Ownzones Media Network has launched an app that gives an audience of nearly 4 million Romanians living outside their country access to the largest line-up of Romanian content available from a single destination.
Known as Ownzones Romanian Portfolio, it features an extensive and diverse array of Romanian entertainment, news, music and publications, as well as live sporting events.
The Ownzones Romanian Portfolio app gives consumers the ability to live stream more than 22 local TV channels, catching them up with local events, news and sports in Bucharest, Sibiu, Timisoara and other cities. It also provides access to 11 local radio stations and – thanks to PDF Reader — the pages of Romania’s most popular daily, weekly and monthly publications, including Libertatea de duminica, Libertatea pentru femei, Ziarul Libertatea, Avantaje, Glamour, Unica, Viva, Psychologies and Elle in Romanian, at no extra cost. In addition, it also includes more than 130 of the greatest Romanian movies ever made and kids content produced in the local language.
Ownzones Romanian Portfolio has a promotional price of $14.99, which can be renewed monthly before it will be rolled out to other platforms, including Android TV, Apple TV and desktop. It includes live streaming, VOD and mobile, also comes with Chromecast and Air Play for viewing on larger TV screens.
The launch of the service was announced by Ownzones CEO of Europe, Constantin D. Lucescu, and Ownzones founder Dan Goman, both of whom originally hail from Romania and have a desire to contribute to their heritage.
According to Lucescu, “we have spent over a year building the most extensive and robust app platform for the Romanian diaspora.
“With the launch of Ownzones Romanian Portfolio, we are now fine tuning the model for a culturally thematic content aggregation platform that encompasses entertainment, news, movies, music, publications, art and more. And like all Ownzones channels, the focus is true mobility on a global scale, providing subscribers access when, where and how they want to experience this unique collection of media.”