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Burbank, CA, April 6, 2004- TVN Entertainment, a leading
provider of on-demand television programming, management and
delivery solutions, and Comcast Sports Southeast / Charter
Sports Southeast (CSS) today announced a video services agreement
covering up to 60 college football games for video on demand
(VOD).
TVN will provide a range of VOD Services in support of CSS
including encoding, asset management, site-specific metadata,
and multicast transport to CSS affiliates throughout the United
States using TVN's TVNow rapid turnaround service. Games featuring
popular football schools like the University of Alabama, University
of Tennessee, University of Georgia and Auburn University
will be included and featured in the VOD sports offering.
"We continue to meet the programming and technology
needs of our affiliates by providing innovative products and
services," said Jim Riley, SVP of Sales & Business
Development for TVN. "CSS, the Comcast and Charter owned
regional sports network, is bringing a great VOD application
to one of the most popular programming categories in television."
"TVN provides a quick and flexible solution for supporting
our ambitious VOD efforts," said Mike Sheehey, vice president
and general manager of Comcast. "The TVNow rapid turnaround
service allows us to have timely showings of these college
football game via our on demand platform, which until recently
may not have been possible."
About TVN Entertainment Corporation
TVN Entertainment, a Video-On-Demand (VOD) and Pay-Per-View
(PPV) content solutions company, is a leading provider of
on demand television programming, management and delivery
services. TVN currently distributes more than 1500 hours of
VOD programming from over 70 content providers. In addition
to 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. For more information
visit www.tvn.com.
About Comcast Sports Southeast / Charter Sports Southeast
(CSS)
CSS is a 24-hour regional sports network serving approximately
four million cable subscribers across eleven southeastern
states. Launched in 1999, the network is a partnership between
Comcast Corporation and Charter Communications and provides
a comprehensive mix of live sports programming, sports news
and in-depth sports analysis exclusively geared toward fans
in the Southeast. CSS is only available on cable. For more
information, please visit www.css-sports.com.
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