Verizon Election Coverage and Entertainment on V CAST

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on October 28, 2008 11:34 AM

If you want election coverage on your mobile phone, Verizon has a lot to offer with their

channels in the Election 2008 category on their V CAST Video-enabled phones. There's news form CBS, ABC, NBC, MTV News and Webcast '08.

For Entertianment:

COMEDY CENTRAL - Indecision 2008 clips from "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report," as well as political stand-up comedy and digital originals
Atom Political Parodies - A lighter look at election year politics
NBC Universal - Video from NBC's "Saturday Night Live," "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursdays," plus political jokes from both "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
Comedy Time - "Joke the Vote," a compilation of election related stand-up comedy and mash-ups featuring John McCain and Hillary Clinton

Howcast - More than 10 how-to videos on topics from how to submit an absentee ballot to how to vote to how to translate what a politician says
Paramount - Classic scenes from the Academy Award® nominated film "Election," starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon
Zapper TV - Features "Race For the White House," an animated comedy show
Sí TV - "Crash the Parties" countdown to the election focusing on the issues most relevant to Latino voters and coverage and stories from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions

Spanish Language

Telemundo - Full coverage of the elections with video from award winning ARV and Noticiero Telemundo, plus exclusive made-for-digital segments about election issues facing Latinos this year

Customers can check out V CAST Video whenever they want for just $3.00 for 24-hour use or by signing up for the $15.00 V CAST VPak monthly subscription, which also includes access to Verizon Wireless' ESPN MVP, Get It Now® and Mobile Web services. Customers get unlimited basic video but application download fees may apply for 3D games and premium video. There are no airtime or megabyte charges to download, stream or watch V CAST content with any V CAST subscription.