ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technology and applications developer, has revealed that it is powering the Ask Terry Q&A text service service that launched yesterday on the UK sports radio network, talkSPORT.
Terry is billed a bloke in a dressing gown in the attic with a load of encyclopedias. Listeners are invited to text Terry on 81089 with any question they need answering. In return, they will receive a personalised answer from ROKs panel of experts via SMS. Questions cost 1 each, and can be on any subject, not just sport.
We think our audience will love the talkSPORT Ask Terry service” says talkSPORT Radio Commercial Director, Kevin Bird. It will help put an end to those arguments sports fans have, for example, over who scored the winner in the 1972 Cup Final”.
The UK SMS Q&A market is growing rapidly with an estimated 1-2 million questions being asked every month.
Our answers to questions asked have a real, live, human interface – most often with a lot of humour involved, and in most cases we are able to reply within 10 minutes, says ROK CEO Laurence Alexander.