| Burbank, CA, December 02, 2002 – TVN Entertainment, the leading provider of on-demand television programming, management and delivery solutions, today announced that it has expanded its current video-on-demand (VOD) content offerings by concluding distribution agreements with a number of cable networks, including those distributed by Disney ABC (Disney ABC networks Disney Channel, SOAPnet, Toon Disney and ABC Family) and Turner Networks (CNN, Boomerang and Cartoon Network). In addition distribution agreements were also concluded with Court TV, Comcast Sports Net, The Golf Channel, Outdoor Life Network, BBC America, QVC, Sundance, Atom Films, Bloomberg, and C-SPAN.
TVN now distributes VOD programming for more than thirty providers making it the largest distributor of on-demand content nationwide. The network content is available to TVN’s current VOD affiliates, including Comcast, Charter, Adelphia, Insight and Mediacom, as well as several other US and Canadian MSO's.
Previously announced distribution agreements included HGTV, DIY, TV Food Network, HBO, Starz!, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Biography Channel, History Channel and Comedy Central.
"TVN's distribution platform and asset management tools allow us to effectively partner with our affiliates as they roll out their VOD initiatives, regardless of how we offer CourtTV content – subscription based, free/ad-supported, or otherwise," said David deKadt Senior Vice President of New Media for Court TV. "As we learn more about how best to extend our valuable brand in the on-demand world with original hit series like "Forensic Files" and "Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege and Justice", we look forward to taking advantage of TVN's footprint and expertise.”
Jim Riley, TVN’s Senior Vice President of Business Development said, “Once our cable affiliates asked us to create a simple and economical process to introduce network brands into the VOD environment, we quickly expanded our capabilities to do so,” he added, “Our open platform, based on the Cable Labs specification, gives both cable operators and networks the flexibility they need to offer a compelling on-demand product.”
All of the content will be available from TVN via a single satellite transponder and delivered to a single TVN docking station located at the cable headend making it the most efficient VOD content solution available in the industry. As part of the distribution agreements, TVN will provide the networks with services including encoding, quality control, packaging, satellite transport and asset management. Utilizing TVN’s asset management software, Adoniss, the networks can remotely track their on-demand assets--from encoding to upload on their affiliates’ VOD servers, as well as metadata management, reporting, and deletion verification.
About TVN Entertainment
TVN Entertainment, the leading provider of on-demand television programming, management and delivery solutions, enables video-on-demand (VOD), pay-per-view (PPV) and direct response programming reaching over 50 million U.S. cable television households. TVN Entertainment currently packages and distributes more than 1200 hours of VOD programming every month, including TVN licensed theatrical and library titles, children’s and Spanish language content and genre themed virtual channels as well as delivering subscription video on demand (SVOD) and network programming for many of the major Cable networks. In addition to its comprehensive programming services, TVN Entertainment offers the only single-source management and distribution solution for VOD and PPV, including content aggregation, packaging, encoding, asset management and transport via satellite to all video service providers. TVN Entertainment has been chosen as the VOD solution for many leading MSOs, including Adelphia, Charter, Comcast, Insight and Mediacom.
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