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GoTV Networks Puts TV's Biggest Night in the Palm of Your Hand; The Leading Mobile Television Network on the Red Carpet for 2006 Primetime Emmy(R) Awards

Posted on: Thursday, 24 August 2006, 15:00 CDT

Underscoring the growing importance of mobile entertainment in the world of event coverage, mobile television innovator GoTV Networks today announced its made-for-mobile news coverage of the 2006 Primetime Emmy(R) Awards and related events. GoTV Networks' extensive coverage will be created exclusively for mobile viewers' consumption on the GoTV Networks suite of channels, and it will feature full access to a variety of glamorous events that culminate in television's biggest night.

GoTV Networks entertainment host Athenia Veliz-Dunn will chat with television's biggest stars as they make their way up the red carpet into the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, August 27. Additional coverage will include in-person reports from such A-list events and destinations as the Governor's Ball Press Reception, The Hearts on Fire Emmy Diamond Indulgence Lounge, the pre-Emmy Golf Tournament at Trump National Golf Club, and the Emmy Performers' Reception. A team of GoTV Networks hosts including Possum, Yana Kay, Stephanie Stanton, and Courtney Friel will contribute reports from each of these Emmy Week events, exclusively for GoTV Networks subscribers.

"GoTV Networks programming is always fresh and hip," said executive vice president of GoTV Studios, Daniel Tibbets. "Our Primetime Emmy coverage will be all that and more. Fans can expect all of the glamour and excitement of TV's biggest night to be delivered with our trademark attitude and style."

GoTV Networks' Emmy Awards coverage is available throughout the week and will be featured on GoTV and Diva, two of GoTV Networks' on-demand premium subscription channels. To subscribe, locate either channel on the Media Player or Applications menu of a compatible cellular phone and click "Buy." GoTV and Diva are each priced at $4.99/month for optimized frame-rate phones and $5.99/month for EVDO-enabled phones.

About GoTV Networks

GoTV Networks (www.gotvnetworks.com) is the first made-for-mobile television studio and network group. The company produces the mobile television industry's widest range of original programming for on-demand delivery direct to mobile phones via a family of ten subscription-based networks. GoTV Networks provides news, sports, music, entertainment and other essential content customized specifically for mobile users. GoTV Networks' team of Emmy Award-winning producers, experienced studio executives, and mobile production experts create constantly updated programming optimized for both low-bandwidth and 3G handsets. In addition, GoTV Networks collaborates with traditional media companies including ABC News, ABC Entertainment, Univision, Sony BMG Entertainment, and ESPN to create mobile versions of their content. GoTV Networks programming is available on the Sprint Nextel, Cingular, and Boost Mobile wireless networks.

Source: Business Wire

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