LG Uplus introduces Android TV services running on Google’s Lollipop OS

LG Uplus has launched Android TV services running on Google’s latest lollipop operating system. The new services will help the South Korean mobile carrier expand their internet- protocol television business.

The new Android Tv services cost about 9,000 KRW or USD9 a month as base fee. The three-year contract with mobile carrier will provide users with access to 100,000 videos-on-demand and 130 domestic and global channels. The new services are available via LG Uplus’ U+tv G 4K UHD and U+tv G Woofer, according to the Korea Herald.

Customers can not only access digital content, but also run their mobile applications on TVs. Also, users don’t have to invest in set-top boxes for the services and can play high resolution smartphone games on their TVs.

“LG Uplus will make constant efforts to provide differentiated services for customers and to lead the IPTV market,” said Ahn Sung-jun, head of the firm’s converged home business sector, reports Korea Herald.

LG Uplus rolls out VoD, IPTV services on LTE platform

South Korean telecommunications operator, LG Uplus, has launched a Video-on-Demand (VoD) movie streaming service, UflixMovie; a mobile IPTV service, Uplus HDTVNew; and a personal broadcasting platform, Uplus tvG, on its advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE) network platform – to aggressively tap and lead the video LTE era.

LG’s UflixMovie will provide access to over 12,000 video contents of films, dramas and overseas TV series at the flat cost of KRW 7,000 (USD 6.86) per month. And the company plans to expand content to 13,000 within this year and subscribers of other carriers are also provided access to this service.

In its mobile IPTV service, Uplus HDTV, LG has embedded the ‘Time Machine’ functionality that enables users to save programs that they are watching in real time for two hours and the ‘Slow Motion’ function which allows users to watch important scenes at 0.5 time speed. With Uplus tvG, users can broadcast in real time through the broadband LTE network.

LG Uplus is offering a broadband LTE-A plan at the cost of KRW 89,900 (USD 88.1) per month for subscribers to avail the various video services.