July 31, 2004
Mobiles turn into video jukeboxes
A new "video jukebox service" will see full length music videos being beamed to mobile phone handsets, reports the BBC.
"Mobile phone network 3 has joined forces with major record label BMG to offer the service.
The videos will cost £1.50 each and will be available to stream or to download to the handset.
The service, which will offer BMG artists' videos four to six weeks in advance of singles being released, will be launched on 2 August.
3's chief operating officer Gareth Jones said: "From now on, the mobile phone will increasingly become the first place that music lovers will be able to see new music videos."
BBC Radio One presenter Zane Low will also present a weekly music show only available on 3 phones."
In a related article, Revolution Magazine, reports that Britney Spears, Outkast and Dido are amongst the first acts to be screened on third generation network 3's mobile Video Jukebox.
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