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ABC goes Primetime with On-Demand Mobile TV Shows for Sprint

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 at 5:21 PM

Sprint and ABC to offer up on-demand primetime shows like GreyAccording to USA Today, Sprint just inked a deal to serve up ABC’s primetime hits, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty, to it’s $20-a-month data plan subscribers. The TV shows will be offered through on-demand services, which, according to ABC, ” is what people expect. Why should mobile be any different?” The deal is set to include Disney’s Hannah Montana, ABC News’ Nightline, and other shows. The on-demand model should appeal to a wider market, as opposed to the live mobile TV model.

Now we can watch Desperate Housew, err, Lost on our Sprint phones!

via: moconews

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...