Future Of BBC’s Mobile TV Seems Shady
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After the dismal trial run of BBC’s Mobile TV, BBC Trust is not sure whether to keep the service, update it, or remove it completely. Last year BBC had introduced its Mobile TV service free of cost over Orange, T Mobile, Vodafone and 3 networks on trial, however, only 580 viewers used the service per day. The low number of viewers has been very disappointing to the BBC and to add to that, the TV industry has not been happy about the fact that BBC gave off the...
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