RETV ONLINE, ANYTIME
DUBAI, September 19th, 2007 - JumpTV Inc. (www.jumptv.com), a leader in broadcasting international television and sports programming over the Internet, will begin streaming RETV live from Jamaica this week via www.JumpTV.com.
Reggae Entertainment television (RETV) is now available around the clock on JumpTV.com and reggaetelevision.com – streaming the best in Jamaican music videos, entertainment news and oriented programmes.
“We are thrilled to add RETV to our online television platform,” said Douglas Ames, general manager of JumpTV’s Africa and Caribbean regions. “We have seen a large demand for Jamaican content on JumpTV and through our various distribution partners and have been specifically focused on adding the best in indigenous music such as Reggae and Ska to our offerings.”
The addition of RETV makes a total of 15 television channels streamed live from the Caribbean including Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados. To complement its Caribbean television offerings JumpTV also streams over 18 radio stations from the region.
Kimani Robinson, chief executive officer of RETV commented, “By partnering with JumpTV we gain access to a worldwide audience; there are no longer any boundaries to our reach.”
The partnership between RETV and JumpTV also includes the rights to distribute RETV content through JumpTV’s third party distribution partners such as AOL and Terra Networks, as well as various IP-based mediums including mobile phones and IPTV set top boxes.
Robinson added, “The world wide web is only the first step in our online distribution strategy. We are confident that together with JumpTV we will reach other IP-based mediums that will allow us to further monetize our content.”
RETV will be available free of charge to viewers around the world for the next 30 days and then a monthly subscription of US$7.95 will come into effect. JumpTV will also be adding RETV’s affiliate channel, Jamaican News Netwok (JNN), to its Internet television platform in the coming weeks.
About JumpTV
JumpTV is a leading distributor of live international television and sports over the Internet. With more than 300 television channels from 75+ countries and more than 170 partnerships with sports teams and leagues, JumpTV delivers full-screen sports, news and entertainment content on a real-time basis from all corners of the globe to computers, Internet-enabled television sets, IP set-top-boxes and cell phones with browser access. For more information, visit www.jumptv.com.
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