Saturday, November 19, 2005

Chef Oliver Mobile TV

Jamie Oliver is a famous TV chef. He made his name from the BBC TV series 'The Naked Chef' and a book of the same title. Well, now - in a fabulous business gets the (video) message idea, he's offering video clips of himself and his recipes to Vodafone 3G users. The Guardian reports."Vodafone customers can sign up for three-minute clips of him in action in the kitchen from his US show, Oliver's Twist. Picture messages with a list of the ingredients can also be downloaded to mobile phones in place of shopping lists.Users can search for recipes according to an event - such as a dinner party - or by ingredient. More than 100 recipes are available on Vodafone live! with 3G. "

Monday, November 14, 2005

Vodafone Mobile TV

Vodafone has released the first customer usage figures for its mobile TV services which it offers with broadcaster Sky. Apparently users have accessed more than one million streams in the first two weeks of going live (it launched on Nov 1)… there are 19 mobile TV channels including 24-hour news, sport, entertainment and documentary programmes and the service is free until the end of January. This is only available in the UK until the end of March next year.