Orion and PixelPlay Partner to Create First Interactive TV Mobile Entertainment Portal
"New York – August 30, 2005 – Orion Information Services and PixelPlay announced today that they are partnering to create the world’s first interactive TV mobile entertainment portal; all previous mobile entertainment portals have been Web based. Under the terms of the partnership, PixelPlay will create a very sophisticated front end to Orion’s Mobile Entertainment Portal that will launch by the end of 2005 and will be far more interactive with wider choices for viewers. Further, it will enable subscribers to browse and listen to more than 5,000 entertainment options on their TVs and then download their selections to their cell phones including ring tones, images, music tones, animations, sound effects and Java games. The full range of mobile content available can be found at http://www.dishmobile.com."