A&E, The History Channel and The Biography Channel Programming Joins Akimbo VOD Service.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Akimbo Will Showcase New Programs at the Digital Experience Event in Las Vegas Tonight Akimbo(TM) Systems announced today that A&E Television Networks (AETN AETN Arkansas Educational Television Network (PBS) ) will provide award-winning television programming to Akimbo, the first Internet-delivered video on demand service for television. AETN will be offering content from three channels -- A&E, The History Channel(R) and The Biography Channel(R) -- on the recently-launched Akimbo Service. Akimbo allows consumers to create their own personal television experience, and has won many industry honors, including the "Best of" 2005 CES Innovations Award in the online/internet category. "A&E Television Networks is a leader in top-quality entertainment and educational programming for the entire family. History and documentary film buffs and anyone fascinated with real-life, Biography(R) and justice series will enjoy the incredible programming that AETN will be bringing to Akimbo," said Steve Shannon Steve Shannon (b. April 5, 1971 in Berkeley, California) is an American politician. Shannon, a Democrat, has been a state delegate from Virginia representing the 35th District since 2003. , Akimbo's founder and executive vice president of sales and marketing. "These are the kinds of stimulating, fresh programs that our subscribers like." "We are very pleased to be working with Akimbo as a content provider for this exciting new VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand service," said Steve Ronson, Sr. Vice President, Enterprises, AETN. "The Akimbo service will allow viewers to access a vast library of programming from A&E, The History Channel and The Biography Channel at any hour of the day. In addition, the service will provide us with an opportunity to bring new viewers to our channels." Akimbo will feature a wide variety of programs from A&E, The History Channel, and The Biography Channel and will include monthly updates from each of the channels. The programming will build an archive of some of AETN's most popular series, including American Justice, Cold Case Files, Biography, Mail Call, History's Mysteries and Modern Marvels. Akimbo will also feature some of A&E Network's hottest new series, like Growing Up Gotti Growing Up Gotti is an American reality television series that appeared on A&E on Mondays at 9:00 PM ET. The life of Victoria Gotti, daughter of late Mafia boss John Gotti, and her three sons with ex-husband Carmine Agnello: Carmine Gotti Agnello, John Gotti Agnello, and , Airline and Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show, chronicling Duane "Dog" Chapman's operations at his job, Da Kine Bail Bonds in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dog is joined in his exploits by his wife and business partner, Beth Smith Chapman, his sons Leland, Duane Lee, associate Tim , as well as Spanish-language programming from The History Channel En Espanol. Akimbo's "Queue and View(TM)" feature lets consumers select programs for download to the Akimbo Player through a broadband-Internet connection, and view them on their televisions. The Akimbo Service works with the Akimbo Player, a stylish set-top box that can store up to 200 hours of video, and provides consumers with viewing controls such as pause, rewind and archive. The Akimbo Player uses widely adopted technology for playback including Windows Media technologies See Windows Media. for audio and video compression, and Windows Digital Rights Management. Offering over 50 categories of specialty video content, Akimbo is an enhancement for traditional television rather than a replacement for it. Akimbo constantly scours scour, scours 1. the chemical and physical cleaning of fleece wool. 2. diarrhea. dietetic scour see dietary diarrhea. peat scour see secondary nutritional copper deficiency. the world for dynamic new programs and partners with a growing list of video providers to ensure a wide ranging and ever-changing selection of programs. Many of the programs are about special interests such as education, independent film, sports and hobbies that aren't found elsewhere on television. As its video library builds, Akimbo is waiving its basic service fee through April 2005. The Akimbo Service and Player will be demonstrated in Las Vegas at the Digital Experience media event at the Bellagio Hotel this evening, and at Ziff Davis' Last Gadget Standing shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. on Thursday, January 6 at 10:30 AM at the Ziff Davis Stage at booth No. 70117 in the CES Innovations area. Demonstrations of the Akimbo Service and Player will also be held at the Microsoft booth No. 7145 throughout CES. About A&E Television Networks A&E Television Networks, a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , Inc. and 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. , is an award-winning, international media company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television programming, magazine publishing, web sites, books, music CDs to DVDs/home videos, as well as supporting nationwide educational initiatives. AETN is comprised of A&E Network, The History Channel(R), The Biography Channel(R), History International, AETN Consumer Products, Biography Magazine, and AETN International. The A&E web site is located at www.AETV.com, BIOGRAPHY(R) at www.Biography.com, and The History Channel at www.HistoryChannel.com. About Akimbo With the Akimbo Service, your wish is on demand(TM). Akimbo was recently named "Best of What's New" by Popular Science and winner of 2005 Digital World Innovations and CES "Best of" Innovations 2005 awards. With 12 patent applications featuring more than 150 patent claims, Akimbo is the first company to deliver digital-quality video-on-demand to any television via a broadband-Internet connection. Akimbo has offices in Los Angeles and San Mateo, Calif. and is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $4.5 billion in capital commitments. , Sprout Group and Zone Ventures. For more information, visit www.akimbo.com |
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