CBC Mobile On Demand delivers a variety of news and information headlines to your mobile phone, or to a text messaging enabled PDA (personal digital assistant). News content ranging from top news to sports headlines is available "on demand" to mobile users via text messaging.
Have a few moments and want to get the latest Canadian news? Wondering who won the game? Or what's going on back home in Nova Scotia? On Demand headlines give you what you need to know, when you need to know it, regardless of time or place.
How do I use the service?
Go to the Text Message menu on your handset and select the option that allows you to write a new text message. Depending on your mobile phone, you may need to input the short code, or the message first.
For the message, indicate which news category you are interested in by entering one of the category commands listed below (e.g. TOP, SPO).
The short code is 22222 for English headlines (CBCCA), and 77222 for French headlines (SRCCA). Short Codes are numbers to which a text message can be sent and are shorter than a 10-digit cellphone number. Short Codes are easy to remember and take less time to type.
Press "send" and in about 5 to 10 seconds, you'll get a text message with the information you requested.
SAMPLE MESSAGES
Enter News short code, "BUS"
Send to 22222
Within seconds, you'll get your requested headline
CBC MOBILE ON DEMAND CATEGORIES
These are the same as the CBC Mobile News Updates categories.
SPECIAL FEATURES
News
ART
Arts & Entertainment News
BBL
Baseball News
BKB
Basketball News
BC
British Columbia News
CAL
Calgary News
CDN
Canadian News
CUR
Curling News
EDM
Edmonton News
FBL
Football News
HEA
Health News
HKY
Hockey News
MB
Manitoba News
MON
Money News
MTL
Montreal News
NB
New Brunswick News
NL
Newfoundland & Labrador News
NOR
Northern News
NS
Nova Scotia News
OTT
Ottawa News
PE
Prince Edward Island News
SK
Saskatchewan News
SCI
Science & Technology
SPO
Sports News
TOP
Top Stories
TOR
Toronto News
WRL
World News
The participating carriers are : Aliant Mobility, Bell Mobility, Microcell, MTS Mobility, NorthernTel Mobility, Rogers Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, Télébec Mobilité and TELUS Mobility.
This service is offered by CBC and Lipso Systems. Standard Text Messaging Rates Apply.
