LONDON, Nov. 20, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROK Entertainment Group (OTCBB:ROKE), the mobile entertainment company, today announces that Telenor, the Norwegian-based Mobile Operator, has added Video News to its mobile applications portal, Playground.
ROK's Video News service delivers 30-60 second video clips to subscribers in MMS format using ROK's patent-pending data-compression technologies. Video News will now be offered to all Telenor's operating companies worldwide through its Playground portal.
"Video News is a means for Operators to offer their subscribers bite-size chunks of relevant information at an affordable price, delivered via MMS," said Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and Group CEO of ROK. "Video News is a perfect adjunct to our on-demand, streamed, mobile TV services."
Telenor, one of the fastest-growing mobile operators in the world with services in 12 countries and 150 million mobile subscribers, created the Playground portal (http://playground.telenor.com/node/941) to showcase new and innovative mobile services to its operating companies.
"We are delighted Telenor not only recognize the enormous potential of this service, but are keen to market it within their group of companies," added Kendrick.
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