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 Mobilink offers its subscribers amazing value-added services at their finger tips. In keeping with this tradition, Mobilink brings yet another exciting new service, ‘Jazz TV Guide’, for all the TV lovers out there. Jazz TV Guide offers amazing convenience and utility as subscribers can access program schedules and alerts of their favourite TV channel straight onto their mobile phones.

Subscribers can choose from 20 most popular TV channels, and can also browse category-wise (Drama, Movies, Music, News, Sports etc.). With Jazz TV Guide, you can subscribe to a TV channel’s schedule on a monthly basis or set program alerts for all your favorites. SMS alert, exactly an hour before your favourite TV show begins, means you will never miss anything again!
 
Jazz TV Guide is, therefore, going to make your TV viewing experience a lot more pleasing.

Jazz TV Guide

Customer can send “tv”  to 717 (@ Rs0.50 paisa +tax) and will receive following Main Menu. Main Menu will have following four options, customer can reply with any one of them.
  1. Channel Schedule
  2. Category wise Schedule
  3. Channel schedule subscription
  4. Program alert subscription

(Some feeds are available from 10am to 11:59pm only, on daily basis from the TV Channels, we will not be able to provide their schedule after 11:59pm. A schedule table is listed below for complete description)


Channel Schedule
To find the channel schedule, customer can reply with option 1 (@Rs 0.50+tax) to 717. Customer will receive a list of all TV channels.
  1. GEO
  2. SONY
  3. PTV
  4. STAR PLUS
  5. INDUS
  6. ARY Digital
  7. HUM
  8. ATV
  9. GEO NEWS
  10. AAJ
  11. DUNYA NEWS
  12. AXN
  13. HBO
  14. STAR WORLD
  15. STAR MOVIES
  16. SUPER SPORTS
  17. TEN SPORTS
  18. NAT GEO
  19. MTV
  20. AAG

Customer can reply with ID of his choice (@Rs 0.50+tax)
e.g. customer reply with “2” for SONY
He will receive list of programs running on that day, within the same time frame.

Jazz TV Guide: HUM schedule for 20/1/10
                                    Point of View@13:00
                                    Saturday night special@14:05
                                    Ishq-junoon-dewangee@16:45
                                    Music Mines@18:00
                                    Reply with M for more
                                   
For more programs from HUM TV he can further reply with “M” for more. (@ Rs 0.50+tax)
Customer can keep on requesting more programs until there are further programs available in the channel feed.

Category wise Schedule

To check category wise schedule of the channels, customer can reply with option 2 (@Rs 0.50+tax) to 717. Customer will receive a list of all categories. Customer can respond with ID of the category of his choice.

  1. DRAMA
  2. MOVIES
  3. MUSIC
  4. NEWS
  5. SPORTS

e.g. customer reply with “5” for Sports
He will receive list of programs running on that day, a mix from all sports channels, within the same time frame.
                                     Jazz TV Guide: Sports schedule for 20/1/10
                                     Inside the PGA Tour@13:00[Super Sports]
                                    Castle Test Series-SA vs Eng 4th Test Day 2- 1st Session @13:30 [Ten Sports]
                                    Reply with M for more
For more programs from Sports category he can further reply with “M” for more. (@ Rs 0.50+tax)

Customer can keep on requesting more programs until there are further programs available in the channel feeds.(Channels are divided into category of their kind, as mentioned in table below. e.g. all programs of a channel categorized into Drama category will appear in Drama category).


Channel Subscription.
To do a 30 days channel subscription of a channel schedule, customer can reply with option 3 (@Rs 0.50+tax) to 717. He will receive a list of all TV channels and he can respond with ID of his choice. (as given above in Option 1)

e.g. if he replies with Option 1 for GEO (@ Rs 10+tax for 30 days subscription)

  • Prepaid Customer will be subscribed to the service with a Thanks sms.
  • Post paid Customer will receive an SMS to confirm their subscription by replying with the channel ID and will receive a thanks SMS after confirmation.

11 AM every day, (depending on the availability of program feed) Customer will receive channel schedule for the day, till next 30 days. Subscription to each channel will cost him Rs 10+tax for next 30 days, for each channel.

On 31st day, subscription of prepaid customers will be renewed automatically and a thanks SMS will be sent. Postpaid subscribers need to reconfirm their subscription by replying with “yes or y” to the message at the end of subscription period.

Program Alerts

To subscribe to program alerts, customer can reply with option 4 (@Rs 0.50+tax) to 717.
He will receive a list of all TV channels and he can respond with channel ID of his choice. (as given above in Option 1)
His response with selected channel ID will get him total programs available on that particular channel.
Customer can than select a program for program alerts.

e.g. if he replies with Option 5 for AAJ TV (@ Rs 0.5+tax) he will receive a list of programs for AAJ TV.

Jazz TV Guide: To subscribe for TV program of AAJ reply with program ID.
                        1-Debate with Mahreen Khan
                        2-black box
                        3-Aaj subh
                        4-Islamabad Tonight
                        5-The 4 man show
                        …………
                        20-Success Stories

Prepaid customer can reply with program ID of his choice. e.g. 20, he will receive following SMS. Thanks for subscribing to Jazz TV Guide. You will receive schedule alert for [success stories] one hour before program time.

Post paid subscribers will receive an SMS to confirm their subscription with program ID.

Customer will receive program alerts 1 hour before the program for next 30 days.
(Repeat cast of the program will also be listed in that alert SMS if available in feed of that channel.)

On 31st day, subscription of prepaid customers will be renewed automatically and a thanks SMS will be sent. Postpaid subscribers need to reconfirm their subscription by replying with “yes” to the message at the end of the month.
FAQs

 Q: What is “Jazz TV Guide”?
A: Jazz TV Guide is an SMS based application that helps you check schedule of famous TV channels, browse programs by categories, subscribe to monthly channel alerts and subscribe to monthly program alerts.

Q: How can I use the service?
A: TV Guide services can be utilized by sending SMS “tv” to short code 717.

Q: What is validity of the subscription to Channel schedule or Program alert?
A: Subscription will be valid for next 30 days from the date of subscription.

Q: I am not receiving schedules for some channels after 12:00am midnight?
A: Program and channel schedules are dependant upon program feeds from the channels. Please refer to schedule availability table below for complete details on the availability of the schedule feed.

Q: Is this service compatible with my handset?
A: This is an SMS based service and is compatible with all Handset.

Q: I don’t see “M for more” option in SMS for TV channel schedule?
A: There are no more programs available in schedule feed provided by the channel that is why there is no more option with M for more.

Q: I did not receive repeat telecast alert after midnight?
A: All alerts are dependant upon program schedule provided by the TV channels. Some TV channels do not provide program schedules after mid night. We will not be able to send alert for this programs.

Q: How much will I be charged for this service?
A: subscriber can either check the channel schedule or browse the programs by category at Rs 0.50+tax per SMS. Subscriber can also subscribe to monthly channel or program alerts at Rs 10+tax per subscription.

Q: How will I receive schedule alerts?
A: In case of program alerts subscriber will get an SMS alert 1 hour before the program telecast and in case of channel alert subscriber will get 1 SMS per channel every morning at 11am.

Q: I don’t see my favorite program in the program list for program alert subscription?
A: TV guide is entirely dependent upon channel feeds provided by the TV channels. We can only list the programs which are available in schedule feed provided by the channel itself.

Q: Is this service available for post paid subscribers?
A: TV guide is available to both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers.

Q: How is my subscription renewed?
A: At the end of subscription period, post paid customer will get a renewal SMS. Replying with “Yes or Y” to the message will get him subscribed for next 30 days. Pre-paid customer’s subscription will be automatically renewed after 30 days. They will receive an SMS on renewal.

Q: How do I unsubscribe from the service?
A: Subscriber can send SMS “unsub” to 717 any time to unsubscribe from the service. Subscribe has to unsubscribe from each alert individually.


Unsubscription

Customer will send “unsub” to 717 and will receive following message, which will list All of his subscriptions (@Rs0.5+tax)
Jazz TV Guide: To unsubscribe from Jazz TV Guide please reply with program ID
            1-GEO
            2-STAR MOVIES
            3-Hum Sub Umeed say hain

Customer can reply with ID of his choice e.g. “2” for Star Movies (@Rs0.50+tax) and will receive following response
            Jazz TV Guide: You have been successfully unsubscribed from Jazz TV Guide.



(All schedules/alerts/subscriptions will be dependent upon the program feed availability from the Channel. Terms and Conditions apply, please visit www.mobilinkworld.com for details.)

Service Charges:

TV Guide browsing will be charged at Rs 0.50+ tax per sms.
Each 30 days subscription will cost Rs 10+tax.
This service is for pre-paid and post-paid subscribers.

Terms and Conditions:

  • Schedules are entirely dependent upon the schedule feed provided by each channel and Mobilink do not take any responsibility for it.
  • Channel and program alerts are system/channel feed dependant and Mobilink do not take any liability for any late or missing alert.
  • Mobilink’s decision will be deemed final in case of any dispute.

Channel Schedule Details:

Sr No Channel Name Category Confirm program schedule availability from the Channel
1 GEO DRAMA 7:00am to 11:59pm
2 SONY DRAMA 8:00am to 11:59pm
3 PTV DRAMA Complete 24 hrs
4 STAR PLUS DRAMA 7:00am to 11:59pm
5 INDUS DRAMA Complete 24 hrs
6 ARY Digital DRAMA 7:00am to 1:59pm 
7 HUM DRAMA Complete 24 hrs
8 ATV DRAMA Complete 24 hrs
9 GEO NEWS NEWS 10:00am to 11:59pm
10 AAJ NEWS Complete 24 hrs
11 DUNYA NEWS NEWS 11:00am to 11:59pm
12 AXN MOVIES Complete 24 hrs
13 HBO MOVIES Complete 24 hrs
14 STAR WORLD MOVIES 4:00am to 11:59pm
15 STAR MOVIES MOVIES Complete 24 hrs
16 SUPERSPORTS SPORTS Complete 24 hrs
17 TEN SPORTS SPORTS Complete 24 hrs
18 NATGEO OTHERS Complete 24 hrs
19
MTV MUSIC Complete 24 hrs
20
AAG MUSIC Complete 24 hrs