smarTVideo™ Inks Deal With Content Asia Network and Launches the First Chinese Language Mobile Television Channel In The U.S.

ATLANTA, GA. – August 17 2006 – smarTVideo™ Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: SMVD.OB) and Content Asia Network (CAN) have executed and officially launched the very first Chinese language mobile video channel in the U.S. With three live feeds to the CAN channel, consumers of the smarTVideo™ mobile television network now have real-time access to premium Asian content including TV shows, movies, videos, sports, news, comedy, drama, and cultural programming. Mobile users can subscribe to the CAN channel for $4.95/mo. at: http://www.content-asia.com. This subscription page can be viewed in English, Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese.
smarTVideo™ has quickly emerged as one of the leading technology providers in the mobile video space with their monthly subscription service delivering some of the highest quality live and on-demand mobile video to consumers around the globe. With today’s announcement, smarTVideo™ becomes the first mobile TV provider to offer “live” Chinese content to U.S. subscribers, and with the Company’s recent successful completion of a beta test of their subscription service on several J2ME handsets, the CAN programming will eventually be available to an even broader audience. smarTVideo™ has also begun efforts to build out on the Brew Platform which is slated to be available to consumers by the holiday season.
“The deal with Content Asia Network allows smarTVideo™ to target the extensive network of Asian mobile users in the United States interested in information and entertainment from their native countries,” said David Ross, President of smarTVideo™. “This “niche content” is appealing with great viral marketing benefits. The “jungle drums” communication system has already netted a number of subscribers during our soft Beta test period.”
Subscribers of the smarTVideo™ basic service will be able access live programming the same day it is broadcast in Asia, or through smarTVideo’s™ easy on-demand option. New CAN channels will also feature the best content from Asian countries such as China, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines, including China’s top rated television series, “The Mr. Na Show,” a funny cooking and travel talk show watched by over 60 million people per week in China.
“We are very pleased to be working with smarTVideo™ in bringing premium Asian content to the technically savvy, yet underserved Asian audience in the U.S.,” said Bill Reilly, CEO of Content Asia Network. “For Content Asia Network, this agreement extends the reach of our extensive portfolio of Asian language content to a whole new audience. It is truly an honor for the CAN team to be a part of the industry’s first Asian language programming on mobile phones in the U.S.”
In support of the new channel, CAN is unleashing a multi-pronged national marketing campaign that will include a print component as well as television commercials and infomercials that will run on selected Chinese language networks such as Phoenix TV, Skylink TV, LA-18 TV and ICN channels all around the country. CAN also plans to trigger a pervasive on-line ad campaign on global Asian-interest websites including Tyloon, the leading Chinese search engine.
About smarTVideo™
smarTVideo™ is a provider of interactive media solutions for consumers on the go. An established market leader in the delivery of high quality mobile video, smarTVideo™ offers advertising-based solutions across all new media platforms, including mobile and the Internet, that enable broadcasters and media companies to connect to consumers, in addition to the potential for increasing their advertising reach, revenues and exposure of new content and products.
smarTVideo™ develops and markets a complete suite of innovative media services that combine familiar brands with user-friendly personalization, interactivity, and targeted advertising, delivering it to mobile devices and customers. Capitalizing on the ever-increasing demand by consumers for personalized and interactive entertainment, smarTVideo™ enables consumers to obtain their entertainment and media anywhere, anytime to select media-enabled devices. For additional information and to subscribe to smarTVideo's™ Live TV content packages visit http://www.smartvideo.com.
About Content Asia Network
Content Asia Network, “CAN” the Asian Mobile Media Expert, is a closely held corporation based in San Diego, CA. CAN specializes in acquiring, producing and streaming premium content to the world’s Asian mobile users, both inside and outside of Asia. CAN is the first company to provide mobile content to Asians living outside of Asia in their own languages. In addition to CAN’s many streaming channels of live feeds from around the world the CAN library consists of over 300,000 pieces of content representing a variety of genres and many internationally known brands in Asian, Spanish, Arabic and English languages. CAN’s sought after streaming content is currently available in the U.S. via SmartVideo Technologies. CAN distributes content globally over mobile, IP and television platforms, including more than 1/3 of the world’s largest mobile carriers. CAN’s president, Lily Zhou, is widely known and respected throughout the Asian community as a strong leader and visionary.
CAN distributes western content to the Asian markets including China, the world’s largest mobile market with nearly 400 million mobile phones. U.S. partners of CAN include Fun Little Movies, the global mobile comedy channel. CAN recently executed a series of unprecedented agreements with the Chinese government to provide Asian and western content to one of their five main information portals.
Learn more: http://www.content-asia.com
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