LONDON (Alliance News) - Motive Television PLC Wednesday said it has signed a final agreement with Icube Corporation of Seoul to release retail products that will allow Freeview broadcast television to be received on mobile devices in the UK.
Freeview is a free-to-air digital television service.
In December, Motive said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the South Korea-based company to create and integrate its software with Icube to create a Tablet Television Freeview product for the UK market. Icube will develop and manufacture a Freeview dongle device under the agreement.
Motive Wednesday said it has developed an app that works with devices manufactured by Icube that will be certified as Freeview-compliant once the process is completed.
The company said these are the first products to provide the complete Freeview experience for mobile devices, including the "red button" interactivity, and go through this certification procedure.
Under the contract, Motive will receive a licence fee from Icube for each user of the new product.
Once the current certification process is complete, Motive will announce the availability of its Tablet TV Freeview to the market and Icube will distribute the product through retailers.
Motive Television shares were quoted down 0.6% at 0.0159 pence Wednesday morning.
By Anthony Tshibangu; anthonytshibangu@alliancenews.com; @AnthonyAllNews
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