The multimedia distributing company TV Box has launched the online television platform Magic TV Box that enables to watch national and foreign TV channels through the Internet, without paying subscription. The project is implemented in partnership with StarNet.
In a news conference at IPN, StarNet IPTV manager Diana Moraru said that mobility is one of the advantages of this platform. The platform www.magictvbox.org can be accessed from any gadget and from anywhere.
The TV channels can be viewed from any country. The Moldovan diaspora will thus have real connection with the Moldovan mass media. The fact that all the channels proposed for viewing can be watched gratis not only on the computer, tablet PCs or mobile phones, but also on the TV set is an absolute novelty.
A special device is needed for watching the TV channels on the TV set. Those who purchase it, for 750 lei, do not have to pay TV subscription afterward.
StarNet marketing director Alexei Munteanu said that this platform and the device are a new face of television, an alternative for digitization of television.
Besides the given platform, StarNet provides one more new service from April, called Cable TV. It is intended for those who cannot buy IPTV equipment or have old TV sets that cannot be connected to new technologies. The cable television package from StarNet includes over 60 TV channels.
Currently, StarNet has optical fiber networks in 15 towns with almost 100,000 subscribers to Internet, television and telephone services.
