HandHeld Entertainment Opens the Doors of ZVUE.com to All Manufacturers of Portable Video Players that Support Windows Media Vid
September 12 2006 - 8:49AM
Business Wire
HandHeld Entertainment (NASDAQ:ZVUE) (NASDAQ:ZVUEU): -- With one of
the largest libraries of purchasable digital videos on the 'Net,
HandHeld Entertainment announces plans to re-brand and re-launch
ZVUE.com to better position the online video download store as the
"online video source for PVP owners looking to expand their digital
video collections" "All portable video players should have a
complete content solution." That's the message coming from HandHeld
Entertainment(TM) today as the company invites all manufacturers of
portable video players that support Windows Media Video with
Digital Rights Management to partner with HandHeld in delivering a
growing library of digital videos to PVP owners everywhere.
"Consumers purchasing any PVP, whether made by Archos, Creative,
iRiver, Samsung, Sony, Thomson, HandHeld or any other manufacturer,
should receive a complete content solution with their device," said
Jeff Oscodar, president and chief executive officer of HandHeld
Entertainment. "We provide that solution to both to PVP
manufacturers and to end-users. This step marks the beginning of
the second phase of our business strategy." In connection with
today's invitation, HandHeld Entertainment also announces plans to
re-brand and re-launch ZVUE.com to better position the online video
download store as "the online video source for all PVP owners
looking to expand their digital video collections," and not just
our ZVUEs. Since 2004, HandHeld Entertainment (NASDAQ: ZVUE, ZVUEU)
has been aggregating content aimed at playback on its $99
value-priced ZVUE(TM) portable media player. The company says today
that this library is open to all PVPs from all manufacturers and
not just its ZVUE products. "Instead of locking in PVP end-users to
our content site and locking out other PVP manufacturers, we're
taking an open approach with ZVUE.com," Oscodar said. "With all
deference to Apple Computer and its closed iPod/iTunes system, the
Internet is all about open standards and making content available
to as many people possible wherever they might be with whatever
device they choose to use. That's why we are formally inviting any
and all PVP owners to come to our site and manufacturers that
support the Windows Media Video standard with DRM to work with us
to provide their customers with a complete content solution.
Currently, HandHeld Entertainment has more than 10,000 pieces of
video content under contract and more than 3,000 video selections
live on ZVUE.com today available for immediate purchase and
download. As such, HandHeld Entertainment has aggregated one of the
largest libraries on the Internet of purchasable videos that can
play on multiple portable video players, as well as on personal
computers. "We have already amassed a large video library, and we
intend to build it into the online video source for PVP owners
looking to expand their digital video collections," Oscodar said.
"Along these lines, we will continue to aggregate the most relevant
video content for PVPs. More importantly, these videos are already
compatible with devices made by Thomson, Sony, Samsung, iRiver,
Creative, Archos and many, many other manufacturers. Because of our
open approach, owners of these devices can already use our video
download store. "So we invite you to join with us in making your
end-users' experiences even easier and more enjoyable. All portable
video players should have a complete content solution. Call us.
Let's talk." More info about the soon-to-be-renamed ZVUE.com: Since
the beginning of 2006, HandHeld Entertainment has announced video
and music distribution agreements with companies ranging from Sony
BMG to IMG Media and from Canadian Broadcast Corp. to Fun Little
Movies. HandHeld Entertainment now has under contract more than
10,000 music videos, anime movies, cartoons, independent films,
documentaries, news, entertainment and sports programs and other
forms of video content available for purchase (or in some cases
free download) at the soon-to-be-renamed ZVUE.com (www.zvue.com).
Recent partnerships and distribution agreements between these
leading creators of video content and HandHeld Entertainment have
allowed the company to aggregate one of the largest Internet
collections of digital video selections under contract and becoming
available for purchase and download, including -- 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. Executives at PVP
manufacturers interested in learning more about today's invitation
from HandHeld Entertainment's to partner with it in providing
purchasable digital videos to their PVP owners should contact Jeff
Oscodar at jeffo@hheld.com. 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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