LONDON, July 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technologies, applications and services company, has today announced its streamed Mobile TV service, ROK TV, is compatible with the latest BlackBerry(r) smartphones.
"This is great news for ROK and represents huge potential for the continued deployment of ROK TV," said Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK, "as BlackBerry users tend to be tech-savvy and hungry for information and entertainment on their mobiles."
ROK TV, one of a suite of revenue-generating mobile services produced by ROK (www.rokent.com), enables the stream of live and on-demand video to mobile phones over mass-market 2.5G, as well as over 3G, and has successfully launched its subscription-based mobile TV service with several Operators worldwide.
"To add BlackBerry smartphones to our list of compatible handsets for ROK TV is a fantastic development and one which we are very excited to exploit," added Kendrick.
About ROK:
Founded in 2004, ROK Entertainment Group is a mobile technologies, applications and services development company and has amassed 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(r). In addition, ROK has 5 patent awards and more than 40 further patent applications in place. For more information, please visit: www.rokent.com.
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