ABC News Now Brings Breaking News, Feature Stories and More to VisiFone VoIP Subscribers; VisiFone Pilot to Provide Consumers with Personalized News, Information, and Entertainment Content.DELRAY BEACH Delray Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 47,181), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled 1895, inc. 1911. Mostly residential, Delray Beach is also the trade center for a citrus-fruit and vegetable-growing region. , Fla. -- ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :VSNI) and exclusive source of TV-quality interactive programming to VisiFone Multimedia digital home telephones, today announced that ABC News Now ABC News Now is a 24 hour broadband news channel offered via television and streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones. It delivers breaking news, headline news each half hour, and wide range of entertainment and lifestyle programs. has agreed to provide content in a VisiFone consumer pilot slated for 2006. ViseonMedia will receive selected programming from ABC News Now and will format and broadcast to VisiFone installed homes throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The addition of ABC News Now further validates the concept of VisiFone as a platform or "third screen" for real-time interaction between "mass media" and the consumers using a VisiFone multimedia display for fully interactive video and digital audio without the complexities of a personal computer. "ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. is a leading provider of tailored multimedia news including 24-hour news channel ABC News Now, plus video-on-demand reports from all ABC News broadcasts," said Bernard Gershon, General Manager of ABC News Now. "We continually strive to test and distribute our all-digital suite of news content on innovative multiple media platforms such as the VisiFone." "We are proud to broadcast ABC News Now to our VoIP VisiFone consumer pilot subscribers," said ViseonMedia President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. J.D. de Haseth. "With ABC News Now's unprecedented, all-digital suite of news content, this truly is a testament to what the capabilities of VoIP really are for those consumers seeking to migrate from their traditional antiquated landline telephones to new VoIP smart phones such as the world's first multimedia digital VisiFone." ViseonMedia will deliver news, sports, shopping, weather, information, and entertainment programming to VisiFone users around the globe. Consumers can choose to view personally customized content as well as control the features of their VoIP services directly on the screen of their VisiFone. ViseonMedia interactive programming on the VisiFone is not designed to replace the television or the web portal See portal. experience. Instead, it is a dedicated third screen within the home where consumers can automatically view personalized information on their preferred schedule in a TV-quality like experience. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. International Data Corporation, 3 million users will have VoIP service in 2005, reaching 27 million users by 2009. For further information, please see the company websites at www.viseonmedia.com and www.viseon.com. About the VisiFone The VisiFone is the world's first consumer broadband digital telephone designed specifically for Voice over IP (VoIP) service. The VisiFone provides not only digital quality telephony, but also two-way, TV quality video communications and IP-based video streaming See streaming video and video stream. . The VisiFone provides on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. VoIP feature management, digital Wideband speakerphone/handset and digital photo/video sharing. Designed to deliver to consumers all of the benefits of broadband digital telephony Digital telephony is a technology used in the provision of digital telephone services and systems. Since the 1960s it has almost entirely replaced the old telephone system that used analog telephony. on a single device, it will also foster the development of a wide range of revenue generating applications for carriers. The VisiFone will be available to consumers through VoIP carriers beginning in late 2005. A pilot project, offering subscribers a wide selection of video-on-demand news, entertainment, and interactive shopping, will go on air in Q2 2006. About ABC News Now ABC News Now is a first-of-its-kind multimedia news initiative that includes 24-hour news channel and video-on-demand reports from all ABC News broadcasts available across multiple platforms, including cable, satellite, broadband, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , and wireless. Launched by ABC News in March 2003, ABC News Now delivers live breaking news events, hourly news briefs and original reports from ABC News correspondents. ABC News Now is part of the ABC News Digital Media Group. Bernard Gershon is senior vice president and general manager of the ABC News Digital Media Group, which also includes ABCNews.com, ABC News International, ABC News Productions, and VideoSource, 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. News' library of historic news events dating back to 1963. Michael Clemente is Executive Producer of ABC News Now. More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source. Through its platforms on television, radio, and the Internet, ABC News reaches on average more than 215 million people each week. ABC News programs are seen in 88 countries worldwide. ABCNEWS.com is part of the ABC News Digital Media Group. ABC News Digital Media Group, which also includes, ABC News Now, the most extensive live and VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand news content offering in the marketplace today, ABC News International, ABC News Productions, and VideoSource. About ViseonMedia, www.viseonmedia.com ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc., focuses on providing information, entertainment and other relevant content to emerging, new digital home platforms, including the VisiFone, the world's first digital home telephone. ViseonMedia efficiently delivers rich media content and targeted advertising directly to consumers through its network of broadband-enabled, interactive consumer videophones. ViseonMedia's target market of broadband videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. users is expected to make up a growing segment of the 27 million new U.S. VoIP subscribers by the end of 2009. ViseonMedia's offices are located in 777 E. Atlantic Ave, #226, Delray Beach, FL 33483. For more information, contact ViseonMedia's Sales and Business Development team at 561-279-9088 or email to bizdev@viseonmedia.com. About Viseon, Inc. Founded in 1993 with headquarters in Dallas, Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB:VSNI) is a leading developer and manufacturer of patented personal broadband communications solutions. Viseon products have been sold under various brand names around the world including Philips, VTEL VTEL Video Teleconferencing , and Gentner. Viseon's mission is to work with carriers to enhance the consumer telephone experience by positioning VoIP as a premium service versus Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), and ultimately replacing the analog telephone by bringing digital telephony quality to the broader public. The target markets for Viseon's VisiFone are the 150 million global consumers which are projected to switch to VoIP in the next five years. Other markets for the VisiFone include corporations, universities, and government agencies. Viseon holds broadband communication related patents in the U.S. and 18 European and Asian countries and has additional patents pending. For more information on the Company, including investor presentation, please visit the Company's Website, www.viseon.com. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements in this news release regarding Viseon's business that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, adverse business or market conditions, the ability to secure and satisfy customers, the availability and cost of materials from suppliers, adverse competitive developments, change in or cancellation of customer requirements, and other risks described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the most recently ended fiscal year. VisiFone is a trademark of Viseon Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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