TORONTO — toober, a Toronto-based live television app that connects viewers to specialty TV from around the world, announced today it is making Ukrainian channels available at no charge for the foreseeable future, effective immediately.
Cartt.ca readers will be familiar with the Canadian technology company behind the toober app – video broadcast solutions provider Nextologies.
“Our mission has always been to help people worldwide stay connected to their homelands through news and entertainment,” said Sasha Zivanovic, CEO of toober and Nextologies, in a press release. “In times of crisis, nothing is more important than getting accurate reporting of events directly from the source.” (Zivanovic is also Ethnic Channels Group’s chief technology officer.)
toober’s current lineup of Ukrainian channels includes 1+1 International, Pershiy Natsionalniy (First National), 5 Kanal (Channel 5), UATV, Espresso TV and Kyiv TV.
“toober will continue to add Ukrainian channels on an ongoing basis as they become available,” the press release says.
“Several major Ukrainian media groups have partnered to show ‘United News,’ a unified news source, on all their channels, but given the constantly shifting situation, channels can have intermittent disruptions to their broadcast signal,” said Zivanovic.
“Our goal is to add as many channels as possible and continue making those channels available, ensuring that viewers have continuous access to direct news from Ukraine, whenever and wherever available.”
The toober app is available on Rogers, Shaw, Videotron and Apple TV. It will be available soon on Roku and Android, according to the press release.
For more information, please visit toober.com.
