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Mobile PPV from Bell

TORONTO – Bell Canada hopes that Canadian consumers will watch full length movies on their cell phones with the launch of Mobile Movies today. For $5.99 a movie (plus applicable data and time plans), customers can stream movies from a number of genres from The Walt Disney Company's Buena Vista International Television division and Sony Pictures Television International. Some are new releases, others classic, or library, content. The release does not indicate how many titles are available. "It's a Canadian first and we're happy to be leading the way," said Wade Oosterman, president of Bell Mobility, in a release. "The...