Cingular Goes Live With MobiTV
25 Janvier 2005 - 4:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Cingular Goes Live With MobiTV Live Television Programming Now
Available On Cell Phones of Cingular Wireless Subscribers BERKELEY,
Calif. and ATLANTA, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- MobiTV, the world's
first television network for mobile phones, said today it has
launched its live television service on Cingular Wireless, the
largest wireless carrier in the U.S. Cingular is offering MobiTV on
exclusive handsets such as the breakthrough RAZR to the affordable
Motorola V180. For MobiTV, this launch marks a significant
milestone as the company moves into its second year of operations
distributing its service on two of the nation's largest carriers.
Within the past 60 days, the company has effectively doubled its
potential market in the U.S. through an October launch on AT&T
Wireless' mMode service, prior to AT&T's acquisition by
Cingular, and today's launch on Cingular's MEdia Net service. The
newest television distribution medium since Satellite TV, MobiTV
will be available to Cingular Wireless subscribers using the Nokia
6620, Motorola V3 (RAZR), Motorola V220, Motorola V180, and soon on
the Motorola V400 and V600 handsets. With MobiTV, Cingular
subscribers can watch live news, sports and entertainment
programming on 22 channels, including MSNBC, CNBC, ABC News Now,
NBC Mobile, FOX Sports, Discovery, TLC, C-SPAN, and other music,
sports, fashion, and comedy channels. "With MobiTV, we can offer
our subscribers live TV that will satisfy news junkies, sports
fans, music lovers or anyone wanting to be entertained while on the
go," said Jim Ryan, vice president of data product management for
Cingular Wireless. "Corresponding to our increasingly mobile
lifestyles, it is no surprise that MobiTV is a very popular service
in the market today, and we are happy to be able to provide the
service and an array of video capable handsets to our customers."
"It's just one short year since we launched MobiTV and, already,
watching TV while on the move has become part of daily life for
hundreds of thousands of cell phone users," said Phillip Alvelda,
Chairman and CEO of Idetic, Inc., the company that developed
MobiTV. "Launching MobiTV on the nation's largest voice and data
network is tremendous validation for the potential for our
broadcast media service. We really are delivering the long-imagined
promise of mobile television to cell phone users." MobiTV can be
purchased directly from the phone. To do this, the consumer should:
- Go to MEdia Net home - Select NEWS - Select MobiTV :: Live TV -
Follow the onscreen prompt to get MobiTV After downloading the
service, MobiTV will be launched from the phone's Main Menu. The
fee for MobiTV on the Cingular network is $9.99 per month, and the
company is offering a free three-day trial so prospective customers
can "Try Before You Buy." Because MobiTV uses data, not voice,
minutes, Cingular highly recommends that customers also subscribe
to a MEdia Works Package to provide unlimited data services and
help subscribers avoid unexpected charges. About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United
States, serving more than 49 million customers. Cingular, a joint
venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth
(NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the
nation. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer
Rollover(SM), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their
unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at
http://www.cingular.com/ . About MobiTV and Idetic, Inc. MobiTV is
the first Global Television Network targeting the 1.2 billion
mobile phone and handset users worldwide. MobiTV offers many
popular TV channels including MSNBC, ABC News Now, NBC Mobile,
CNBC, FOX Sports, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel,
Comedy Time, California Music Channel, and many more. The service
is currently available to Sprint PCS Vision(SM) and Midwest
Wireless customers and to Cingular mMode and MEdia Net subscribers.
MobiTV is a registered trademark of Idetic, Inc. All other
trademarks, tradenames, service marks, service names and images
mentioned and/or used herein belong to their respective owners.
Founded in 1999, Idetic, Inc. is a privately-held company
headquartered in Berkeley, CA. For more information on the company,
its products or technology, visit http://www.idetic.com/ or
http://www.mobitv.com/ . DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT:
Media, Jennifer Bowcock of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6319, or ;
or Mary Burczyk of MobiTV, +1-510-981-1303, or Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.idetic.com/
http://www.mobitv.com/
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