Mobile TV Firm Buys Image Compression Software Developer
The mobile TV provider, ROK Entertainment says that it had acquired Blubox Software, the data optimisation and compression developer. Blubox is a unique application for the compression and encryption of digital photographs.
"Our technology typically compresses JPEG files by around 80%" said Peter Boswell, CEO at Blubox "which not only drastically reduces the amount of space required to store images but also speeds-up the transfer of these files enormously".
ROK will deploy a specially-developed version of Blubox technologies to enable the fast and effective transfer of digital images to and from mobile phones and to increase the number of images that can be stored on cellular devices.
"We have already seen huge interest and uptake of the PC version of Blubox since its launch in October last year, with 75,000 people experiencing the powerful compression and encryption qualities of the application" added Boswell " we will continue to deploy Blubox in a number of ways including OEM with partners in the device hardware space."
ROK is best known for its mass-market mobile TV technologies which allow the streaming of video over existing 2.5G, 3G and wi-fi networks. In May 2007, ROK announced it had agreed to be acquired by US publicly-listed company CyberFund in a Share Exchange Agreement."
Posted to the site on 25th June 2007
