Handheld Entertainment Unit (MM) (NASDAQ:ZVUEU)
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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.