The BBC Trust is apparently consulting on plans to syndicate all its national TV and radio services across 3G networks for mobile devices. Execs are going to propose to make the arrangement a permanent one after a 12-month trial, which ended in April this year.
MNOs Vodafone, Orange, 3UK and T-mobile would distribute the channels as part of their Mobile TV services. The BBC believes the market for Mobile TV is still unproven, but believes it’s involvement could drive things forward.
Interestingly, the BBC’s policy on allowing access to their services (which is that it should be on the lowest possible tier of charging) would mean “zero-rated” costing for data usage, and a very minimal subscription charge (at least that’s my reading of it).
