Viewers will be able to live stream Seven, Seven Mate and Seven Two.
From December 1, you'll be able to live stream all three Channel Seven channels on your smartphone or tablet.
This is a globally massive move by the Seven network.
This is a really big deal - I think the BBC and maybe one or two others are the only ones that do this.
Seven News technology editor Djuro Sen said Australia's streaming is about to change forever.
"It is a first, to be 24/7 pumping out three stations across the mobile networks of Australia is an unbelievable undertaking," he said.
"How many times have you had a phone call on the bus or on the way home in the car 'can you turn the TV on now', well guess what, you can, by just turning your phone on."
Mr Sen said there will be a slight delay because the vision has to go through network switches, but buffering times shouldn't be a problem.
"There's plenty of bandwidth for it, it always depends on how many users you have at either end, and having spoken to all the telcos recently for Seven News, they are all gearing up for that peak hour, you know when you jump on the bus between 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock in Australia's metro centres," he said.
"They know they're going to get hammered and they're prepared for it."
Listen to the full interview with Ben Davis on 4BC Drive here.
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