Mon
21st Dec
2009
London and Montevideo– December 21st 2009: ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technology, applications and services company and Claro, Uruguay, the America Movil owned Mobile Operator in Uruguay, have today announced the launch of streamed mobile TV subscription service, PPV TV.
Powered by ROK’s award-winning over-the-air video-streaming technologies, PPV will offer an initial package of 8 (eight) international channels including, ESPN, Disney Channel, ESPN-X, MTV, A&E, Discovery Movil, National Geographic, The History Channel, Wappo TV (from Warner Music Group).
The deployment of PPV TV in Uruguay follows the successful launch of ROK-powered Ideas TV with fellow America Movil operators, Claro in Dominican Republic in October 2009 and Telcel, in Mexico in September 2008.
Claro has stated its delight in being able to offer its customers the highest quality streamed mobile TV service available which it will market in a variety of daily and monthly packages.
Commenting on the deployment of PPV, Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK said "We are delighted to be working with Claro in Uruguay as this represents another major milestone in our global roll-out of our revenue-generating mobile entertainment services".
About CLARO Uruguay:
CLARO Uruguay is the fastest-growing and largest 3G mobile coverage company in Uruguay. It is a 100% subsidiary of América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX]. [NASDAQ: AMOV] [LATIBEX: XAMXL], the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America, with operations in 17 countries throughout the continent, 194.3 million mobile phone subscribers and 3.8 million landlines. Claro is the only operator with 3G networks in 15 countries in Latin America.
About ROK:
Founded in 2004, ROK Entertainment Group is a mobile technologies, applications and services development company with a suite of revenue-generating mobile services which it licenses to Mobile Operators and Handset Manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in the UK, ROK is best known for its award-winning mobile TV services which streams video – live and on demand – over 2.5G, 3G and Wi-Fi®. In addition, ROK has 5 patent awards and many more patent applications in place. For more information, please visit: www.rokent.com.
