Mobile TV

Sprint Nextel Corp. is expected to announce on Monday that it has begun selling a service which allows users of its mobile video phones to watch full-length movies, television shows, concerts and comedy specials.

Provided by vendor MSpot, the service offers unlimited shows and movies for a monthly flat fee of US $6.95, on top of regular service charges.

Given this price point - we wonder how much Vodafone is going to charge for a roughly equivalent service. US $6.95 is almost - tempting. Looks like the subscription model for Mobile TV is about to become mainstream.

[via ubergizmo]

Vodafone will begin broadcasting high-profile mobile TV channels to it's 3G enabled Vodafone Live! handsets all over the world this month, with content consisting of a range of crowd-pleasing sports, entertainment and documentary programs, including: "Sex and the City," "Six Feet Under," "Eurosport, "MTV", Mobile versions of Seasons 1-4 of "24," "UEFA Champions League," "Discovery Channel" and "Fashion TV."

The launch of these global mobile TV channels, as well as their availability, packaging and programming, will vary according to market.

Meanwhile, NBC-owned television shows will be available for download from the iTunes Music Store for use with the video iPod at US $1.99 per episode, including: "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and "Surface," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Dragnet," "The Office," "Law & Order," and "Knight Rider."

We'll follow up upon these stories as they develop, to determine whether our predictions of bundled Mobile TV subscriptions are accurate, and to determine the popularity of pre-paid content.

[via MobileMag and Techdirt]

Mobuzz produces video clips which might be interesting to those of us on 3G connections who have few content subscriptions. Their stated aim is to produce "highly structured, informative daily clips," which are "specifically formatted for use on a mobile phone."

I'm not quite certain if there is actually enough content to satiate anyone (the plan seems to be two 3 minute clips a day on weekdays) but I suppose it is an alternative.

The clips so far have been alrrrriiiggghhttt. You should peek at it yourself.