Press Releases

Budapest, July 23, 2012 13:00

• T-Home Interactive TV service, now in the entire country.
• FanHeart - a special application for sports fans from T-Home.
• London Interactive: a brand new TV development for the viewers of Interactive TV.
• Telecom Olympic Fan Club: the only “official” Olympic fan site of the country.
• Olympics 2012 roaming discount during the Games.
• A 3D channel with Olympic contents on the digital TV services of T-Home.
• T-Home Fan offer for new Interactive TV subscribers.

Being the leader in innovation in the industry, today T-Home announced that by the beginning of the Olympics its Interactive TV service will have been available in the entire country, which will make television viewing even more entertaining and enjoyable with its digital sound and image quality, wide offering of channels even in HD quality and with its interactive functions, including electronic program guide, recording, stopping, child lock, searching [origo], Video Store and Archived TV.  Thanks to this action, from 27 July 2012 Interactive TV service of T-Home will become available also for those customers who want to use Interactive TV service with the fixed line Internet service of any other Internet service provider.
"I am overjoyed that the national rollout of Interactive TV will provide access to the interactive TV service of T-Home, a highlighted item in the digital home product and service offering of Telekom, for more than four million households. This could further increase the community of interactive television subscribers of T-Home, currently standing at 280 thousand, and more households can become familiar with this new form of television viewing” said Christopher Mattheisen, chairman - chief executive officer of Magyar Telekom.
This service is available for those customers who have access to a guaranteed download speed of over 1 Mbit/s, furthermore, when using the Internet service, the customer has to ensure that the minimum downlink speed towards the digital indoor receiving unit (set-top box) should be at least 0.5 Mbit/s, and the uplink speed should be at least 0.1 Mbit/s.As is generally known, after the IPTV service of T-Home was introduced in the domestic market for the first time (in November 2006), T-Home was once again a pioneer in offering its satellite TV service extended by the new interactive services (in December 2011).

FanHeart (RajongóSzív) – our hearts beat together for the success of our Olympic athletes
Being the largest telecommunication operator of Hungary, Telekom contributes to accomplishing the objectives of the Hungarian Olympic Committee as a Gold Grade Chief Sponsor, and supports the preparation of the athletes competing in the Olympic Games in London. As part of its preparations for the Olympics, T-Home has developed a special community application in support of the successful performance of the current best athletes of Hungary, which is open for every sports enthusiast rooting for the success of our Olympic athletes.
Through the website of www.igazirajongok.hu created by T-Home, after logging in through their Facebook profile, anyone can send a virtual heartbeat as a token of their enthusiasm, rooting and support to the athletes and teams participating in the Olympics, helping them with accomplishing the best possible results. The Olympic athletes can see or feel the heartbeat immediately: T-Home will deliver to them special FanHearts before departing for the Games - these hearts will accompany them to London and remain with them for the entire duration of the Olympics. Each received heartbeat will make the FanHeart beat once and flash, thus the athletes will always be aware how many people think of them and how often, in Hungary or in any part of the world.
In addition to all these features, everybody will have an opportunity to view the messages sent by themselves or other supporters through the page of www.igazirajongok.hu on the interactive message walls erected in the Telekom Olympic Fan Club in City Park of Budapest and in one of the busiest points of the capital, in Erzsébet square; the messages can be virtually unpacked and read in the given premises using a sensor.

London Interactive for sports fans
Being a pioneer in innovation, T-Home has developed a special application by the name of London Interactive and available on the interactive functions of Interactive TV without any special charge, for sports enthusiasts interested in the coverage of the Games. Sports enthusiasts will not only have the opportunity of viewing information about the Olympics on the screens of their TVs almost immediately after they were released, they will not have to miss the Olympic events covered by MTVA, either. Thanks to the new features, subscribers to Interactive TV will also get access to the Archive TV offering of this service, one hour after the closing of the events and matches they will find and review them for 72 hours (3 days), in SD and - for customers with HD TV sets - in HD quality as well.
In the London Interactive application the interested viewers will be able to continuously browse the most recent articles, news of [origo] about the Olympics, study the timetables of the contests, the results, the development of the medal table, furthermore, they can obtain useful information and see illustrated reports about the participating Olympic athletes and teams.The special functions of the Interactive TV service of T-Home connected to coverage of the Olympic events will be available for subscribers to Interactive TV without any special charge, i.e. they only have to pay the monthly fee of the service, as usual.  The application can be accessed very simply, by pressing the blue button on the remote controller of the television or from the Extras/London menu located in the main menu of Interactive TV, or by using the red button on the m1, m2 and m1 HD and m2 HD channels.

Telecom Olympic Fan Club in City Park
Those patrons who visit the club in Városligeti sétány (City Park Promenade), offering, perhaps, the most pleasant atmosphere one can find in any free outdoor fan clubs this summer, will have an opportunity to get immersed in the full community experience of supporting and rooting.In the heart of City Park, a place with a history of almost 200 years, in the vicinity of the beautifully renovated Ice Rink, from a pier of almost 1000 m² installed on the Boating Lake of City Park, several thousand patrons will be able to view the events of the Games simultaneously on the huge display of 25 m² erected in the premises, while in the only "official" Olympic supporting premises of the country, in the Olympic Fan Club of Telekom, they can enjoy the coverage of the Games in HD quality and even in 3D.
A wide and special offering of meals and beverages, waterfront environment, concerts, salsa and funky nights will guarantee routing with entertainment, while experts commentators will present the meetings of various sports to the audience, former Olympic athletes who accepted the invitation of the Telekom Olympic Club. In addition, by the special application of Telekom the supporters will have an opportunity to express their personal support to members of the Hungarian Olympic team, and their playful mood can also serve charitable purposes.

Extraordinary roaming discounts for the Olympics
T-Mobile customers can use extraordinary discounts on the occasion of the London Olympics in summer. An Olympic discount can be activated from July 1, 2012 to accompany
T-Mobile’s Travel&Talk roaming tariff package introduced in May 2012. The Travel&Talk tariff package offers favorable minute charges abroad, which means a minute charge of HUF 85 for calls initiated within the EU. What is more, using the Olympics 2012 roaming discount a further reduction of 30 per cent from the minute charge will be provided for an initial activation fee of HUF 490 to Travel&Talk users on inbound calls initiated from the United Kingdom and those initiated to Hungary. This means the discount minute charge will be only HUF 59.5. Billing will be minute-based. The Olympics discount too can be activated simply, by sending a text message.

3D channel within T-Home digital television services a special offer for Interactive TV subscribers
Using T-Home’s digital platforms (IPTV, Interactive Sat TV, Sat TV and the  Digital Cable TV services, the channel available to subscribers of the HD mini package offers Olympics related events. Customers subscribing for the T- Home digital platform can enjoy the 3D content offered on the dedicated m3D television channel number 186, assuming they have the necessary technical equipment (3D TV set and HD set top box).
T-Home created a special offer to those wishing to make the fan experience complete and change for Interactive TV during the Olympic coverage, by the end of the summer: the company developed a HUF 0 monthly fee Fan proposition with T-Home’s new Interactive TV subscription, by committing to a loyalty period. Consequently, customers subscribing for new IPTV or Interactive Sat TV – assuming a loyalty period committed – can use the Premium option – offering recordable, stoppable and rewindable live coverage, as well as the HD mini package free of charge by August 31, 2012. (From September 1, 2012 the monthly fee of the HD mini package is HUF 1,300 while the Premium option costs HUF 1,000 monthly, as defined by the General Rules and Conditions.

Further information: www.igazirajongok.hu, www.facebook.com/thomehungary , www.t-mobile.hu and www.t-home.hu