3 in the UK offer a Mobile TV service across most of their range of phones. It is provided by 3 and independent companies and offers the main genres of: Comedy, Entertainment, Music, Documentaries, Kids programming and user-submitted content. Some channels adopt the branding of well-known channels such as MTV and Nickelodeon, but their programming consists of a repetitive loop that is typically refreshed once a week. This differs from the complete range of content offered by digital television and cable services.

Pricing

3 Mobile TV is available in 3 ways:

Channel listing

Former channels

The BBC channels were broadcast on 3 for a trial period, and are not currently available.

Issues

Related services

3 in the UK also offer a selection of "Free videos" or "Free to watch" content. These are funded by advertisements (Unlike mobile TV which has no commercial advertisements). The main competitor is Sky Mobile TV, available on Vodafone UK, o2 UK and T-mobile UK. MobiTV, which used to be a competitor of Virgin Mobile, is no longer available in Europe as it has ceased its operations there.