Sprint To Debut Movies, TV Shows on Network

OK, so now I have to say, this is beginning to border on ridiculousness…Sprint Nextel is going to announce a deal Monday which will bring full-length movies, TV shows, concerts and comedy specials to the handset. It is doing a deal with mobile radio and content aggregation firm MSpot. The service will offer unlimited shows and movies for a monthly flat fee of $6.95, on top of regular service charges.

Sprint says it will debut seven movies in a week, but for now, it seems that the movies are of the B-grade variety, or older movies which are easier to gets rights clearances for. Negotiations are one for more current content with the studios etc.

This is way to0 early to introduce such a service…these shows and content makes more sense when provisioned using DVB-H or MediaFLO, the dedicated TV streaming channels which will be launching sometime within a year or so. For now, this is just gee-whiz-let’s-get-this-out-first strategy from Sprint, the same strategy it used in launching is $2.50 a song full track download service.

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