Rapid Communications has launched Vooka, an online video streaming service that will stream live Startimes TV channels along with other TV content from Bollywood and Usalama watch TV through mobile smart phones. The service is in partnership with Startimes TV and other content providers.
“In the wake of the current cognitively complex work environment coupled with competitive pressures and technological breakthroughs, the current smart phone user desires some leisure breaks. What better way to relax than to access entertainment from the gadget at hand – the mobile. With this in mind, Rapid Communications developed the mobile TV that streams live videos in order to fulfil the entertainment need as well as provide content,†said Rapid Communications CEO Mr Anwar Majid Hussein
To access the service, users will be required to have a smart phone that can access 3G internet and go to vookaonline.com.
To connect to the startimes channels, users will be required to send an SMS to 22832 with the word ‘startimes’ then select various startimes channels. Streaming will cost Ksh.10 per day for all startimes channels and Ksh.5 per day for streaming one channel.
The service does not have a monthly subscription fee.