March 7, 2007

US mobile networks offer TV recording by phone

The top two U.S. wireless providers unveiled new services to let customers use their mobile phones to remotely record television shows, reports PC Pro.
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AT&T Inc. said on Tuesday subscribers can now use their cell phones to record TV shows on home TVs via Homezone, a video-on-demand service that AT&T offers with satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications.

Starting next week, No. 2 mobile provider Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc, also plans to let its customers use their phones to program TiVo Inc. digital video recorders remotely."

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