HandHeld Entertainment's Video Download Store ZVUE.com Grows to 3,000+ Videos in Less Than Two Months
August 17 2006 - 8:05AM
Business Wire
With 10,000+ Videos under Contract for ZVUEs as Well as Other
Portable Video Players That Support Windows Media Video with DRM,
HandHeld Entertainment Provides a Growing Venue for All PVP/PMP
Users HandHeld Entertainment(TM) (NASDAQ:ZVUE), (NASDAQ:ZVUEU) now
has more than 3,000 videos available for purchase and download on
ZVUE.com, the company's video download store, making it one of the
"largest video download stores on the Internet." "Since unveiling
the new ZVUE.com Web site in late June, we've seen our downloadable
video inventory grow from less than 500 videos to more than 3,000
videos, and we're adding more videos weekly," said Jeff Oscodar,
president and chief executive officer of HandHeld Entertainment.
"We now have one of the largest video download stores on the
Internet, and with more than 10,000 videos and video segments under
contract today, we plan to become the largest provider of legal
downloadable videos for anyone using a portable video player that
supports Windows Media Video (WMV) with Digital Rights Management
(DRM)." Designed initially for individuals using HandHeld
Entertainment's ZVUE(TM) portable media player, ZVUE.com videos can
now be played on any PMP/PVP or personal computer that uses WMV
with DRM. The ZVUE.com Web site currently has more than 2,200 music
videos available for purchase from some of the most popular artists
and recording acts in genres ranging from country to jazz and from
pop to rock. In addition, ZVUE.com also features a growing library
of other video selections, including anime movies, cartoons,
independent films, documentaries, news, entertainment and sports
programs, and other forms of video content. The 10,000+ videos and
video segments that HandHeld Entertainment currently has under
contract include -- thousands of music videos from SONY BMG MUSIC
ENTERTAINMENT; -- nearly 3,500 news and entertainment video
selections from Canadian Broadcast Corporation; -- video highlights
of FC Barcelona's 2-1 2006 European Cup Win over Arsenal from IMG
Media; -- world-famous fashion shows from IMG Media; -- weekly
episodes of Gamer.tv, the world's top weekly computer gaming show,
also from IMG; -- anime movies from North America's No. 1
producer-distributor of Japanese anime, ADV Films; -- legendary
punk rock videos from Music Video Distributors, including film from
renowned punk rock artists such as Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys,
Iggy and the Stooges (Iggy Pop), and New York Dolls, in addition to
comedy films and cult indie films; -- Latin music videos from
Sunflower Entertainment featuring popular artists such as Joe
Arroyo, Sonora Carruseles, La Sonora Dinamita, and Fruko y Sus
Tesos, as well as rising stars such as Bimbo, Hancel, Propheta and
Judiny, Aris Martinez, and Pablo Bachata; -- 1,500 full-length
films and television shows from Worldvision Cinema that showcase
early performances by many of today's Hollywood stars, including
performances by Jackie Chan, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Demi
Moore, John Wayne and W.C. Fields, as well as classic films from
Alfred Hitchcock; -- comedic movies from Fun Little Movies, a
compilation of short comedy films that have received many cinematic
awards, including First Prize for Best Comedy at the World's
Smallest Film Festival and a finalist's place for Best Short Film
at the Cannes Film Festival; -- extreme sports videos from
TotalVid, including extreme sporting videos and productions
including skateboarding, inline skating, kiteboarding, mountain
biking, paintball, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, surfing,
wakeboarding, motorsports and windsurfing videos; -- classic TV
programs and cartoons from LikeTelevision, including documentaries
on the Olympic Games or Pearl Harbor, as well as classics like the
'Johnny Carson Show' and Felix the Cat cartoons; and -- independent
films from StoryPIPE.com. About the ZVUE Available today in more
than 2,000 Wal-Mart stores around the United States, as well as
online at such locations as Amazon.com, the $99 (US) ZVUE plays
videos and MP3 files available from the ZVUE.com download store and
also allows users to view digital pictures from a digital camera or
home video from a camcorder. The ZVUE offers full-color video and
clear audio sound that gives users a robust, on-the-go digital
experience when coupled with downloadable content from the ZVUE Web
site. About HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. With shares and units of
its common stock available for purchase on the NASDAQ Capital
Market (ZVUE, ZVUEU) and Boston Stock Market (HDE, HDEU), HandHeld
Entertainment is a digital-media-to-go company with a family of
mass-market portable media players priced at mass-market prices as
well as its own online video content store. Its ZVUE portable media
players are available for purchase online and in retail locations
across the U.S., while portable video lovers can visit HandHeld
Entertainment's video content store at www.zvue.com to buy
pay-per-download videos or download thousands of free media titles.
For more information, visit www.hheld.com or call 415-495-6470.
HandHeld Entertainment and ZVUE are trademarks of HandHeld
Entertainment. All other trademarks are property of their
respective owners. "Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 This release contains
forward-looking statements. To the extent that any statements made
in this release contain information that is not historical, these
statements are forward-looking. These statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and,
consequently, actual results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: HandHeld
Entertainment's dependence on contract manufacturing of its
products; its reliance on a single major mass-market retailer; its
ability to develop and market successfully and in a timely manner
new products and services; its ability to predict market demand
for, and gain market acceptance of, its products and services; the
impact of competitive products and services and of alternative
technological advances; its ability to raise additional capital to
finance its activities; its limited and unprofitable operating
history; its ability to operate as a public company; its ability to
reduce product return rates; the affect of inventory and price
protections required by major retailers; the availability and
affordability of digital media content; its ability to protect its
proprietary information and to avoid infringement of others'
proprietary rights; its ability to attract and retain qualified
senior management and research and development personnel; the
reliability and security of its information systems and networks;
and other factors described in HandHeld Entertainment's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Annual
Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and
Current Reports on Form 8-K. These forward-looking statements are
made as of the date hereof. HandHeld Entertainment does not
undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statements. As a result, investors should not place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements.
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