MobiTV Deploys Live Mobile Television on Blackberry Smartphones
MobiTV, Inc., the leader in mobile and broadband entertainment services announced the availability of its mobile television application on the BlackBerry® Pearl 8130 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM). The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 runs on CDMA and high-speed EV-DO networks, enabling MobiTV to provide the broadest selection of live TV and other video and music content for mobile users.
MobiTV, the mobile television solution that powers Sprint TV???? for Sprint and Axcess TV???? for Alltel, is the only mobile television application equipped to run on any wireless network, over any operating system, for more than 20 wireless providers, worldwide. Blackberry 8130 users can purchase MobiTV through their wireless provider, by visiting www.handango.com, or by selecting their device at www.mobitv.com and completing a purchase through the Handango???? shopping cart.
????MobiTV consistently appears in our best sellers list in the quarterly Handango Yardstick, and the application has earned numerous honors from Handango for quality and innovation,???? said Monica Hamilton, vice president of content at Handango. ????We look forward to seeing improved sales results now that we are able to offer this product to BlackBerry users.????
RIM will feature MobiTV as a key application partner at its booth (#30333 South Hall 3) at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008.