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WAU
Móvil launches the First Spanish-Language User Generated TV Channel
Other Topics: Mobile IPTV
Headend, Mobile IPTV Encoder
Wau Móvil Ibérica S.L.
February 13, 2007
- WAU TV is the ideal mix of
mobility and interactivity, allowing users to upload content from
the Web and their mobile phones, which they can later view on TV,
the Web and their Mobile phones.
- WAU TV is a strong community and
commerce platform, which will allow its users to communicate and
do business with each other, through SMS and IVR services.
- WAU TV is the most complete
storefront for mobile content services, and it allows WAU Movil to
display its extensive content catalog to its TV audience 24 hours
a day.
Madrid, Spain -- WAU Móvil Ibérica,
S.L., the Spanish subsidiary of WAU Móvil, S.A. announced yesterday
the launch of WAU TV, the first Spanish-language User Generated TV
Channel, which allows consumers to upload their content through the
channels web site, www.wautv.com, and later view it on their TV
sets. |
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WAU TV is available
today as a Free-to-Air channel on Hispasat 1C7D, 30ş W,
Transpondedor 60, Frecuencia: 12.092 GHz, and can be sintonized in
millions of homes in the Hispasat coverage area in Southern Europe
and Northern Africa.
Edmond Saade Jr., WAU Móvil CEO, announced the launch of the TV
channel, developed by WAU teams in Madrid and Caracas, in the
context of the celebration of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.
“WAU TV is the result of our company´s growth and maturity, and
highlights our leadership position in the mobile value-added
services market in the Spanish-speaking markets” said Saade in a
written statement.
Mr Saade added that WAU Movil´s goal is to take advantage of its
incomparable position in the Spanish-speaking markets to deploy WAU
TV in the entire region in the short term.
Rafael Bonnelly Ricart, General Manager of WAU Móvil Ibérica, S.L.
and creator of the WAU TV concept, said that the new channel his
company is announcing today is the result of the joint work of a
great team, with experience on the Internet, mobile and television,
which has been able to take an idea and make it into a product in
record time.
“WAU TV puts WAU Movil in the forefront of the development of
multimedia and multiplatform products, and takes the success of Web
2.0 products and services to the next level, mixing user generated
content and communities with multiplaform distribution and scalable
business models,” added Mr Bonnelly while defining the scope of his
company’s new product.
Currently, WAU TV is available on satellite through DTH platforms in
the coverage area of Hispasat, but the next step for WAU TV will be
mobile distribution through Spanish mobile carriers, both On Portal
and Off Portal.
About WAU Movil
WAU Móvil, S.A., is the leading mobile value-added services
provider in the Spanish-speaking markets, with direct connections to
45 mobile operators in the region and local presence in 18
countries. WAU offers its gateway services to leading media and
consumer goods companies in the region, and also offers consumers
the largest catalog of mobile content through its web portal,
www.wau.com.
About WAU TV
WAU TV is a product of WAU Móvil Ibérica, S.L., the Spanish
subsidiary of WAU Móvil, S.A. and its available on Hispasat 1C7D,
30ş W, Transponder 60, Frecuency: 12.092 GHz, and also through the
channels web site www.wautv.com, from which users will be able to
upload their content. |
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