NeuLion and Africast Launch First African Consumer Broadcast Network.Online Network Will Use NeuLion's iPTV Platform to Deliver Live African TV Programs to TV Viewers Around the Globe PLAINVIEW, N.Y. -- NeuLion Incorporated, the company driving convergence between television and the internet, announced today that Africast TV has chosen NeuLion's iPTV Service as the platform for the first global African Consumer Broadcast Network. The service is scheduled to be launched in December and will roll out more than 30 TV channels in the next few months. Using NeuLion's iPTV platform and broadband modem, Africast will deliver a variety of African programming directly to subscription and pay-for-view consumers anywhere in the world. The service will aggregate major television channels from Africa and provide video on demand of popular African programs. "NeuLion's iPTV Service broadcasts real time streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. directly to the consumer's television via broadband," said Chris Wagner, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of NeuLion. "The amount and variety of quality content available from Africa is huge. NeuLion and Africast have put it all in one place to make it easy for consumers to find and enjoy their program selections." Africast's target audience includes the millions of Africans living in the U. S., Europe, Canada and other parts of the globe, as well as African-Americans. 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. the U. S. Census, there are 1.2 million Africans and 36.6 million African-Americans living in the U.S. "Africast TV delivers live news, sports, and entertainment to consumers directly from a fast-growing network of local broadcasters in African countries," said John Sarpong, Chairman 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. of Africast. "We have secured exclusive agreements for live broadcasts from over 30 TV channels in 25 African countries and are negotiating with many more." Africast TV, the first Pan-African online television network, offers a full schedule of live and on-demand, high-quality programming directly from Africa via the Internet. The 2006 African Club Soccer Championship Matches, watched online by thousands, is typical of the many popular programs carried by Africast. In addition to live country-specific African TV channels, Africast offers the Africast Movie & Entertainment (AME See AIT. ) Channel, featuring popular movies, drama and entertainment programming from all over Africa. In December, Africast will add an African Music African music, the music of the indigenous peoples of Africa. Sub-Saharan African music has as its distinguishing feature a rhythmic complexity common to no other region. Video Channel and an African News Channel, both available 24/7 to their subscribers around the world. The NeuLion and Africast service will be offered to consumers for a subscription price of $19.95 per month. The subscription package includes live, up-to-date news, sports and entertainment, directly from country-specific African broadcast television stations. It also includes popular African movies, dramas, comedies, soap operas This is a list of Soap operas by country of origin. Argentina
"The service will allow consumers to fast forward, rewind re·wind tr.v. re·wound , re·wind·ing, re·winds 1. To wind again or anew. 2. To reverse the winding of (recording tape or camera film). n. 1. The act or process of rewinding. , pause, and bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. their favorite shows, all made possible with a NeuLion remote control and the customer's TV broadband connection See broadband and wireless broadband. ," said John Sarpong. "You won't even need a computer." NeuLion Inc., founded in 2004, provides the delivery platform for the future of television by developing a service that drives convergence between television and the internet. Working with companies interested in reaching niche markets anywhere at anytime, NeuLion's technology uses the public internet to aggregate content from any provider and delivers it in a targeted manner. www.neulion.com Africast TV ( www.africast.tv ) is a subsidiary of Africast Global Media, Inc., which offers diverse, Africa-focused entertainment, multi-media and information services See Information Systems. to U.S. and worldwide audiences. |
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