BBC will allow users to record TV shows with cell phones

In the mobile arena, BBC is planning to allow mobile phone users to watch video clips — and possibly whole programmes — on a large scale. BBC reports:

The BBC says its three-phase “appointment to view” plan for mobiles will begin in the next two months and should climax at the end of 2005 with the ability to use a mobile phone to record TV shows either by using it to programme a PVR or an interactive media player on a PC.

The two sides–rival TV providers and BBC–are now circling one another and throwing out a few jabs, but the BBC's bold strategy could foreshadow full-scale fisticuffs. Also, the operators are not too happy, though they would certainly have to work with BBC to get anywhere…"

emily | 9:28 AM | TV on Cell Phones |
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