October 2, 2007
Nokia links up to direct-dialed video
News Corp., Sony Pictures and CNN have struck a deal to distribute video directly to Nokia handsets, sidestepping mobile carrier decks, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Nokia has quietly started embedding links on its N95 multimedia phone around the globe that connect users with mobile sites run by the media giants and other content providers.
A Nokia spokeswoman confirmed that the company plans to announce additions to its Video Center as early as this week ahead of the MIPCOM conference in Cannes. She added that Nokia eventually will include the links on phones other than the N95.
In the case of News Corp., users can travel straight to the company's Jamster and Jamba sites and get free access to Fox "mobisodes" like "24" as well as to video clips and outtakes from such films as "The Simpsons Movie" and "Borat," Fox Mobile Entertainment president Lucy Hood said."
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