Wednesday, September 18, 2002
CBC News comes to Pocket PCs via Mazingo
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:48 AM
http://www.mazingo.net/news/09-18-02.htm
Now here's something cool - video clips coming straight from CBC using Mazingo. Good news for Canadians, but you Americans might find the news interesting as well.
"Canada's public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), has inked a deal with Mazingo Network to deliver CBC news video to handheld devices via Mazingo's exclusive Mobile Entertainment Network. For the first time, millions of PDA users in Canada, and around the world, will now have mobile and wireless access to CBC video in the palm of their hands.
Subscribers to Mazingo's multimedia delivery service will be served at least eight new video clips per weekday on their PDAs. New videos will also be served on weekends and holidays. Video clips will include top news stories from World, National, Regional, Business, Sports, Science and Arts & Entertainment headlines.
"We are excited to now offer CBC users worldwide a wireless and visual method of accessing our news stories. The CBC is leading the way with the Mobile News Video Channel giving our subscribers the flexibility of watching the news on their mobiles in an easy and convenient fashion," said Bob Kerr, director, New Media Partnering."
If you're not a Mazingo Premium Subscriber, you can sign up (affiliate link).
Now here's something cool - video clips coming straight from CBC using Mazingo. Good news for Canadians, but you Americans might find the news interesting as well.
"Canada's public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), has inked a deal with Mazingo Network to deliver CBC news video to handheld devices via Mazingo's exclusive Mobile Entertainment Network. For the first time, millions of PDA users in Canada, and around the world, will now have mobile and wireless access to CBC video in the palm of their hands.
Subscribers to Mazingo's multimedia delivery service will be served at least eight new video clips per weekday on their PDAs. New videos will also be served on weekends and holidays. Video clips will include top news stories from World, National, Regional, Business, Sports, Science and Arts & Entertainment headlines.
"We are excited to now offer CBC users worldwide a wireless and visual method of accessing our news stories. The CBC is leading the way with the Mobile News Video Channel giving our subscribers the flexibility of watching the news on their mobiles in an easy and convenient fashion," said Bob Kerr, director, New Media Partnering."
If you're not a Mazingo Premium Subscriber, you can sign up (affiliate link).
