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Sprint brings free TV to iPhone

Sprint Nextel has launched its Sprint TV App in the iOS app store, enabling millions of iPhone owners to watch free TV on their phones. Powered by MobiTV, the Sprint TV App will be free with Sprint’s unlimited data plans. Free channels will include the three major broadcast networks as well as ESPN, Disney, and The Weather Channel. For $10 a month, customers can add FOX News, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and ABC Family.
Free TV has been available for Android devices for some time, but so far no major carrier has offered an app that consolidates mainstream television offerings. Hulu Plus offers a wider variety of content for mobile devices, but charges $8.00 a month.
Sprint is the only one of the top 3 US carriers still offering unlimited data, and the only one NOT offering the IPad. But that could change very soon. Apple’s iPad 3 is expected to launch next week and with a new product Apple has the chance to announce a partnership with a new carrier. Since TV shows are clearly more compelling on a tablet than on a smartphone, and since Sprint is the only major carrier with an unlimited data plan and a free iOS TV app, an iPad for Sprint might make sense.

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