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Interactive Television
Networks, Inc. ('ITVN') Announces Free Offer of 5,000 Broadband
Enabled TV Set Top Boxes to Consumers Nationwide
Other Topics:
IP Video Services,
IPTV Anti-Piracy
PRNewswire
May 6, 2005
ITVN, a leader in the fast growing Internet Protocol Television
('IPTV') market, is offering up to 5,000 of ITVN's consumer friendly
TV set top boxes at no cost on a 'first come first served' basis and
including a free 15-day subscription to one of ITVN's critically
acclaimed interactive IPTV networks.
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Interactive Television Networks, Inc. ("ITVN"),
a leading provider of hardware, programming software and interactive
networks to the fast growing IPTV market announces the distribution
of up to 5,000 IPTV set top boxes to consumers nationwide. ITVN is
including a 15-day free subscription to XTV Networks, ITVN's
critically acclaimed adult network. |
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Consumers simply connect the ITVN TV set top box to their existing
home broadband/DSL router, cable modem router or wireless LAN and to
their television set though standard video connectors. The ITVN set
top box does not require a personal computer or additional hardware.
PC Magazine described ITVN's broadband enabled TV set top box as "a
technology breakthrough" with image quality that is
"indistinguishable from broadcast."
"ITVN has achieved an outstanding value proposition for consumers,
offering not only state of the art user friendly technology but
content delivered in a compelling format at an unbeatable price,"
said Charles Prast, ITVN's CEO. "With the price of home broadband at
ever lower levels, consumers are able now to use the web to deliver
compelling content and true interactivity to their entertainment
appliance of choice, the television set." "ITVN leverages home
broadband, an existing infrastructure, to bypass the massive costs
of cable and satellite delivery. Consumers know that content
delivered directly from the Internet is also far more interactive
and broad in scope than anything that can be offered over
traditional networks. Simply put, ITVN's cost base and platform
allow us to pass on extraordinary value and service to consumers
nationwide." According to Nielsen//NetRatings there are over 60
million US broadband households, those households being capable of
benefiting from ITVN's product and service. XTV Networks, ITVN's
most popular network, consists of over 50 webcast 24/7 TV channels
and as well as 10 interactive video channels as part of the basic
subscription as well as an extensive library of Pay per View titles.
Following the 15-day free trial, the XTV Networks basic subscription
is only $29.95 per month with no long-term obligations.
For more information, please visit itvn.com.
About Interactive Television Networks
Headquartered in Woodland
Hills, California, Interactive Television Networks, Inc. ("ITVN") is
an integrated developer, marketer, distributor and programmer of
Internet Protocol Television hardware and subscription channels. The
ITVN Network digital services are a completely interactive,
end-to-end video system delivered to consumers on demand through a
proprietary TV set top box. Consumers simply connect the ITVN box to
their existing broadband router and to their television set though
standard video connectors. No PC is needed and the ITVN box is "plug
and play". ITVN is a simple, completely discreet, single source
solution for consumers of content not available through traditional
broadcast or satellite channels and is an alternative distribution
source for producers of content. Using the Internet, ITVN eliminates
traditional middleman represented by the cable TV providers,
satellite operators and terrestrial broadcasters and sells
subscription based services directly to the consumer. The ITVN
business plan centers on a number of subscription channels and
services accessed through a TV menu using a remote control. ITVN is
the only truly open, end-to-end solution to manage and deliver new
IPTV services, such as Broadcast TV, video-on-demand ("VOD") and
Network Personal Video Recorders ("PVRs"), all from a single
integrated solution. ITVN allows the installation, deployment and
operation of a wealth of TV-based applications.
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