup of leading brands enjoyed by our subscribers.”
“We are excited to expand our relationship with FLO TV and now offer a comprehensive array of world-class
programming to their subscribers,” said Matt Murphy, senior vice president, digital video distribution, Disney and
ESPN Media Networks. “We are dedicated to connecting viewers to the content they want and brands they love on
the platforms they choose and are pleased that in addition to having access to high-quality, popular sports
programming from ESPN, users of the FLO TV service will now be able to see their favorite shows from ABC and
Disney Channel.”
The ABC Mobile channel features full-length episodes of popular primetime shows such as “Grey's Anatomy,”
“Desperate Housewives,” “FlashForward,” “Ugly Betty” and “Lost” (when it returns in February 2010), as well as
select content from ABC Family and SOAPnet. Additionally, the mobile channel offers a variety of short-form
content from ABC Entertainment and ABC News.
Disney Channel will run a simulcast on the FLO TV service, offering consumers access to full-length episodes of
hit Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana,” “Wizards of Waverly Place,” “The Suite Life on Deck” and “JONAS,”
as well as films from the wildly popular Disney Channel Original Movie franchise. The service also includes
Playhouse Disney, a daily morning programming block for preschoolers and their caregivers featuring a wide array
of content, such as critically acclaimed series “Handy Manny” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.”
The FLO TV wireless service already offers ESPN MobileTV, which delivers year-round 24/7 coverage of more
than 800 live events, including College Football, College Basketball, Major League Baseball and more. ESPN
MobileTV also delivers timely news and information seven days a week from ESPNEWS, as well as information
and analysis from top ESPN studio programs “Baseball Tonight,” “Pardon the Interruption” and “Around the Horn.”
Through this new agreement, live event coverage will expand further still, with previously unavailable ESPN games
being added to the ABC Mobile channel.
The FLO TV service is being offered across multiple platforms, including:
· on a dedicated device with the FLO TV Personal Television - the first-ever portable digital television with a
dedicated network;
· direct to mobile subscribers, via AT&T as AT&T Mobile TV and Verizon Wireless as V CAST Mobile TV;
· direct to automobiles using the FLO TV Auto Entertainment system. Audiovox and FLO TV will be launching FLO
TV Auto Entertainment, an in-vehicle entertainment system that delivers high-quality TV, offering enhanced
entertainment beyond DVDs.
Through this variety of media, consumers can simultaneously get high-quality video and audio in real time without
streaming, buffering or downloads.
Service not available everywhere. Programming subject to change / blackout restrictions.
About FLO TV
The FLO TV service combines the best content, an intuitive user interface and a superior multicast network to
deliver a quality TV viewing experience for consumers. FLO TV offers full-length simulcast and time-shifted
programming from the world's best entertainment brands, including ABC, ABC Entertainment, ABC Family, ABC
News, Adult Swim Mobile, CBS, CBS College Sports, CBS News, CNBC, COMEDY CENTRAL, Disney Channel,
Disney Channel Original Movies, ESPN, ESPNEWS, ESPN 2, FOX, FOX News Channel, FOX Sports, FUEL TV,
MSNBC, MTV, NBC, NBC2Go, NBC News, NBC Sports, Nickelodeon, Playhouse Disney, SOAPNet and Speed.
Based in San Diego, Calif., FLO TV Incorporated is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. Further
information is available at www.flotv.com
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other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Topics: mobile TV
Qualcomm Contacts
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Melinda Hutcheon
FLO TV Incorporated
p: 1-858-651-7334
e: flotv.pr@flotv.com
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Emily Kilpatrick
Corporate Communications
p: 1-858-845-5959
e: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
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John Gilbert
Investor Relations
p: 1-858-658-4813
e: ir@qualcomm.com
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