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Fox Starts TV Production For Cell Phones

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the auto-accidents-of-the-future dept.

prostoalex writes "Broadcasting television to the cell phones, which few people were actually interested in, is becoming a reality pretty fast, as Fox started making mopisodes (one-minute episodes targeted specifically for the mobile phone screen) to be broadcast on Vodafone and Verizon networks. The Fox announcement timed perfectly with Vodafone launching a broad variety of 3G services in Europe."

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  1. Oh boy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Star Wars Narrow Screen Edition.

    1. Re:Oh boy! by whiteranger99x · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wow! That Death Star sure blew up that dust speck Alderaan really bad! :P

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    2. Re:Oh boy! by JurgenThor · · Score: 1, Funny

      And you will barely be able to tell who shoots first!

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  2. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    What an insanely stupid idea. One minute TV episodes for the cell phone. Can someone please point me to the place where they give jobs like this out, to come up with incredibly stupid ideas like this?

    Instead of spending the money on this, FOX might as well have just spent the money on sexual harassment training.

    1. Re:WTF by corian · · Score: 2, Funny

      Live in a country where your daily commute is an hour-and-a-half train ride one way, and perhaps you'll begin to see the justification.

      A one-minute TV program isn't going to take that much of a bite out of your one-and-a-half hour comute, though...

    2. Re:WTF by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can someone please point me to the place where they give jobs like this out, to come up with incredibly stupid ideas like this?

      The idea was pretty obvious after looking at the attention span of most cellphone users.

    3. Re:WTF by sabNetwork · · Score: 2, Funny

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      It's time for our 60-second summary!
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      This just in-- Bush approval ratings are up!
      Shares of Halliburton may rise in the near future!
      Terrorists want to kill you-- stay home today!
      Baby-killing doctors arrested in San Francisco!
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  3. Mobile hazard by Lancaibheal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great.

    Now I have to watch out for morons watching TV on their mobile phones while they drive their souped-up 4WDs in rush hour traffic.

    Thanks, Fox!

  4. One minute episodes? by wrinkledshirt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, at least they're making disinformation more efficient.

    [ducks and covers]

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  5. 1 minute episodes based on 24? by arbi · · Score: 2, Funny

    They could call it 1440

  6. What New Hell is This? by rueger · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh great now I can enjoy idiots on cel phones "sharing" fine Fox programming while I'm trying to enjoy my dinner in a restaurant.

    As if their pointless yattering conversations weren't enough....

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  7. Hooray mobisodes! by mg2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    And if they run the stream at 1800fps, you can watch an entire episode of of the OC in that one wonderful minute.

  8. Great by Ambient_Developer · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now fox can run up my cell phone bandwidth bill, excellent!

  9. Aye Carumba by FerretFrottage · · Score: 2, Funny

    3G is not toon porn
    3G is not toon porn
    3G is not toon porn

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  10. Re:1minute episodes ? commericals by cyfer2000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    maybe fox just made a big investment in battery industry.

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  11. One minute equals... by DoktorSeven · · Score: 3, Funny

    45 seconds of commercials, 5 seconds of the FOX logo ("You're watching FOX Fone!"), and 10 seconds of actual content.

    I'll pass, thanks.

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  12. So now... by Phidoux · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... I can talk and watch at the same time. I always knew that having an eye in my ear would come in handy one day.

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  13. Re:I love Apple, but Fuck the South by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Looks like the whole country is red... not just the "south"

  14. Fox Ringtone by wayward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, if I got a polyphonic cell phone, do you suppose I could get a ringtone with Bill O'Reilly talking about his sexual fantasies?