mSpot is launching Mobile Movies, which will let users stream full-length movies on their mobile phones. Movies will be available on 30 different smart phones, including the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices and via all four major U.S. carriers.
Individual movies cost $4.99 each. A monthly membership is available for $9.99 (for four movies). The movie will launch within the browser and is powered by the phone’s native media player.
mSpot has struck deals with Paramount, Universal and The Weinstein Company to stream movies onto mobile devices and at launch has 350 movies available. mSpot’s movies are mainly new releases, says Daren Tsui, CEO of mSpot.
mSpot’s main competition is Apple, observes TechCrunch, which lets iPhone and iPod touch users, download and sync movies and shows onto their devices. But Tsui says mSpot eliminates the syncing process with a computer; you can simply start streaming a movie with a click of a button. Possible competition from Netflix or Hulu, is also rumored.
Mobile data traffic is doubling every nine months, according to Cisco Systems.
By 2013, mobile traffic will hit 2 exabytes–2 million terabytes–per month. Cisco believes video will be responsible for the majority of the traffic growth between 2008 and 2013.
