Launch Dates and Details for AT&T Mobile TV

Finally! We can finally get a taste for AT&T's long delayed mobile TV service.

It seems that the wireless network will finally launch their often delayed mobile TV service in May. An anonymous source within the company has informed the mobile phones spies at BGR that AT&T will officially launch the service on May 4.

But wait. That's not all. The source also revealed the detail's of the wireless network's mobile TV service, including the channels for the services. The wireless network's mobile TV service will be officially known as AT&T Mobile TV and will become available in three main packages. Let us explore these packages.

The wireless network's subscribers can choose the cheapest service called Mobile TV Limited. This service will only cost subscribers $13 in fees per month but it offers a very limited selection of channels. Fox Mobile, CBS Mobile, NBC, and NBC News will be included in the Mobile TV Limited package.

AT&T's Mobile TV Basic package will offer 8 channels for a fee of $15 a month. Wireless network subscribers will enjoy great mobile TV experience while they flip through Fox Mobile, CBS mobile, NBC, NBC News, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, CNN Mobile and ESPN.

For more affluent wireless network subscribers, the Mobile TV Plus from AT&T will offer an exclusive channel for $30 a month. This mobile TV package includes the 9 channels offered on the basic package as well as the exclusive Sony Pictures channel.

The great thing about this service is that users won't have to wait long to view mobile TV because the broadcast will play without any no buffering time. Parents won't have to fear because parental controls will be available on the mobile phones designed to handle the service. Battery life is also not a big issue because the service will consume about the same amount of energy as a normal phone call.

I have to say that I can't wait to have these services. Some experts say that these service was delayed because of concerns about the number of subscriber's who will get the service. I think it will be a hit. Watching TV in a mobile phone is cool and trendy and those are attributes that can really sell a service.


Squashed LG Voyager Rumor

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