June 9, 2006
The many ways to receive live TV of the World Cup
An amazing roundup from Engadget on the many ways football fans will be able receive live TV of the World Cup matches all over the world.
Relevant to cell phones:
"Live TV will be a bit spotty with T-Mobile Germany as the only carrier to stream games to their 3G customers. Debitel did manage to get their T-DMB network up and running .... Otherwise, most of the projected mobile TV "surge" will be for downloaded clips, not for live TV, at a projected revenue of $300 million during the month.
Phone network capacity has been built in Germany specifically for the games, so as long as you stay near the larger cities and stadiums you should be able to hop online or call up your friends to brag about your current digs.
Yahoo is also offering coverage via free SMS alerts, so you should be able to manage keeping track of the games wherever you have a phone signal, even if all your attempts at live TV fail."
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