GONG
Encyclopedia
This article is about the Internet Protocol Television channel. For other meanings, see Gong (disambiguation)
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GONG is an IPTV
(Internet Protocol Television) channel, accessible throughout Europe
and North America
, entirely dedicated to Anime
.
GONG sets out to show, via Web
, mobile telephony
, video on demand
, and streaming media
, productions from Japanese studios.
Its brand motto is "Anime, Anywhere, Anytime". Its specificities: to broadcast Japanese animation aiming at 15 to 25-year-old core target group (although the audience of the channel is in fact much broader going from 12 to 35 years old).
GONG Television: GONG launched its first 24/7 Pay TV version on April 28, 2009 in France.
usage, GONG is a partner of Orange
(in the UK
and in Poland
), of T-Mobile
and others. Programs, and also sounds, images, video clips and wallpapers are available through this service.
The TV feed is also available on smartphones from Apple and Nokia through an app called GONGlive. The service is as well available on iPads and iPod touch.
which now makes it possible for channels to make videos available to visitors and thus show complete episodes of series.
On April 28, 2009, GONG Channel was launched as a 24/7 Pay TV station in France on the SFR cable network, formerly called Neuf.
Viewers can now watch it live on channel 63.
The GONG TV station reflects the original online design of the service. As a TV channel, GONG has secured Anime content aimed at 14- to 24-year-old viewers, with titles such as Samurai Champloo, Paranoia Agent, Ergo Proxy.
The linear feed is also available on SFR's mobile 3G network and iPhones.
Free (Iliad), the innovative independent French IPTV carrier is also broadcasting GONG as well as a second channel called GONG HD.
Gong (disambiguation)
A gong is a percussive musical instrument, or a warning bell.Gong may also refer to:*Gong, the Chinese word for force or power, as in Qigong or Falun Gong*Gong , progressive-psychedelic rock band...
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GONG is an IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
(Internet Protocol Television) channel, accessible throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, entirely dedicated to Anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
.
GONG sets out to show, via Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
, mobile telephony
Telephony
In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other....
, video on demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
, and streaming media
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
, productions from Japanese studios.
Brief history
GONG Media is an anime and manga channel distributed internationally on digital platforms: IPTV, Web and mobile. Founded by two French television experts, André de Semlyen and Benoît Runel, GONG Media is a UK limited company with offices in London and Paris. GONG’s shareholding structure was reshaped in early 2008, giving Benoit Runel and André de Semlyen a majority control.Its brand motto is "Anime, Anywhere, Anytime". Its specificities: to broadcast Japanese animation aiming at 15 to 25-year-old core target group (although the audience of the channel is in fact much broader going from 12 to 35 years old).
GONG Television: GONG launched its first 24/7 Pay TV version on April 28, 2009 in France.
Video on demand
GONG's content is available on several online and mobile platforms across Europe and United States covering 42 countries and distribution over 1,000 episodes of High quality Anime. The service is available on SFR, NeufTelecom, Bouygues Telecom, FNACvideo, Carrefour video, DartyBox, Orange, Babelgum, TF1 Vision, MSN video, DailyMotion, YouTube, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Blinkx, Hulu, Rogers.Mobile telephony
At a time of widespread 3G3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
usage, GONG is a partner of Orange
Orange SA
Orange is the brand used by France Télécom for its mobile network operator and Internet service provider subsidiaries. It is the fifth largest telecom operator in the world, with 210 million customers . The brand was created in 1994 for Hutchison Telecom's UK mobile phone network, which was...
(in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
), of T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
and others. Programs, and also sounds, images, video clips and wallpapers are available through this service.
Smartphones
GONG has launched the GONGApp, software for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users.The TV feed is also available on smartphones from Apple and Nokia through an app called GONGlive. The service is as well available on iPads and iPod touch.
Broadcast media
GONG is also present on YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
which now makes it possible for channels to make videos available to visitors and thus show complete episodes of series.
On April 28, 2009, GONG Channel was launched as a 24/7 Pay TV station in France on the SFR cable network, formerly called Neuf.
Viewers can now watch it live on channel 63.
The GONG TV station reflects the original online design of the service. As a TV channel, GONG has secured Anime content aimed at 14- to 24-year-old viewers, with titles such as Samurai Champloo, Paranoia Agent, Ergo Proxy.
The linear feed is also available on SFR's mobile 3G network and iPhones.
Free (Iliad), the innovative independent French IPTV carrier is also broadcasting GONG as well as a second channel called GONG HD.
See also
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- blinkboxBlinkboxBlinkbox is a UK-based video-on-demand website that allows users to legally preview, buy and rent over 6,000 full length premium movies and TV shows online...
- BlinkxBlinkxBlinkx is an Internet search engine for video and audio content, headquartered in San Francisco, California and the UK that allows searching and classification of audio files, video clips and streaming media such as Internet television and video on demand...
- HuluHuluHulu is a website and over-the-top subscription service offering ad-supported on-demand streaming video of TV shows, movies, webisodes and other new media, trailers, clips, and behind-the-scenes footage from NBC, Fox, ABC, and Obstacle on October 20th 2011 Nickelodeon and CBS and many other...
- Internet televisionInternet televisionInternet television is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet...
- IPTVIPTVInternet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
- JamanJamanJaman is a company that offers view on demand of media on the internet. It allows viewing on a variety of platforms via a downloadable P2P client. It specializes in foreign films...
- KontikiKontikiKontiki is a peer-assisted content delivery technology company, founded in November 2000. It was acquired by VeriSign in March 2006. VeriSign, as part of a major divestiture, sold Kontiki to MK Capital in May 2008....
- LiveStationLiveStationLivestation is a platform for distributing live television and radio broadcasts over a data network. It has been developed by Skinkers Ltd and is now a new company called Livestation Ltd...
- Miro (software)
- P2PTVP2PTVThe term P2PTV refers to peer-to-peer software applications designed to redistribute video streams in real time on a P2P network; the distributed video streams are typically TV channels from all over the world but may also come from other sources...
- ReelTime.comReelTime.comReelTime.com is an Internet-based video on demand provider located in Seattle, Washington. It was founded as Reeltime Rentals Inc. in 2004 and went public in September 2006 at the same time that its online service was launched. The company's Directors are Michael Gersh and Beverly...
- SlingboxSlingboxThe Slingbox is a TV streaming media device made by Sling Media that encodes video into the VC-1 format for transmission over the Internet and provides an infrared blaster. The video encoding and IR blaster can both be operated remotely over the Internet...
- TVCatchupTVCatchupTVCatchup is an internet television service for viewing certain UK channels from free-to-air digital terrestrial and satellite broadcasters live without the use of a television receiver. The service re-broadcasts BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel Five and free to air Sky channels. Initially the legality...
- TVUnetworksTVUnetworksTVU Networks Corporation is a company that manufactures live mobile television broadcasting equipment and offers an Internet television broadcasting platform that uses P2PTV technology. Founded in 2005, the company is based in Mountain View, California.....
- VeohVeohVeoh is an Internet television company based in San Diego, California. It allows users to find and watch major studio content, independent productions and user-generated material. The company is a subsidiary of Israeli start-up Qlipso....
- ZattooZattooZattoo is an Internet Protocol Television system, with offices located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and in Zurich, Switzerland. It is available on computer, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and runs on the operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux. The basic resolution for channels is...
External links
- GONG official site
- GONG French official site
- GONG's int'l Streaming VOD official site
- GONG on YouTube Plateforme internationale de Streaming French GONG channel on Youtube French GONG Video Games channel on Youtube Russian GONG channel on Youtube US GONG channel on Youtube US undubbed GONG channel on Youtube Polish GONG channel on Youtube Swedish GONG channel on Youtube Music GONG channel on Youtube French GONG page on FaceBook Gameology page on FaceBook French GONG channel on Dailymotion