ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:PTNR) (TASE:PTNR), a leading Israeli communications operator, announced today the launch of television services over the internet, further to the Company's previous reports regarding this matter.
The Company's television service will include, among others, 40 linear channels, Video on Demand (VOD) content, and as part of the Android TV's operating system capabilities, the service subscribers will be able to add content, games and music applications directly from Google Play. The television service will be provided both as a single service as well as part of double and triple offers together with internet and fixed-line telephony services.
In addition, as part of the collaboration with Netflix, as previously reported by the Company in May 2017, Partner will offer a television package that will include the Netflix content services in Israel. The Netflix content will be offered directly through Partner's set-top box interface, and will allow an easy and convenient user experience for the service subscribers.
For further information please see the Company's press release and
immediate report (on Form 6-K) dated September 12, 2016 at:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096691/000117891316006473/zk1618994.htm
or http://maya.tase.co.il/reports/details/1057557,
and from May 29 2017 at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096691/000117891317001635/zk1720055.htm
or http://maya.tase.co.il/reports/details/1100925.
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe-harbor
provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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future events or our future prospects, are forward-looking statements.
We have based these forward-looking statements on our current knowledge
and our present beliefs and projections regarding possible future
events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions about Partner and possible
regulatory and legal developments. For further information regarding
risks we may face regarding television services see "Item 3D.1f The
State may impose regulations on TV content services provided over the
Internet, which may negatively affect our business and results of
operations" and "Item 3D.2c Entry into the television services market
entails costs, without expectations of profitability in the short term"
in the Company's 2016 Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC as
well as its current reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC.
About Partner Communications
Partner
Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner") is a leading Israeli provider of
telecommunications services (cellular, fixed-line telephony and internet
services). Partner’s ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market™
and its shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and
TASE: PTNR).
For more information about Partner see:
http://www.partner.co.il/en/Investors-Relations/lobby/
