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Claro Launches ROK-Powered 3G Mobile TV Service in Dominican Republic

Thu. October 01, 2009; Posted: 08:00 AM
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LONDON and SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Oct 1, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- ROKE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technology, applications and services company, and Claro, Dominican Republic, the largest Mobile Operator in Dominican Republic, have today announced the launch of Ideas TV, a streamed, live and pre-recorded mobile TV subscription service.

Powered by ROK's award-winning over-the-air video-streaming technologies, Ideas TV will offer an initial package of 11 (eleven) local and international channels, including Cadena de Noticias, ESPN, ESPN X, TV Azteca, Discovery Movil, MTV, Disney Channel, History Channel and National Geographic, Nickelodeon, Discover Kids and Playboy Lifestyle.

Initially, the service is available on the BlackBerry Bold, Nokia N95, Nokia E71 and the Nokia 6120.

The deployment of Ideas TV in Dominican Republic follows the successful launch of ROK-powered Ideas TV with Claro's parent group Operator, Telcel, in Mexico in September 2008.

Commenting on the launch of Ideas TV, Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK, said, "We are delighted to be working with Claro in Dominican Republic as this represents another major milestone in our global roll-out of our revenue-generating mobile entertainment services."

"Claro operates the only 3G network in the Dominican Republic so we are really excited to be able to provide our customers with this breakthrough in mobile entertainment," added a spokesperson from Claro, "and we are proud to be one of the first countries in the whole of Latin America to offer mobile TV."

About Codetel:

Claro in the Dominican Republic is the mobile brand within the Compania Dominicana de Telefonos, the biggest telecommunications company in the Dominican Republic, and a part of America Movil telecom group, which is the fifth largest mobile phone network operator in the world, with more than 170 million customers. It serves clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Colombia.

About ROK:

Founded in 2004, ROK Entertainment Group is a mobile technologies, applications and services development company and has amassed a suite of revenue-generating mobile services which it licenses to Mobile Operators and Handset Manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in the UK, ROK is best known for its award-winning mobile TV services which streams video -- live and on demand -- over 2.5G, 3G and Wi-Fi(R). In addition, ROK has 5 patent awards and many more patent applications in place.

www.rokent.com

The ROK Entertainment Group logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=5361

Forward-Looking Statement:

The information contained in this news release, other than historical information, consists of forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these statements. Forward-looking statements regarding the timing of developing, testing and releasing existing and new products, of marketing and selling them, of deriving revenues and profits from them, as well as the effects of those revenues and profits on the Group's margins and financial position, are uncertain because many of the factors affecting the timing of those items are beyond the Group's control.

This news release was distributed by GlobeNewswire, www.globenewswire.com

SOURCE: ROK Entertainment Group Inc.

CONTACT:  ROK Entertainment Group Inc.
Bruce Renny
+44 (0)1902 374 896
bruce.renny@rokent.com
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