LONDON, Oct. 8, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROK Entertainment Group (OTCBB:ROKE), the global mobile entertainment company, has its ROK TV and FreeBe TV services featured in a report published this week by Juniper Research into the future of mobile TV.
In the report, the analyst group predicts the owners of up to 14% of the forecast 330 million mobile devices equipped to receive broadcast TV services in 5 years' time, are likely to subscribe to paid-for video-on-demand mobile TV services.
The report 'Mobile TV: Opportunities for Streamed & Broadcast Services, 2008-2013' casts doubt upon the business case for the building of dedicated networks to provide broadcast TV to mobile phones while highlighting the forecast popularity of paid-for services offering video-on-demand mobile TV.
ROK is a pioneer of high quality mobile TV streamed over existing 2.5G and 3G networks and is in the midst of a worldwide deployment of its revenue-generating mobile entertainment services.
Commenting on Juniper's findings, Laurence Alexander, Group CEO of ROK said, "We created ROK TV to provide high quality, streamed, video-on-demand mobile TV services because we have always doubted the veracity of the business case for dedicated networks to deliver broadcast TV to mobile phones and, as such, we are delighted to note Juniper's findings."
About ROK:
ROK Entertainment Group Inc., (OTCBB:ROKE) founded in 2004, is a global mobile entertainment company. With approximately 200 staff worldwide, ROK has filed more than 40 international patents for its suite of innovative mobile technologies.
With 3.3 billion mobile handsets in use worldwide -- forecast to grow to 5.8 billion within 5 years -- the mobile entertainment industry is a fast-growing, multi-billion dollar business.
ROK TV enables the streaming of live and on-demand TV to mobile phones over mass-market 2.5G, as well as over 3G and Wi-Fi. www.rokent.com
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