10/08/2009 - Livestation partners with weComm to deliver live TV news on all smartphones
LONDON, 10th August 2009 - weComm, the leader in interactive mobile data solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Livestation to deliver live TV news to mobile handsets including Android and BlackBerry devices.
Livestation already delivers high quality live TV streaming services on iPhone for world class news partners such as BBC World News and Al Jazeera. weComm wave On-Demand Mobile Application Platform™,will enable Livestation to deliver live broadcasts from Livestation’s global news TV partners to all leading mobile operating systems. Live TV content will be available for a monthly subscription and the service will provide access to other news formats from the same providers. The companies will distribute the service in a number of easy-to-subscribe methods including through the major mobile handset-manufacturers’ application stores.
weComm’s wave platform uses a client-server infrastructure to deliver high-quality, interactive mobile data services optimized to all major mobile operating systems. The technology delivers content and applications to handsets on-demand, giving the richness and interactivity of an on-device application combined with the flexibility and freshness of an online service.
Matteo Berlucchi, Livestation CEO, said of the partnership: “Time to market is key for us. By partnering with weComm we can now deliver a high-quality, live TV experience very quickly to the market across the broadest possible range of smartphone devices.”
weComm CEO Graham Summers: “Livestation has an extremely well targeted proposition which has clearly excited the world’s leading news channels. weComm is delighted to have been chosen as the mobile partner to help Livestation exploit their fantastic service on a wider range of platforms.”
For more information:
Emma Wescott
+44 207 448 7800
emma.wescott@wecomm.com
Daniel Adams
Commercial Director, Livestation
+44 20 7579 8386
daniel.adams@livestation.com
About weComm
weComm deploys rich media mobile applications to the phones of the customers of Global Media Brands. We deliver to our customers rapid, maximum distribution of mobile media content that is optimized for handsets, networks and above all for change. Speed and cost effectiveness are at the heart of the weComm proposition.
Founded in 1999, weComm is headquartered in London and is privately held. For more information please visit www.wecomm.com.
About Livestation
Livestation is the online destination for global TV and radio news, offering international channels from Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, BBC, C-SPAN, Deutsche Welle, euronews, ITN, France 24, Press TV and Russia Today. The Livestation service can be accessed via a browser or via a desktop player which integrates with the latest and most popular social networking trends, offering users the ability to share, chat, and take control of their viewing experience. For more information please visit www.livestation.com.