CTC Media’s social TV Network Videomore Launches Applications for iPhone and Android Mobile Platforms
Videomore Available on iPhone and Android Mobile Platforms
CTC Media, Inc. (“CTC Media” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq:CTCM – News), Russia’s leading independent media company, announces that as part of the Company’s new media initiative to make its content available over multiple platforms and applications, CTC Media’s social TV network Videomore (www.videomore.ru) has launched applications for iPhone and Android mobile platforms. The applications are now available for download from the Apple App Store and the Android Market, respectively.
Videomore widget can also be installed on D-Link’s popular Boxee digital media player. Its content can also be accessed from various mobile platforms which support the portal’s HTML5 format. A Videomore application customized for the iPad is also being developed and is expected to be launched in the near future. It is also expected that Videomore content will be made available on internet-enabled TV sets and most multimedia players by Fall 2011.
At present, while users do benefit from capabilities such as being able to restore previous video sessions, users of Apple’s mobile iOS platform can only access the applications in a basic format. Currently, subscribers can search content, play videos and navigate through the website’s main sections, such as “Most popular”, “Series”, “Shows” and “Programs”. The more advanced application currently available for Android already includes all of the main services from Videomore, among which are friends’ lists, comments, subscriptions to projects and users’ personal blogs. In the near future, all social functions, including playlists and video citations, will be available on all major mobile platforms.
Askar Tuganbaev, Internet Project Development Director of CTC Media commented: “Desktop computers do not provide users with the flexible, view anywhere access, that more than 10 million Videomore subscribers demand. Our goal is to please our customers and to make the portal available on a wide range of mobile devices for their convenience. New versions will be upgraded with new features and functionality, enabling users to participate in various social networking activities, while watching videos. We are confident that the variety of applications available will attract more customers to use Videomore, which will also make the process of viewing content more convenient, sociable and entertaining.”
About CTC Media, Inc.
CTC Media is a leading independent media company in Russia, with operations throughout Russia and elsewhere in the CIS. It operates three free-to-air television networks in Russia — CTC, Domashny and DTV — as well as Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and TV company in Moldova, with a combined potential audience of over 150 million people. The international pay-TV version of the CTC channel is available in North America, Israel and Germany. CTC Media also owns two TV content production companies, Costafilm and Soho Media. The Company’s common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “CTCM”. For more information on CTC Media, please visit www.ctcmedia.ru.
