[LINK] Telstra in first on mobile TV

Paul McGowan paul.mcgowan at yawarra.com.au
Fri Sep 15 14:32:35 AEST 2006


Bernard prompted:

> offering its customers up to 12 pay-TV channels delivered straight to their
> mobile phones from as early as next month.
> 
> According to internal company documents, customers will be able to pay about $10
> a month for a package of Foxtel channels including Sky News, Disney, TV1, Fox
> Sports, the Comedy Channel and the MTV music channel.
> 
> Customers will need to buy a new phone to receive the channels, with Telstra
> initially using Samsung, LG and little-known Chinese supplier ZTE.

Funnily enough I read that and wondered what the point of miniature 
pay TV would be.  Then I wondered how long it will be before what 
they are offering includes an adapter to let you plug the phone into 
your existing TV to see a full size (and full quality) picture (iPod 
style).  I doubt the data compression is available yet to do it, but 
it would certainly be an interesting offering.

Regards,

Paul McGowan



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