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Avis and Budget adding satellite TV to rental cars
Posted by: Sean O'Neill, Monday, Jan 12, 2009, 3:01 PM

Within the next six months, rental car companies Avis and Budget will deploy AT&T's new in-car live TV Cruisecast service, with 22 channels of satellite TV and 20 satellite radio channels. The cost will be $9 a day, or $63 a week.

The blogger Electronista gave the service a test-drive. The quality of the standard-definition signal depends on having line-of-sight with the satellite. In other words, if you go into a tunnel or underneath a skyscraper, your TV or radio signal may be interrupted. But the tester found that the signal was strong at other times.

Channels included are Disney, Disney XD, Discovery Kids, Animal Planet, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Mobile, USA, Comedy Central, MSNBC, CNN Mobile Live, and CNBC.

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Reader Comments

Sweet! This is pretty big news that they add something this top shelf, both in light of the economy and their employment cuts.

Posted By Rental Car Coupons on January 13, 2009, 9:47 PM

Wonderful--in addition to cell phones and dvd players, now we have TV to distract drivers from doing the ONLY thing they should be doing behind the wheel: DRIVE!

Posted By George S on February 5, 2009, 5:42 PM

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