| Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| Internet TV broadcaster JumpTV adds 11 more channels |
JumpTV Incorporated, world's leading broadcaster of ethnic television over the internet, announced on Monday that it has signed 11 new exclusive internet broadcast agreements with channels from Pakistan, Thailand, Lebanon, Nigeria and Benin.
The new agreements expand JumpTV's network to 270 channels under licence.
The channels by signed JumpTV include ORTB (Benin), Channels TV, Lagos TV and MiTV (Nigeria), Zam TV and Rung TV (Pakistan), Popper, Rak Thai TV, Panorama 07 and Thai Cable Channel (Thailand), and Mlive (Lebanon).
The 11 new channels are expected to be individually priced at US $ 9.95 a month when launched commercially, and some will become a part of the country/region-specific channel groups at later dates.
The addition of the 3 Nigerian, 4 Thai and 2 Pakistani channels brings JumpTV's Nigerian, Thai and Pakstani channel lineup to 7 channels, 9 channels and 12 channels, respectively. Bundles will be launched for each of these countries soon.
The additional Lebanese channel is to be included in JumpTV's Pan Arab package, which currently includes 23 top Arab channels, for US $ 29.95 a month.
On the partnership with JumpTV, M Julien Pierre Akpaki, general director of ORTB said: "JumpTV is enabling ORTB to grow from a number one national channel, that is available only in Benin, to a global channel overnight. Since a majority of our programming is in French, we believe there is a real market for our content not only among the people of Benin, but anyone interested in West African television."
Sila Celik, head of content acquisition and global operations at JumpTV said: "JumpTV is thrilled to announce the addition of 11 channels from countries like Nigeria, Thailand, Pakistan and Lebanon. We understand that our subscribers want an array of content from their country or region of origin and these channels add substantially to our offerings."
Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, chief executive officer and president of JumpTV International said: "The first phase of JumpTV's business strategy has always been to aggregate the most television content from around the globe. Now, with 270-channel partnerships, JumpTV continues to solidify itself as the largest broadcaster of ethnic programming, providing its subscribers with live television, when and where they want it."
JumpTV, the world's leading subscription-based broadcaster of ethnic television over the internet, has over 250 channels from 70-plus countries. It delivers its subscribers full-screen news, sports and entertainment content on a real-time basis from all over the globe.
JumpTV has subscribers from over 80 countries who view channels on the JumpTV online network via high-speed internet connections on their home computers, laptops, internet-enabled televisions and mobile phones.Labels: media, Tech |
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