Multimedia News Release -- Cingular and MobiTV Announce First Radio Service for the Nation's Largest Digital Voice and Data Netw
14 November 2005 - 2:02PM
PR Newswire (US)
Cingular Customers Can Now Enjoy Instant Access to More Than 40
Channels of Commercial Free Digital Music Via MobiRadio(TM) ATLANTA
AND EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless,
the nation's largest wireless carrier, and MobiTV, Inc., the global
leader in live mobile television and digital radio services, today
announced the availability of the MobiRadio(TM) service for
Cingular subscribers. Now, for the first time in the US market,
wireless customers can listen to more than 40 channels of high
quality commercial free digital music streamed directly to their
mobile phones using the programming expertise of Music Choice. To
view the Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/cingular/22669/ MobiRadio will offer
dozens of interruption-free audio music channels programmed by
Music Choice, the premier music network. The channel line-up
features a wide variety of popular music genres, including Urban,
Rock, and Country, in addition to Electronica, Reggae, Jazz, and
Classical. The Music Choice channels are updated regularly so
subscribers hear a never ending stream of great music from both
established and emerging artists. "We successfully kicked off our
partnership with Cingular earlier this year with the launch of the
MobiTV(R) service. Scaling our solution with Cingular to offer
their subscribers the first opportunity in the industry to
experience the MobiRadio service is revolutionary," said Phillip
Alvelda, CEO and Chairman of MobiTV. "Together with Cingular, we
are 'raising the bar' for wireless customers by offering this truly
innovative music service." Cingular has a long history in leading
the convergence of wireless and music. The introduction of
MobiRadio marks one of several Cingular music milestones,
including: - Being the first wireless provider to offer authentic
music content from all major record labels. (March 2004) -
Introducing the first-of-its-kind Cingular Sounds program, which
debuts popular artists' music as ringtones before the songs can be
heard anywhere else. (April 2005) - Launching the first wireless
phone with iTunes(R) (September 2005) - Becoming the first to offer
Billboard Music Application (September 2005) MobiRadio on Cingular
is a rich consumer application which displays album art, song and
artist information during playback. In the coming months, Cingular
and MobiTV expect to expand the services offered through MobiRadio
by integrating the ability to instantly purchase related ringtones
and other associated content as the music plays directly from the
customer's Cingular phone. "The mobile phone is a device that many
people have with them all the time. Giving Cingular customers
virtually anytime, anywhere access to their favorite music, without
the need to carry an extra device, is the ultimate in convenience
and surely a music lover's dream," said Jim Ryan, vice president,
consumer data services, Cingular Wireless. "We are excited to begin
our foray into wireless radio with MobiTV's new service, MobiRadio,
which gives our customers 44 channels of high quality music from
which to choose." MobiRadio on Cingular is currently available on
the Nokia 6620, Sony Ericsson S710 and Z500a, but will be available
on additional handsets soon. The cost is $6.99 a month plus
kilobyte usage. For the best value, Cingular recommends customers
consider purchasing one of its MEdia Net packages. For more
information on MobiRadio on Cingular, visit
http://www.cingular.com/. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless
is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 52.3
million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC
Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation
(NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the
nation -- the ALLOVER(SM) network -- and the largest
mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier.
Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM),
the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly
minutes. Details of the company are available at
http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases
e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at
http://www.cingular.com/newsroom. About MobiTV MobiTV, Inc.
(formerly known as Idetic, Inc.) is the first global television and
radio network for the 2 billion mobile phone and handset users
worldwide The MobiTV(R) service is available in the US through
Cingular, Sprint and several regional carriers; in the United
Kingdom through Orange UK and 3 UK; and is now available to
Canadian customers through Telus, Rogers and Bell Canada. The
Emmy(R) Award winning service offers many popular TV channels from
content providers such as MSNBC, ABC News Now, Fox Sports, ESPN
3GTV, NBC Mobile, CNBC, The Discovery Channel, The Weather Channel
and others including country-specific channels outside the United
States. Founded in 1999, MobiTV is a privately-held company
headquartered in Emeryville, CA. For more information on the
company, its products or technology, visit http://www.mobitv.com/.
MobiTV, the MobiTV logo, MobiRadio, and the MobiRadio logo are
trademarks, service marks, and/or registered trademarks of MobiTV,
Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All other
trademarks, service marks, and product names used herein are the
property of their respective owners.
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/cingular/22669DATASOURCE: Cingular
Wireless CONTACT: Kelleigh Scott of Cingular Wireless,
+1-404-236-6321, or ; or Will Davis of GCI Group, +1-404-870-3769,
or , for Cingular Wireless; or Jason Taylor of MobiTV, Inc.,
+1-510-450-5083, or ; or Erika Shaffer of SutherlandGold Group,
+1-415-934-9600, ext. 309, or , for MobiTV, Inc. Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.mobitv.com/
http://www.cingular.com/mobiradio http://www.cingular.com/newsroom
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