MTNL partners DigiVive to offer mobile TV services

NEW DELHI, INDIA: State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) on Wednesday said it has partnered with mobile value added service provider DigiVive to offer mobile TV and interactive voice response (IVR) services to its customers.

The services offered are nexGTv, a next generation mobile TV service offering live TV channels and a list of video-on-demand (VOD) content on mobile and Vmotion, a video IVR solution that combines voice and video services and is compatible with all 3G handsets.

nexGTv service which is available for both 2G as well as 3G users with compatible handsets will provide over 50 live TV channels ranging from entertainment, reality, news, religious to popular regional channels and video on demand content that includes special scenes from the hugely popular TV serial Mahabharata.

nexGTv service would be available on a monthly subscription of Rs.99, weekly for Rs.35 and per day for Rs.8 for all the channels while the subscription charges for Vmotion will be Rs.30 per month, Rs.10 per week and Rs.3 per day with no video call charges.

"This is yet another endeavor to provide to our customers a chance to view a whole range of live TV channels and VOD. The content has been chosen to suit the need of every customer," said Kuldip Singh, chairman and managing director, MTNL.