The term mobisode is a blend of the words mobile (phone) and episode which was coined – and in fact trademarked – by the US broadcasting company Fox in 2004. The first mobisodes to appear were 24: Conspiracy, a series of 24(!) one-minute episodes based on the cult television series 24 which, in conjunction with mobile phone company Vodafone, were made available in the US in November 2004 and in the United Kingdom just a couple of months later.