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Akimbo Delivers Instant Gratification With $100 Savings on RCA Akimbo Internet Video-On-Demand Player.


Akimbo Lets Consumers Download and View Thousands of Hit Movies and Shows on TV

SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. -- Akimbo[TM] has made it easier than ever for consumers to take TV entertainment into their own hands. Now they can discover Akimbo's award-winning Internet video-on-demand service with a $100 instant savings offer for the RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history.  Akimbo Player, which connects to the Internet and stores up to 100 hours of digital video for viewing on TV. For a limited time, consumers will receive a $100 instant savings when they purchase the RCA Akimbo Player to access Akimbo's acclaimed collection of more than 14,000 movies, TV series and unique shows they won't find on demand anywhere else. Viewers simply browse the user-friendly Akimbo Guide on a TV screen, download videos to the RCA Akimbo Player and enjoy them whenever they want.

With hundreds of titles added weekly, Akimbo ensures there's always something interesting to watch. Movie fans need not hike to the video store or wait for DVDs to arrive by mail when they can explore the Akimbo Guide to choose from over 1,000 recent Hollywood studio movies via Movielink[R]. Viewers will also find an astounding a·stound  
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 array of specialty titles spanning more than 100 categories - including indie flicks, classic films, foreign language, travelogues, how-to programs, sports, children's programming, popular video blogs and the latest user-submitted gems from Yahoo! Video.

Baseball enthusiasts eager for Opening Day can enjoy condensed con·dense  
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 or great games of the past. Anglophiles will find the entire series of the BBC BBC
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 hit "Fawlty Towers" and episodes of the mystery program "Maigret." Japanese anime fans will love that Akimbo features an extensive library of the latest videos from The Anime Network and AnimeOne. Akimbo truly has something for everyone.

The RCA Akimbo Player has an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
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MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) 
 of $199.99. Akimbo's $100 instant savings offer is in effect until March 31. Consumers can purchase the RCA Akimbo Player from Akimbo.com, Amazon.com, Fry's Electronics stores and Frys.com. A monthly subscription to Akimbo costs $9.99.

About Akimbo

Akimbo is the first company to deliver digital-quality video-on-demand to any television via a broadband-Internet connection. In 2006, the company was named to the OnHollywood 100 by AlwaysOn for its easy-to-use and affordable Internet video-on-demand service. As an aggregator of brand-name and specialty video content, Akimbo provides one of the worlds' largest collections of on-demand programming to companies including AT&T, Microsoft Corp., Sonic Solutions and Thomson Corp. Akimbo has offices in San Mateo, Calif. and is funded by AT&T, Blueprint Ventures, Cisco Systems Inc., 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. , Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sprout Group and Zone Ventures. For more information, visit www.akimbo.com.
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