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VSNI News College Sports Television and Expo TV sign up for ViseonMedia's National Pilot Program; VisiFone Delivers Consumers a Full Bandwidth of Entertainment Content
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2005--ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB:VSNI) and exclusive provider of TV-quality content to VisiFone multimedia digital home telephone users worldwide, today announced that programming networks College Sports Television and Expo TV have agreed to provide their exclusive content for use as part of a U.S. VisiFone consumer pilot slated for early 2006. The new VisiFone Multimedia digital telephone for VoIP is a digital telephone/videophone, capable of displaying fully interactive video and digital audio without the complexities of a personal computer. ViseonMedia will distribute programming networks video and data content to VisiFone installed homes throughout the United States. College Sports Television will offer college sports games, events, news, information, analysis for VisiFone users. Expo TV, the Nation's first on demand video shopping destination, will provide access to popular products in categories such as beauty, fitness, home and electronics in a consumer-friendly environment. The two networks join The Weather Channel Interactive, Discovery Networks and Fox News Channel in the pilot with additional content partners to be announced in the coming weeks.
"CSTV is pleased to be a charter partner for such a groundbreaking product," said Brian Bedol, president and CEO of College Sports Television. "We believe that we can help drive demand for the VisiFone through our exclusive live and archived college sports programming. ViseonMedia targets the CSTV demographic perfectly."
"We are pleased to be partnering with ViseonMedia to offer Expo TV's unique on demand shopping destination," said Daphne Kwon, CEO of Expo Communications. "We are delighted that consumers will now have another option for accessing our exclusive interactive content through VisiFone's exciting new platform."
"We are tremendously pleased to include these terrific television networks in our VisiFone lineup," said ViseonMedia president and CEO, J.D. de Haseth. "College Sports TV televises regular season and championship event coverage from over 35 men's and women's sports across every major collegiate athletic conference, as well as many NCAA and NAIA Championships. Expo TV's consumer-friendly original programming and broad product mix allow us to offer a shopping destination that takes advantage of ViseonMedia's digital interactive platform."
ViseonMedia will deliver sports, shopping, weather, news, information, and entertainment programming to VisiFone users around the globe. ViseonMedia interactive programming on the VisiFone is not designed to replace the television or the web portal experience. Instead, it is a dedicated third screen within the home where consumers can automatically view personalized information on their preferred schedule.
According to International Data Corporation, 3 million users will have VoIP service in 2005, reaching 27 million users by 2009. For further information, please see the company websites at www.viseonmedia.com and www.viseon.com.
CSTV Networks is a multi-media company that consists of the first-ever 24-hour college sports television network, College Sports TV; the leading college sports online network, the CSTV.com Broadband Network; and the first ever 24-hour college sports radio network, SIRIUS College Sports Radio. Through its numerous platforms, CSTV provides more live college sports games, events, news, information, analysis and broadband content, and reaches more college sports fans, than any other company.
Expo TV is a multiplatform programmer offering a 24/7 linear programming network, an intuitive VOD service, and a reliable online destination. Managed by a team of cable leaders, and backed by an advisory board of notable programming, advertising and financial executives, Expo TV is the first television network to offer a trusted destination for consumer information. Expo TV provides a seamless experience for consumers and offers affiliates and advertisers a differentiated programming partnership.
ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc., focuses on providing information, entertainment and other relevant content to emerging, new digital home platforms, including the VisiFone, the world's first digital multimedia home telephone. ViseonMedia's mission is to efficiently deliver a variety of compelling applications and rich media sponsored content directly to consumers through its network of broadband-enabled, interactive consumer videophones. ViseonMedia's target market of broadband videophone users is expected to make up a growing segment of the 27 million new U.S. VoIP subscribers by the end of 2009. ViseonMedia's offices are located in 777 E. Atlantic Ave, #226, Delray Beach, FL 33483. For more information, contact ViseonMedia's Sales and Business Development team at 561.279.9088 or email to bizdev@viseonmedia.com.
About Viseon, Inc.
Founded in 1993 with headquarters in Dallas, TX Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB:VSNI) is a leading developer and manufacturer of patented personal broadband communications solutions. Viseon products have been sold under various brand names around the world including Philips, VTEL, and Gentner. Viseon's mission is to work with carriers to enhance the consumer telephone experience by positioning VoIP as a premium service versus Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), and ultimately replacing the analog telephone by bringing digital telephony quality to the broader public. The target markets for Viseon's VisiFone are the 150 million global consumers which are projected to switch to VoIP in the next five years. Other markets for the VisiFone include corporations, universities, and government agencies. Viseon holds broadband communication related patents in the U.S. and 18 European and Asian countries and has additional patents pending. For more information on the Company, including investor presentation, please visit the Company's Website, http://www.viseon.com.
VisiFone is a trademark of Viseon Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
