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| Sprint Offers Full-Length 'Pay-Per-View' Movies on Mobiles in the US  Sprint unveils Sprint Movies, the first "pay-per-view" service for mobile phones in the U.S. that streams full-length movies, including recent box-office hits and timeless favorites from Buena Vista VOD, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Sprint Movies offers a growing list of more than 45 titles, including "National Treasure", "Spider-Man 2" and "Scarface". Sprint Movies is powered by mSpot, which is responsible for video production and ongoing operations of the service.Sprint Movies features many of the same conveniences as a DVD player. A movie can be seen in its entirety all at once, or it can be divided into chapters and watched over time. Customers can play, pause and skip forward or backward to different chapters. They can also resume a movie at the exact point where it was last shut down. In December 2005, Sprint became the first carrier in the U.S. to offer any type of full-length movies on mobile phones with mSpot Movies. This service will continue to be available as another option to Sprint customers. Compared to Sprint Movies, which are pay-per-view by each title, mSpot Movies allow customers to watch a unique selection of unlimited movies, TV shows and concerts. Sprint Movies is available on select Sprint multimedia handsets and can be watched anywhere while on Sprint's Power Vision network or nationwide Vision network. All titles from Sprint Movies are edited, when necessary, to meet TV-14 standards. New titles will continually be added to the Sprint Movies lineup. The initial titles are: * Buena Vista VOD: Annapolis Eight Below Glory Road Herbie: Fully Loaded National Treasure The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Village * Lionsgate: Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: Ultraviolet Spider-Man 2 Little Black Book Hollywood Homicide The Medallion The Net First Knight * Universal Pictures: American Pie American Pie 2 Apollo 13 Babe Backdraft Billy Madison Bring it On Dante's Peak End of Days Erin Brokovich Fast and Furious Happy Gilmore How High Jaws Kindergarten Cop Meet the Parents National Lampoon's Animal House Reality Bites Scarface Slapshot The Bone Collector The Breakfast Club The Family Man The Jerk The Mummy The Mummy Returns The Nutty Professor 2 Tremors Twins U-571. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |