Santo Domingo.– ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technology, applications and
services company, and Claro, Dominican Republic, the largest Mobile
Operator in Dominican Republic, have today announced the launch of
Ideas TV, a streamed, live and pre-recorded mobile TV subscription
service.
Powered by ROK's award-winning over-the-air video-streaming technologies, Ideas TV will offer an initial package of 11 local and international channels, including Cadena de Noticias, ESPN, ESPN X, TV Azteca, Discovery Movil, MTV, Disney Channel, History Channel and National Geographic, Nickelodeon, Discover Kids and Playboy Lifestyle.
Initially, the service is available on the BlackBerry Bold, Nokia N95, Nokia E71 and the Nokia 6120. The deployment of Ideas TV in Dominican Republic follows the successful launch of ROK-powered Ideas TV with Claro's parent group Operator, Telcel, in Mexico in September 2008.
Commenting on the launch of Ideas TV, Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK, said, "We are delighted to be working with Claro in Dominican Republic as this represents another major milestone in our global roll-out of our revenue-generating mobile entertainment services."
"Claro operates the only 3G network in the Dominican Republic so we are really excited to be able to provide our customers with this breakthrough in mobile entertainment," added a spokesperson from Claro, "and we are proud to be one of the first countries in the whole of Latin America to offer mobile TV."
