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For Release: 19 February, 2008
Contact: Chris Dwyer
Evonne Inn
Tel: (852) 3128-3536
(852) 3128-3538
Fax: (852) 3128-3939
(852) 3128-3939
Email: chris.dwyer@turner.com
evonne.inn@turner.com

Turner appoints Vidiator to power CNN video clips on Nokia Nseries mobile devices in Asia Pacific

 

HONG KONG - February 19, 2008 - Turner has signed up with leading streaming platform supplier Vidiator to establish a tailor-made video RSS feed for the Nokia Video Center service, embedded inside Nokia's N95 and N95 8GB Nseries devices.  The partnership between Turner and Vidiator enables Nokia device owners to access CNN video content at the highest quality streaming possible and enjoy the best consumer experience.  

Available across the Asia Pacific region, the new deal confirms Turner's position as the foremost mobile content provider while further extending the brand's reach in the wireless domain.

Mr Ringo Chan, Vice President, Wireless & Interactive Content Development and Distribution, Asia Pacific, Turner International Asia Pacific Ltd, said of the new deal: "We are delighted to work alongside two such respected leaders in their field to deliver this first class product to consumers.  This unique collaboration is particularly exciting as we are the only international news network chosen to be embedded on the handset.  The service enables users to experience high quality CNN news clips including world news, business and entertainment."

Continued Chan, "With our success on the linear television platform in the region, we are always looking to new platforms to maximize reach and offer audiences additional touch points for our CNN content.  Providing CNN news content through mobile allows us to open yet another direct window to our audience, create demand for our linear offering, and at the same time increase our audience by encouraging people to consume content anytime.  With Vidiator powering the back-end, viewing experience will be enhanced."

"This announcement represents a new era of mobile internet video experience by bringing CNN video content into the hands of Nokia's new series of multimedia device owners.  I am proud of this partnership with industry leader like Turner to stream CNN video content to mobile phone users anytime and anywhere.  This collaboration once again validates Vidiator's position as the industry leader specializing in streaming of high quality video and audio content for mobile networks," said Connie Wong, Vidiator CEO.

Vidiator provides award-winning mobile solutions built on the XenonTM Mobile Multimedia Delivery Platform including Xenon Streamer, Xenon Offline Encoder and Xenon Live Encoder. Xenon Streamer enables media-on-demand and live broadcasting for live events and mobile TV.  One of the huge technology advantages Vidiator brings is its ability to adapt to the mobile radio signal when streaming video over the air by changing the bit and frame rate dynamically.

Xenon Offline Encoder facilitates the highest quality multimedia encoding for mobile devices with its optimized encoding algorithm, while Xenon Live Encoder encodes and streams any analog video signal including a TV channel or any camera feed, and is the first mobile TV service platform to have Fast Live Channel Switching with H.264 at QVGA encoding quality.

About Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc (TBSAP)

TBSAP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS), a Time Warner company, and a major producer of news and entertainment products around the world.  In the Asia Pacific region, TBSAP distributes CNN International, CNNj (Japan), CNN Headline News, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, Pogo and Boomerang as well as interactive news and entertainment content.

 About Vidiator

Vidiator is changing the way people use mobile with technology that helps carriers and content providers deliver live and on-demand TV, music and 3G multimedia services and content to mobile devices -- and in a huge leap from simple text messaging - the industry's first 3D animated mobile messaging platform called Xend.  Vidiator's Xenon mobile streaming platform is network and handset agnostic, does not require a media player, with features including patented Streaming Playlist with Fast Track Switching, Fast Channel Switching, Stop-N-Go and Bookmark. Vidiator is deployed in 20+ countries on four continents.  Vidiator is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA with offices in England, China, Korea, Spain and Italy.  Experience Vidiator online at http://www.vidiator.com/.

Contacts:

 Turner:                                                            Vidiator:

Evonne Inn                                                      Martin Levy

Turner International Asia Pacific                  Martin Levy Public Relations

Tel: (852) 3128 3538                                    Mobile Office:

Fax: (852) 3128-3939                                   martin@martinlevypr.com     

evonne.inn@turner.com                                  206.851.7256