NBC Universal Offers Primetime TV on Cell Phones via MobiTV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 14, 2007 - 3:08pm.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. - NBC Universal announced on Wednesday a deal with mobile TV delivery firm MobiTV, to make full-length, primetime, on-demand programming available over U.S. wireless networks for the first time.

The two companies will offer select short form programming from Bravo, SCI FI Channel, USA Network, Telemundo and mun2 on five new ad-supported channels to subscribers.

The service will debut on the MobiTV service in the second quarter of this year.