December 11, 2012: State-owned China Mobile has launched a mobile television service in Hong Kong for any phone users regardless of their carrier.
The application provides both free and paid channels on Android tablets and smartphones.
But iPhone users will have to wait until next year to get the app.
Known as UTV, the service offers free entertainment content including user-generated videos, a 24-hour news service provided by TVB and the UOne channel, created by China Mobile providing entertainment as well as food, travel, culture and technology programs.
Paid packages of HK$58 a month give users access to content including MNC International, Mei Ah HD Movie Channel, channel M HD, Nat Geo Wild HD, Star Chinese Channel, Cartoon Network and MNC international.