Earlier this month, Toronto-based QuickPlay Media launched its mobile TV service called PrimeTime2Go on the BlackBerry. The service generated a lot of buzz because it was going to be one of the first high-profile applications to launch on the two-month old BlackBerry App World, plus it was also doing something fairly new in mobile — allowing people to download and store the latest TV shows on their phones, which can be watched without a cellular connection.
We caught up with Mark Hyland, QuickPlay’s VP Marketing, today to discuss how things are going, in addition to a hiccup we reported yesterday, which led the company to issue credits to subscribers. Here’s a look at how the service’s first month is going and what it has coming over the next few months:
On the lack of new content: Last week, PrimeTime2Go credited $7.99 to subscribers’ accounts because shows were not updating as quickly as they hoped. Hyland: “We now have 47 series from 18 networks, so there
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