''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' Coming to a Sprint Phone Near You; For the First Time Ever, NBC Universal Makes One of Its Top Late Night Programs Available to Mobile Phone Users.BURBANK, Calif. & OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. -- In the contact information field, the email address See Internet address. for Amy Zelvin should read amy.zelvin@nbcuni.com (sted amy.zelvin@uni.com), and the email address for Carrie Simons should read carrie.simons@nbcuni.com (sted carrie.simons@uni.com). The corrected release reads: ''THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO'' COMING TO A SPRINT PHONE NEAR YOU; FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, NBC UNIVERSAL NBC Universal is a media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment (part of the French Media Group, Vivendi SA). GE owns 80% of NBC Universal with the remaining 20% owned by Vivendi SA. MAKES ONE OF ITS TOP LATE NIGHT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO MOBILE PHONE USERS Sprint (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :S) and NBC Universal Digital Media announced today that Sprint customers can now get their laughs on demand with access to video segments from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. " on their Sprint Power Vision(SM) phones as part of the Emmy Award-winning Sprint TV(SM) service. Fans of the top-rated late-night show will now be able to instantly access the best of Jay's previous night's monologues and favorite "Tonight Show" comedy sketches such as "Jaywalking jay·walk intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner. [From jay2, inexperienced person. ," "Headlines" and "The Fruitcake fruit·cake n. 1. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits. 2. Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas" Lady." Two new "Tonight Show" features will be added daily and a total of four will be available at all times. "NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Mobile has always been a leader in this space with its original news and entertainment programming," said Deborah Reif, president, NBC Universal Digital Media. "Today's announcement reinforces our commitment to empowering consumers and providing our content on whatever platform they chose and available to them whenever they want it." "'The Tonight Show' under Jay's reign has had a number of firsts: first in HD and, of course, a ratings streak of first place for 10 years. This arrangement with Sprint represents yet another groundbreaking event for the show and NBC. And it bodes especially well for comedy fans who can catch Jay's timely monologue anytime they want," added Jeff Zucker Jeffrey Zucker (born April 9, 1965) is an American television executive, and President & CEO of NBC Universal. He is a 5-time Emmy Award winner known for his aggressive promotion of his network's programs. , president, NBC Universal Television Group NBC Universal Television Group is an American and global television production/distribution company and a subsidiary of NBC Universal. The company is comprised of four divisions: Universal Media Studios (formerly NBC Universal Television Studio), . NBC Mobile produces an average of 20-25, 2-4 minute short-form programs daily, including breaking news, original newscasts, original features and in-depth stories produced especially for the mobile phone. Original newscasts are produced specifically for the mobile phone and anchored by respected NBC journalists such as Brian Williams This article is about the American journalist. For other uses, see Brian Williams (disambiguation). Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network. , John Siegenthaler and Lester Holt. These newscasts originate from a variety of NBC News bureaus including London, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and soon from Tel Aviv. "Sprint has led the industry in offering content-rich information and entertainment applications that are changing the way consumers use their Sprint phones. In 2003, we were first to offer live TV and streaming video clips on a mobile phone. Today, Sprint TV offers 30 channels of live and exclusive streaming news, sports and entertainment programming," said Dale Knoop, general manager of multimedia services for Sprint. "With today's addition from NBC, if Sprint customers miss seeing Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, they'll be able to see the highlights right on their Sprint phone when and where they want." On Oct. 31, 2005, Sprint announced two new multimedia phones that will provide an enhanced experience for customers viewing live and streaming content via the Sprint Power Vision Network. The Tonight Show video clips will be available as part of Sprint TV Ultimate, which includes live and streaming content from several major news and entertainment brands. About Sprint TV Sprint TV is an Emmy Award-winning service that allows customers to watch live TV on the go with full-motion video and high-quality sound on a Sprint Power Vision Phone. Customers who subscribe to the enhanced service can choose from 30 channels of live and exclusive on-demand programming, including NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Network, as well as news, sports, weather, movie trailers and entertainment channels. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" is from Big Dog Productions in association with NBC Studios. Debbie Vickers is the executive producer. About NBC Mobile NBC Mobile, a part of NBC Universal Digital Media, offers customized television programming for mobile phones. Launched in 2004, NBC Mobile was the first and continues to be the only mobile content provider to create video news broadcasts produced especially for cell phones. It is available to Verizon and Sprint subscribers and customers with both SmartVideo (available on Sprint, Cingular, Verizon and T-Mobile Smart-Phone/PDAs) and MobiTV (available on Sprint and Cingular). About Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business and government customers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com. |
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