TOKYO -- Cable and satellite platform Sky Perfectv! will launch a contents channel for cell phone users, in co-operation with telco giant NTT DoCoMo, on April 21.
Called Sukapa! Keitai TV (Sky Perfectv! Mobile TV), the new service beams contents from various satellite channels to mobile devices.
Users must install a dedicated application to view the channel, located at the DoCoMo i-mode page for images and vid clips.
There they can click on Sky Perfectv! programs, video-on-demand and promotional contents. Among the highlights will be matches of soccer's J League.
All promotional contents will be free, but to see Sky Perfectv! programs and VOD, users will have to pay Y315 ($3.06), Y525 ($5.10) or Y1,050 ($10.19), depending on the programming. They will have access to the content for one month.
DoCoMo provides 46 million customers in Japan with its i-mode Internet and e-mail service.
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