According to this Engadget Mobile article, WhereverTV has promised 1,200 channels of Mobile Television to be delivered to 3G handsets by the end of the year. On top of that, the network will be fueled by advertisements, so, for starters, users will not be charged for subscriptions.
Twelve-hundred channels is enormous. With all of the legal troubles involved with rebroadcasting, it's hard to imagine how long it took to set enough deals in place to gather this much content. Hopefully the beta testing works out, and we can see some of the lasting power of mobile television. Also, it will be interesting to discover their implementation of advertisments, especially since screen real estate is so valueable to the mobile user.
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