Consumers are seeing more television on their mobile phones as another company rolls out a mobile handset service, most recently from UK provider Orange, which will offer customers there top TV shows and channels, such as Cartoon Network and CNN, for a monthly subscription. The service, which is third-generation (3G) wireless but still a streaming service, will reportedly be offered on Nokia 6680 handsets that can carry a total of nine channels, with a cap on the mobile TV time. Orange, which joins other wireless carriers including Cingular, Sprint and Verizon, indicated it would add to the channel lineup soon.
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UK’s Orange Tries TV For Cell Phones
Posted by: Jay Lyman May 20, 2005 01:10 PMConsumers are seeing more television on their mobile phones as another company rolls out a mobile handset service, most recently from UK provider Orange, which will offer customers there top TV shows and channels, such as Cartoon Network and CNN, for a monthly subscription. The service, which is third-generation (3G) wireless but still a streaming service, will reportedly be offered on Nokia 6680 handsets that can carry a total of nine channels, with a cap on the mobile TV time. Orange, which joins other wireless carriers including Cingular, Sprint and Verizon, indicated it would add to the channel lineup soon.