Two weeks after Toronto-based QuickPlay Media launched its highly anticipated mobile TV service on BlackBerry’s new App World, it is crediting subscribers $7.99 — equal to a one-month subscription — for failing to load enough content into the service in a timely manner.
The mobile TV service, called PrimeTime2Go, allows users to download an unlimited number of TV shows per month from from popular shows, such as “90210,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Jon Stewart Show,” “Monk,” and others. The episodes expire after a couple of weeks and then are deleted from the device. The downloads are initially conducted over Wi-Fi, and then subscribers can watch them them at any time — even when they do not have a cellular connection, a benefit of the service.
Last week, early subscribers received an email informing them about the credit. “We have had some unexpected delays with adding shows to the PrimeTime2Go service. As you have probably noticed we have been working hard to address this and the content line up continues to grow. In recognition of the inconvenience that you have experienced as an early subscriber to the service we have applied a credit equivalent to one month
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