HANDHELD ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES NEW ZVUE.COM VIDEO DOWNLOAD STORE WITH VIDEOS AVAILABLE AND VIEWABLE ON ZVUES AND MOST PORTABLE VIDEO PLAYERS AS WELL AS PCS WITH WINDOWS MEDIA VIDEO (WMV)
With 10,000-plus videos under contract from Canadian Broadcast Corp., ADV
Films, IMG, Worldvision Cinema, Fun Little Movies, Sunflower Entertainment,
StoryPIPE and others, HandHeld Entertainment's ZVUE.com is providing fresh
video content to ZVUE owners and owners of other PVPs and Windows PCs
SAN FRANCISCO - June 28, 2006 - HandHeld Entertainment( (OTC BB: HNDH)
today announced it has launched its new ZVUE.com(tm) (www.zvue.com) video download
store with easier navigation, a clean new design and a growing library of
downloadable videos available for purchase or for free with more being added each week.
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 from
companies like Canadian Broadcast Corp., ADV Films, IMG, Worldvision
Cinema, Fun Little Movies, Sunflower Entertainment, StoryPIPE and others.
These videos (and more) will be added to the site during the next 12
months.
The ZVUE.com videos are available for purchase (or in some cases for free)
and can be downloaded by owners of the ZVUE(tm) (HandHeld
Entertainment's portable video player) or by owners of any other PVP or personal
computer that supports Microsoft's Windows Media Video with DRM (digital rights
management). The company will continue to add new video content to ZVUE.com
weekly.
"The
HandHeld team is committed to providing not only the best portable media
players, but the best download site in the world for these players,"said Jeff
Oscodar, president and chief executive officer of HandHeld Entertainment. "Our
new site has a look and feel that is both exciting and easy to use. We think
that consumers of downloadable entertainment - from PC users to ZVUE users to
users of other portable media devices - will enjoy downloading videos from our large and growing library by using our
new and exciting download site: ZVUE.com."
Videos available at ZVUE.com (or coming soon):
Since the
beginning of 2006, HandHeld Entertainment has announced distribution agreements
with companies ranging from Canadian Broadcast Corp. to ADV Films and from IMG
to Fun Little Movies. Below is a summary of some of these companies and the type
of videos HandHeld Entertainment is bringing to the download world through ZVUE.com.
Canadian Broadcast Corp. (CBC/Radio-Canada):
Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest
cultural institutions, CBC/Radio-Canada is providing ZVUE.com customers with
nearly 3,500 new videos during the next 12 months. These include the top eight
news stories daily, two weekly news reports from CBC's Our World (along with a
weekly movie review, and four fashion segments each week). In addition, HandHeld
Entertainment's ZVUE.com is also adding 13 total comedic selections each month
drawn from Naughty Pig, Pranx, Taste of Beckles and Zed, in addition to five Retro pieces each month as well. Visit
http://www.zvue.com/html/searchresults.php?action=search&store=CBC for more
details.
IMG:
IMG is a diversified
global business and the world's premier sports, entertainment and media company,
with two major business segments: IMG Sports & Entertainment, and IMG Media.
IMG and HandHeld Entertainment have already announced two separate content
agreements. The first IMG/HandHeld Entertainment agreement offers ZVUE.com
visitors video access to some of the top fashion shows in the world, including
Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in Sydney, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at
Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles and Olympus Fashion Week in New York. In
addition, ZVUE.com customers also got access recently to English and Spanish
highlights of the exciting soccer finals match of the 2006 Champions League Cup
Final which saw FC Barcelona land a thrilling 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the
Stade de France in Paris. Visit
http://www.zvue.com/html/searchresults.php?action=search&store=IMG
for more details.
ADV Films:
The No. 1
producer-distributor of Japanese animation ("anime") for the North American
market, ADV Films is delivering anime videos to ZVUE.com users through its
agreement with HandHeld Entertainment. Among the titles anime fans will find on
ZVUE.com are videos from such hit anime series as Azumanga Daioh, DNAngel, Elfen
Lied, Gilgamesh, Godannaar and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. Visit
http://www.zvue.com/html/searchresults.php?action=search&store=ADV for more
details.
Worldvision Cinema:
A
diversified film library and content licensing company that provides classic and
cult motion picture and television program entertainment, Worldvision Cinema is
providing HandHeld Entertainment's ZVUE.com with more than 1,500 feature films
and television programs. Worldvision Cinema's movie library showcases 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. Visit
http://www.zvue.com/html/searchresults.php?action=search&store=WVC for more
details.
Fun Little Movies:
A film
and broadband production company specializing in short comedy films, Fun Little
Movies is providing ZVUE.com customers with access to more than 1,000 comedic
shorts. Videos produced by Fun Little Movies have appeared on HBO, Showtime,
MTV, Comedy Central, A&E, PBS, Fox and WarnerBros.com. Fun Little Movies has
also received many cinematic awards, including First Prize for Best Comedy at
the World's Smallest Film Festival for its 'Love Bytes' series, and a finalist's
place for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival. Visit
http://www.zvue.com/html/searchresults.php?action=search&store=FLM for more
details.
Sunflower Entertainment:
One of the world's largest sources of independent
Latin music videos, Sunflower Entertainment has partnered with HandHeld
Entertainment to deliver hundreds of Latin music videos on ZVUE.com. Included in
this broad range of Latin music flavors are Reggaeton, Urban Latin, Salsa
Bachata, Latin Alternative, Latin Jazz, Regional Mexican, Rock en Espanol, Son
Cubano, Cumbia and Vallenato and features such popular artists as Joe Arroyo,
Sonora Carruseles, La Sonora Dinamita, and Fruko y Sus Tesos, as well as rising
stars such as producer/recording artists Bimbo, Hancel, Propheta and Judiny,
salsa singer Aris Martinez, and the band Pablo Bachata. Visit
http://www.zvue.com/html/searchresults.php?action=search&store=SFE for more
details.
"We
provide a complete portable video solution to the world, from our affordably
priced ZVUE (available at most Wal-Mart stores for under $99) to our
substantial, but still growing, video library at ZVUE.com," Oscodar said.
"Consumers can affordably purchase a ZVUE and immediately select from a large
and growing library of great, downloadable content ready for us on either a handheld product or on a PC."
About the ZVUE
Available
today in approximately 1,800 Wal-Mart stores around the United States, as well
as on the Internet at such locations as Amazon.com, the $99 (US) ZVUE plays
videos and MP3 files available from the ZVUE.com download store and also
lets users 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.
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 approximately 1,800 retail locations
across the United States, 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.
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Source: Handheld Entertainment
