GlobeNewswire
2010-08-05
'Web PPV' Mobile TV Service Launches in Paraguay With 9 Live
and On-Demand Channels Streamed Over 3G
LONDON, Aug. 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROK Entertainment Group, the
mobile technology, applications and services company and Claro, the
Paraguayan Mobile Operator, have today announced the launch of Web PPV,
a streamed, live and on-demand multi-channel mobile TV subscription
service.
Powered by ROK's award-winning 'ROK TV' video-streaming technology, Web
PPV offers ESPN, Discovery Kids, MTV, Nat Geo, Discovery, History,
ESPN-X, A&E and Nickelodeon channels.
Claro has stated its delight in joining its parent group, America
Movil's Telcel service in Mexico, in offering its customers the highest
quality streamed mobile TV service available - which it will promote as
a monthly subscription service priced at 40,700 PYG per month
(approximately USD $8.50 per month).
Commenting on the launch, Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman of ROK said, "We
are delighted to be working with Claro in Paraguay as this represents
another major milestone in our global roll-out of our
revenue-generating mobile entertainment services".
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Forward-Looking Statement:
The information contained in this news release, other than historical
information, consists of forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those described in these statements. Forward-looking statements
regarding the timing of developing, testing and releasing existing and
new products, of marketing and selling them, of deriving revenues and
profits from them, as well as the effects of those revenues and profits
on the Group's margins and financial position, are uncertain because
many of the factors affecting the timing of those items are beyond the
Group's control.
CONTACT: ROK Entertainment Group Inc.
Bruce Renny
+44 (0)1902 374 896
bruce.renny@rokent.com