The Weather Channel Interactive, Inc. Signs Up For VisiFone Pilot26 May 2005
ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB: VSNI) and exclusive provider of TV-quality content to VisiFone Multimedia digital home telephone users worldwide, today announced that The Weather Channel Interactive, Inc, (R) which produces the top-10 web property, weather.com(R), has agreed to provide its award-winning local and national weather information for use as part of a U.S. VisiFone consumer pilot slated for late 2005. The new VisiFone Multimedia digital telephone for VoIP is capable of displaying fully interactive video and digital audio without the complexities of a personal computer, in addition to being a digital telephone/videophone. The Weather Channel Interactive will deliver selected video and data content to ViseonMedia, who will in turn format and distribute the content to VisiFone homes throughout the United States. The Weather Channel Interactive joins Discovery Networks and Fox News Channel in the pilot. Additional content providers are slated to come on board in the next few weeks.
"We are pleased to participate with Viseon in its innovative pilot program by providing weather content in the new VisiFone service targeted to VoIP customers. From our pioneering cable network to our successful Web site and broadband products, we have always stayed on the forefront of the evolving media industries. We welcome the VisiFone initiative as a promising new way to offer our weather information to consumers and to continue to be the anytime-anywhere weather information source as new media platforms emerge," said Jody Fennell, vice president of business development at weather.com.
"We are tremendously pleased to include The Weather Channel in our VisiFone lineup," said ViseonMedia president and CEO, J.D. De Haseth. "The Weather Channel is the world's most trusted source of weather information, according to recent studies. And after more than 20 years on cable and 10 years on the Internet, The Weather Channel content will be the primary weather destination for VisiFone users."
ViseonMedia will deliver weather, news, information, and entertainment programming to VisiFone users around the globe. Content providers will ultimately include cable channels, local and national broadcast networks, web portals and print media. Consumers can choose to view personally customized news, sports, weather, and entertainment 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 experience. Instead, it is a dedicated third screen within the home where consumers can automatically view personalized information on their schedule.
According to 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 Weather Channel Interactive
Weather.com, a product of The Weather Channel Interactive and the Web site of The Weather Channel(R), is the ultimate source of weather on the Web. The site helps users plan their lives by delivering timely current conditions, expert forecasts, and relevant lifestyle content for 98,000 locations worldwide. Weather.com reaches more than 25 million unique users each month and is the most popular source of online weather, news, and information. Its content is currently ranked the 10th most popular according to Nielsen//NetRatings. The Weather Channel Interactive is the leading provider of broadband and wireless weather products and provides consumers with unique and customizable products such as Desktop Weather by The Weather Channel and Notify! by The Weather Channel, a personalized weather alert service. The company's partnerships include America Online, Yahoo!, Excite Networks, MSNBC.com, USAToday.com, AT&T WorldNet, ABCNews.com, Digital City, Road Runner, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, AT&T Wireless, Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile, and Palm Computing.
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's mission is to efficiently deliver 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 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, TX 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, 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.
Source: Business Wire
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