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NEW YORK (AP) - MobiTV Inc., which transmits cable TV channels to cell phones, said Wednesday it has surpassed 2 million users, doubling its subscriber base in less than a year.
The service, first launched more than three years ago by Sprint, features real-time feeds of cable channels such as CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel and The Weather Channel, as well as made-for-mobile broadcasts from the likes of ESPN and ABC News. MobiTV sometimes comes bundled with a cellular carrier's wireless Internet plans; if purchased separately it costs $10 a month or more, in addition to the carrier's data charges.
In addition to Sprint, a unit of Sprint Nextel Corp., the service is now offered by more than 30 wireless carriers. These include AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless and Alltel Corp. in the United States, as well as Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.'s 3 and France Telecom SA's Orange in the United Kingdom.
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