Some highlights from the press release:

• Privately-held QuickPlay Media Inc plans to deliver full length popular television shows to BlackBerry smartphone screens via Research In Motion’s applications store after forging agreements with TV networks, including NBC, CBS Corp and MTV.
• QuickPlay said it plans to offer the service through BlackBerry maker RIM’s App World mobile application store, which is expected be unveiled at the CTIA annual wireless showcase in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning.
• Toronto-based QuickPlay will charge a monthly subscription fee of $7.99 for its PrimeTime2Go service, which it will deliver only over Wi-Fi links, a short range high-speed wireless network, to help it provide faster download speeds.
• The service will be available on BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Curve 8900, both of which have Wi-Fi links, and are sold by AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG.

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Press Release

Viigo leads the market in supporting the BlackBerry Storm

TORONTO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ – Viigo Inc. (www.viigo.com), developer of the popular mobile content and services platform for smartphones, announced today that its award-winning application is the first third party application to be included in the BlackBerry Application Center for Vodafone.

Viigo is a free application that delivers a rich array of news, weather, sports, market data, personalised stock portfolios, shopping, social networks, movie listings, flight schedules, flight status and more, all customised by the user to suit their needs and delivered to them with unrivalled speed and simplicity.

“With the wide range of features it offers, it is believed that Viigo is not only an application that adds tremendous value to the BlackBerry Storm platform, it will likely also become a resource Storm owners use each and every day for a wide variety of purposes,” said, Dany Bolduc, Regional Director, Asia Pacific Research In Motion (RIM). “RIM is pleased to have Viigo available within the BlackBerry Application Center for Vodafone in order to enhance the customer experience on the latest BlackBerry device.”

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Viigo just let me know that they are testing their new Transit channel. With this channel you’ll have real time access to the city’s Bus and Street Car schedules with Viigo’s TTC Service.

This service is currently only available for Toronto since they are just showcasing its new features right now. Even if you don’t live in Toronto, you should check it out to see how it works.

In the Local Interest Folder … select “Add Channel” and select Transit. From there, select Toronto, and the following selections appear.

Download: http://getviigo.com

More info: Don’t Get Caught In The Cold Waiting For a Bus!