Blucom
Blucom was a technology developed and sold by Astra Platform Services (APS), a subsidiary of SES Astra , for the transmission of metadata via DVB (-S) and forwarding it from the receiving device to up to seven cell phones via Bluetooth . The data was displayed solely in a proprietary, chargeable browser on the handheld devices, which received a return channel capability ( Blucom interactive ) via the GSM short message or GPR service . In addition, content could also be accessed via the Internet.
Applications for Blucom were static program information and additional information, headlines (weather, lottery, sports) and interactive services such as remote voting , participation in quizzes and shopping. Music broadcasters should, for example , be able to transmit the option (for a fee) of the title currently being played as a ring tone or audio file.
The market launch in Germany took place in May 2006. From October 2006, a single compatible set-top box was available on the market, the BLU FOX-S from Humax . Astra tried from 2007 to market Blucom together with the introduction of the 2009 failed digital television platform Entavio .
Blucom was discontinued in 2009.
Former channels with Blucom functions
Status: June 2008
TV station
RTL , ProSieben , Sat.1 , N24 , MTV , VIVA , 1-2-3.tv , Astro.tv , Deluxe Music , iMusic1 , lastminute tv , HSE24 and tv.gusto .
Radio station
2255 Live
See also
- Multimedia home platform
- Betty TV , interactive remote control from Switzerland (discontinued in 2007)