NEW YORK—Sprint Nextel Corp. is reportedly in talks with Sling Media Inc. and other media companies to expand its mobile entertainment offerings and make them simpler for users to access.
According to a Reuters story, Sprint Nextel is in talks with various companies, including Sling Media, whose Slingbox device allows users to view their home cable television service on a cellular phone. Paul Reddick, a Sprint Nextel business development executive, also told Reuters that the carrier would consider producing mobile video content, and that the carrier expects mobile video content to become more important in the next three to five years.
