Akimbo Welcomes National Geographic Television & Film to its Award-Winning Internet-to-TV 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. -- Adventure, Science, History, Cultural Footage Available for Anytime Viewing Akimbo(TM) Systems today announced that National Geographic Television & Film (NGT&F) has joined a fast-growing list of companies that provide video programming for the Akimbo Service. Akimbo offers consumers a video-on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) service that is delivered to televisions via the Internet and allows consumers to create their own personal television experience. The Akimbo Service has won many industry honors, including the "Best of" 2005 CES Innovations Award in the online/Internet category. The Akimbo Service will be offering a selection of titles from National Geographic's Emmy award-winning library consisting of 25,000 hours of adventure, science, natural history, current affairs current affairs npl → (noticias fpl de) actualidad f current affairs current npl → (questions fpl d')actualité f and cultural programming. In addition, feature films will include "Inside the Pentagon," "Ambassador: Inside the Embassy," "Egypt: Quest for Eternity" and "21 Days to Baghdad." "The National Geographic brand is recognized and respected worldwide. Movies and documentaries from their vast library represent the type of A-level programming that makes the Akimbo Service unique," said Josh Goldman, chief executive officer of Akimbo. "Now, Akimbo users can access these informative and educational programs on demand." "National Geographic is excited to be partnering with Akimbo to offer consumers unprecedented access to our programming on its break-through VOD service," said Matthew White, vice president, Film Library, for NGT&F. "Akimbo allows National Geographic to take a lead in digital media platforms that are transforming the television experience." Akimbo Service and Akimbo Player 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 is easy to use, with an intuitive onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. program guide and a customized remote control. The Akimbo Player utilizes widely adopted technology for playback including Windows Media 9 technologies for audio and video compression, and digital rights management. By collaborating with Akimbo, video providers gain a new opportunity to cost-effectively reach targeted audiences with content ranging from special interest to broad appeal, without building new infrastructure. Akimbo partners with leading providers of specialty video to deliver more than 50 categories of unique entertainment, including film, comedy, music, health and fitness, sports, education, youth, foreign language, and cooking. 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, Jan. 6, at 10:30 a.m. at the Ziff Davis Stage, booth No. 70117, in the CES Innovations area. Demonstrations of the Akimbo Service and the Akimbo Player will also be held throughout CES at the Microsoft booth in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , booth No. 7145. About National Geographic Television and Film Building on its global reputation for remarkable visuals and compelling stories, NGT&F augments its award-winning documentary productions (a DuPont Columbia Award in 2004, plus 124 Emmy Awards and more than 900 other industry awards) with feature films, large-format films, kids' programming and long-form television drama programming. Worldwide, National Geographic's television programming can be seen on the National Geographic Channel
in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , home video and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , and through international broadcast syndication. The National Geographic Channel is received by more than 230 million households in 27 languages in 151 countries, including the United States. For more information about NGT&F, log on to nationalgeographic.com, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Keyword: NatGeo. 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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