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JumpTV Announces Agreement with AOL Video to Stream Live
More Than 60 JumpTV Channels Now Available on AOL Video
Toronto – May 31, 2007 – In recognition of the rapidly expanding international and ethnic television viewing audience in the United States, JumpTV (AIM, TSX: JTV), the world's leading broadcaster of ethnic television over the Internet, announced that it has forged an agreement with AOL to stream live, international television channels 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which are now available at http://video.aol.com/jumptv.
More than 60 channels are currently available, the majority of which are non-English language channels, and represent leading programming from nearly 30 countries around the world. The number of JumpTV channels available to AOL® Video users is expected to increase significantly over the next several months.
These channels can be found in a new “International” section in the primary navigation bar on the AOL Video portal. The launch of JumpTV on AOL Video coincides with JumpTV's free-to-consumer launch in the United States and marks a change from a subscription-only service to a free, ad-supported online video service for some of its content in the U.S.
Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, president and chief operating officer of JumpTV, said, “AOL Video is a leading player in the online video streaming space. This partnership is an important milestone for JumpTV and a key complement to the launch of our free-to-consumer, ad-supported content offering in the U.S.”
Mike “JB” John-Baptiste, head of global distribution for JumpTV, added, “We targeted AOL as our first mainstream U.S. distribution partner for free, live TV because AOL has especially loyal users, an iconic brand, and unmatched experience in online video programming.”
“When viewers watch music videos, sports, news, political debates, talk shows, telenovelas and other entertainment programs from their homeland, in their native tongue, they are very emotionally engaged. This represents a unique advertising opportunity for many of the world's top brands to reach exceedingly passionate viewers who have tremendous brand loyalty,” JB continued.
“We are excited to be able to offer JumpTV's exclusive, live international television programming online given the growing demand for worldwide news and entertainment features,” said Fred McIntyre, senior vice president, AOL Video. “We’re pleased to be able to make JumpTV’s programming available to the underserved market of those living in the United States whose native language is not English.”
Examples of JumpTV channels now available for free on the AOL Video service include:
• Abu Dhabi TV (United Arab Emirates)
• Abu Dhabi Sport Channel (United Arab Emirates)
• Antena Latina (Dominican Republic)
• Bolivisión (Bolivia)
• CVM (Jamaica)
• Dream Turk TV (Turkey)
• Emirates Channel (United Arab Emirates)
• HUM TV (Pakistan)
• KBC Channel 1 (Kenya)
• MiTV (Nigeria)
• MRT (Macedonia)
• S1 News (India)
• TV One (Pakistan)
• Tara Muzik (India)
• Tele Universo Canal 29 (Dominican Republic)
• 100% Noticias (Nicaragua)
The AOL Video portal (http://video.aol.com) is a one-stop online destination to find, watch and share millions of the best videos from across the Web, broadcast and cable television, including news and entertainment programming such as movies, music videos, news, user-generated content and full-length TV shows.
About JumpTV
Live Television From Around the World – online, anytime, anywhere.
JumpTV (AIM, TSX: JTV) is the world's leading distributor of live Internet television. With over 290 TV channels from 75+ countries, JumpTV delivers full-screen news, sports and entertainment content on a real-time basis from all corners of the globe to computers, Internet-enabled TV sets, IP set-top-boxes and cell phones with browser access.
www.jumptv.com
Forward-looking statement
Certain statements herein may constitute forward-looking statements, including those identified by the expressions "may," "will," "should," "could," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "potential," "expect," "intent" and similar expressions to the extent they relate to JumpTV or its managements. These statements reflect JumpTV's current expectations and are based on information currently available to management. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations, including the matters discussed under "Risk Factors" contained in JumpTV’s prospectus (admission document) dated August 1, 2006 and the matters discussed under "Risk Factors" contained in JumpTV’s final short form prospectus dated February 19, 2007. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, and JumpTV assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances.
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