Turkey’s leading telecommunications and technology company Turkcell
(NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) announced that it is taking its television
platform Turkcell TV+ to the next level and introduced the future of TV
in Turkey. Turkcell TV+, which was previously offered only on mobile
devices and computers, will now be available on television sets.
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Subscribers can now enjoy seamless multi-screen TV experience,
alternating between four screens – smartphone, tablet, computer and TV –
as they wish. The new platform is launched with superior features
including time-shift option which allows user to rewind programs up to
12 hours, cloud recording, simultaneous recording of multiple channels,
customizable content and social media access.
“Internet brought revolutionary changes in our television- and
video-watching habits, and we are proud to meet the needs that emerge
from this new experience with Turkcell TV+. With this service, unlimited
TV and entertainment will now be available to everyone regardless of the
operator they use on their mobile phones.” said Turkcell’s CEO Sureyya
Ciliv.
Turkcell TV+ supported by superior Turkcell 3G and Turkcell
Superonline fiber network
Subscribers can enjoy Turkcell TV+ on smartphones and tablets with
Turkcell’s superior 3G technology via Turkcell TV+ apps. Turkcell
Superonline’s ultra-fast fiber internet will support the service on
television sets through a Turkcell TV+ box. Turkcell Superonline was one
of the first 5 operators globally to offer 1000 Mbps fiber to the home,
and is still the only operator in Turkey that offers this speed.
Speaking to new TV-watching habits including social media
With Turkcell TV+, Turkcell and Turkcell Superonline carry their cloud
services into a new area: Instead of recording on TV devices, users will
be able to record programs on the cloud, enabling easy access to saved
programs from any of the four devices anywhere, anytime. Turkcell TV+
offers real personalization of TV experience. Users can create their own
customized channels by making personal playlists with “select-
and-watch” tool.
Through Turkcell TV+, users can integrate their social media activities
into TV-watching experience. The platform allows users to directly
access social media channels. Users can share the details of the
programs that they are watching on their social media channels and view
their social engagement on their TV screens.
Turkcell TV+ offers a broad range of content with nearly local and
foreign TV channels and over thousand select-watch movies and TV series.
The users can also customize the TV schedule on 32 different “Plus
Saloons” delivering from movies to world’s most popular TV series,
documentaries and sports programs.
ABOUT TURKCELL: Turkcell is the leading communications and
technology company in Turkey, with 34.6 million subscribers as of June
30, 2014. Turkcell is a leading regional player with its approximately
69.5 million subscribers in nine countries as of June 30, 2014. It has
become one of the first among the global operators to have implemented
HSPA+. It has achieved up to 43.2 Mbps speed using the Dual Carrier
technology, and is continuously working to provide the latest technology
to its customers. Turkcell Superonline, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Turkcell, is the first telecom operator to offer households fiber
broadband connection at speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps in Turkey. As of
March 2014, Turkcell’s population coverage is at 99.49% in 2G and 86.37%
in 3G. Turkcell reported a TRY2.9 billion (US$1.4 billion) revenue with
total assets of TRY21.8 billion (US$10.3 billion) as of June 30, 2014.
It has been listed on the NYSE and the BIST since July 2000, and is the
only NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at www.turkcell.com.tr
You can now follow the most up-to-date Turkcell developments on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews
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