3 mobile tv (UK)

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3 in the UK offer a Mobile TV service across most of their range of phones. It is provided by 3 and independent companies and offers the main genres of: Comedy, Entertainment, Music, Documentaries, Kids programming and user-submitted content. Whilst many of the channels take on the branding of regular channels (for example, MTV and Nickeleodeon), the content is actually a "loop" of programming that tends to be updated once a week, rather than the full content available through digital television or cable services.

Pricing[]

3 Mobile TV is available in 3 ways:

• By pay-per-day for 49p. This gives 24 hours of unlimited access to all channels.
• By buying a monthly add-on for £5. Open to Pay monthly (contract) customers only. This gives access to all channels for exactly 1 month.
• By buying a PAYG Mobile TV add-on for £2. This gives access to a restricted service of 4 channels: ITV1, Kiss, Geek TV and MTV Trax. This add-on is valid for exactly 1 month.

Channel listing[]

• Aardman Animations (exclusive, updated weekly)
• ITV1 (live, but due to legal issues, is unable to show advertisement breaks or certain programmes, mostly sports and films)
• FHM (updated weekly)
• MTV Trax (music videos, updated daily)
• MTV Snax (MTV non-music programming, updated weekly)
• Nickeleodeon (children's programming, updated weekly)
• Vidzone TV (music videos, exclusive, updated weekly)
• Paramount Comedy (updated weekly)
• Geek TV (comedy clips, cartoons and user-generated content, exclusive, updated weekly)
• National Geographic (updated weekly)
• Kerrang! (music videos, updated daily)
• Kiss (music videos)

Former channels[]

• Zone Reality
• Six Degrees Extreme Sports
• ITN
• ITV Play
• BBC1
• BBC3

The BBC channels were broadcast on 3 for a trial period, and are not currently available.

Issues[]

• All channels (except ITV1) must be re-connected to after 20 minutes to continue viewing.
• ITV1 must be re-connected to after 30 minutes to continue viewing.
• Most channels are updated weekly.
• The only live channel is ITV1.
• ITV 1 cannot show certain shows.
• National Geographic shows merely clips of its programmes.
• Currently offers no BBC channels.
• A high ratio of music channels compared to other genres.

Related services[]

3 in the UK also offer a selection of "Free videos" or "Free to watch" content. These are funded by advertisements (Unlike mobile TV which has no commercial advertisements). The main competitor is , available on Vodafone UK, o2 UK and T-mobile UK. Also MobiTV was a former competitor offered on Virgin Mobile, but has now ceased operations in Europe.

External links[]

• 3 Mobile TV official site