AT&T’s mobile TV to launch May 4
Posted May 2, 2008 at 08:47 AM by Arnold Zafra
Section: Video, Content, Portable Video, Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Mobile
May 5 is a very crucial date for AT&T, as the company will begin offering their mobile TV service to 58 markets in the US, which include Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC and more. To prepare for this new service, AT&T is also introducing two mobile handsets, the LG Vu and Samsung Access specifically to serve the purpose of providing AT&T customers a great experience when watching TV programs on their mobile phones. This service will be made available by AT&T in partnership with Qualcomm’s Media FLO subsidiary.
For its opening salvo on live mobile TV programming, AT&T will be offering TV programs produced by leading US news and entertainment brands including CBS Mobile, ESPN Mobile, Fox Mobile, NBC 2Go and more. What’s so interesting about these TV programs is that most of them are either news or entertainment programs.This was a result of an AT&T study which showed that these two genres are the most popular type of programs that users would want to watch on their mobile phones.
Monthly access for AT&T’s mobile TV service will offer a few options. A $15 per month Basic package will give customers unlimited access to Mobile TV and AT&T’s exclusive special concert channel, CNCRT. Or if you are willing to add $15 more ($30 a month), you you will get the Mobile TV Plus package which will give you unlimited access to Mobile TV, mobile web browsing on MEdia Net and unlimited CV mobile video. In addition, there is a limited basic package which costs $13 a month, this package will give you access to only four channels though - CBS Mobile, FOX Mobile, NBC 2Go and NBC News 2Go.
So, remember the date folks. Check out the AT&T Mobile TV site on May 4, subscribe to AT&T’s Mobile TV and enjoy watching your favorite news and entertainment channels anywhere you go.
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