T-Mobile’s mobile TV service to include Viacom channels like MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central & more
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/03/t-mobiles-mobile-tv-service-to-include-viacom-channels-like-mtv-nickelodeon-comedy-central-more/
T-Mobile and Viacom this morning announced a deal that will bring Viacom’s TV channels – like MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount and others – to T-Mobile’s new mobile video service planned for later this year. The agreement will allow T-Mobile to offer live, linear feeds of the Viacom channels as well as on-demand viewing.
To date, the carrier’s mobile video plans have been murky. Last year, T-Mobile acquired the Denver-based startup Layer3 TV in order to launch a new over-the-top video service in 2018. It missed that window, saying that it needed more time to work on features and make “quality improvements.”