At the Mobile World Congress holding in Barcelona Spain, telecoms company MTN announced it is set to broadcast live TV channels and VOD on mobile as a result of a partnership with SUMMVIEW culminating in the launch of a new service called “MTN TV” accessible on mobile.
Through this service, MTN Côte d’Ivoire is offering its users the ability to access from their smartphones and tablets, to a set of live TV channels as well as on-demand content. Users can download the application MTN TV on MTN CI website (www.mtn.ci) or on Google Play Store. Users have the option to subscribe for a day, a week or a month.
The availability of video on smartphones and tablets relies on the platform developed by SUMMVIEW. With a few clicks, users access from the terminal, a catalog of live channels and on demand videos.
“With MTN TV, MTN Côte d’Ivoire expands its range of services and mobile applications and provides its subscribers an innovative offering of quality content, information as well as entertainment on mobile. The “one stop shop” offer of SUMMVIEW allowed mastering the costs and securing the roll-out. By deploying this new service, MTN continues its actions to offer its customers a new digital world and contributes to the emergence of a digital Ivory Coast, “said Mr. Wim Vanhelleputte, CEO of MTN Côte d’Ivoire.
Denis PAGNAC, CEO SUMMVIEW: “SUMMVIEW is pleased to provide the service “MTN TV”. The SUMMVIEW Content Delivery Solution (S-CDS), a SaaS platform proposed in white label, is designed to meet the specific needs of each client, allowing MTN CI to propose its own mobile video service benefiting from the expertise of SUMMVIEW in the field of the distribution of video content on mobile phone.”
During the Mobile World Congress, MTN TV service will be presented on the SUMMVIEW booth (Hall 8.1 – Booth D41). For this launch phase, the first five international channels accessible on MTN TV are FRANCE 24, Al Jazeera, TRACE AFRICA, BBLACK and TIJI.
