This morning Sprint and Apple announced that Apple’s Xserve G5 and QuickTime have been certified as mobile multimedia delivery platforms for Sprint’s new PCS Vision Multimedia Services. The technology enables professional content service providers to deliver streaming audio and video clips to Sprint customers.
Apple PR Statement
Sprint PCS Vision
Sprint’s PCS Vision Multimedia Service offers rich media streaming content (audio and video) on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network from sources that include:
CNN, NBC Universal, FOX Sports, The Weather Channel, E! Entertainment, mFlix, Twentieth Century Fox, AccuWeather and 1KTV.
In addition, Sprint’s PCS Video Messaging Service enables customers to easily capture, view and store 15-second video clips by using QuickTime as the exclusive desktop player.
The technology enables professional content service providers to deliver streaming audio and video clips to Sprint customers using recently announced Sprint Vision Multimedia Services. “We are excited to certify Apple’s world-class mobile multimedia platform and make it available to our professional content providers,” Sprint said in a statement.