Motive Television signs South African educational content deal

Technology provider Motive Television has signed a memorandum of understanding with ABT Africa to provide educational content to tablet users in South Africa, with possible further expansion throughout Africa to follow.

Under the deal, which could be worth more than $2.5m in revenues, Motive will be providing specialised tuners and technology to enable content services to be received by children in areas with limited broadband connectivity.

The company said the opportunity was to license and supply TabletTV and Content Express technology to ABT which will co-develop and market solutions specifically designed to cater for the South African Education market.

Chief executive officer Leonard M Fertig said: "The educational market in South Africa and Africa in general is a very large one and this application of existing Motive technology serves to further exemplify the opportunities and value in what the company has developed.

"In addition to being able to exploit the company's technology in a large and scalable market, Motive has the advantage of local knowledge and relationships, having worked in South Africa since December 2013."

ABT Africa is a South African private limited company active in the design and manufacture of electronic consumer devices and the development of custom applications for various content services.

At 0948 GMT, Motive shares were up 14.3% to 0.02p.