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SmartVideo Brings Free Digital Music Videos to All
Internet Enabled Mobile Devices, Connected via Cellular, Wi-Fi, and DSL
Networks
Innovative Partnership Brings Current Music Hits to the Palm of Your Hand,
FREE
ATLANTA--Jan. 23, 2006--SmartVideo Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: SMVD.OB),
announced mobile viewers can now watch the latest music videos on all
Internet enabled devices, such as cellphones, PDAs, and laptops connected
via cellular, Wi-Fi, and DSL networks. SmartVideo in partnership with the
Digital Music Video Network (DMVN), today launched its groundbreaking,
advertising-supported channels featuring videos by the music industry's top
artists. A unique feature of this service is SmartVideo's use of an advanced
Digital Rights Management (DRM) system that protects the copyright and
security of the music.
Digital Music Video Network, the first 24 hour-a-day music channel for
mobile devices, is now available anywhere in North America. Today's launch
by SmartVideo and the Digital Music Network features top 40 hits with plans
to introduce additional channels dedicated to urban, dance, rock, country
and other music genres in the near future.
Today, the hottest music videos from the biggest artists will be accessible
from anywhere in North America including, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, U2,
Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Eminem, Lindsay Lohan, Prince, Ja Rule,
Ashlee Simpson, 50 Cent, Nelly, and many more from every format of music
such as County, Latin and Alternative Rock.
"Fans of music videos are members of the hip and savvy demographic who are
also early adopters of mobile media," says Richard E. Bennett, Jr.,
SmartVideo CEO. "We are excited to be able to satisfy the demand for musical
content on wireless devices while also blazing the trail for a fully
ad-supported channel."
"All the research shows that free, commercial-based content is vastly
preferred by consumers," says Jim Robinson, president of the DMV Network.
"And SmartVideo is the perfect partner for this. With their high-quality,
full motion video technology at low bandwidths, the video blows everyone
away when they see it. Now anyone with an Internet connection can watch
streaming music video content on cell phones, PDAs, laptops and desktops."
About SmartVideo: SmartVideo Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1999
by a small team of talented developers and engineers in Atlanta, GA, to
address limitations they encountered trying to deliver quality video in
their multi-port videoconferencing business. Their discovery of a process
that allows the delivery of quality video communications via low-bandwidth,
dial-up connections ultimately led mobile entertainment solutions. The
technology was converted to resolve persistent quality issues with video
streaming, and later to enable wireless devices to be used for entertainment
and interactive applications. Today, SmartVideo, publicly traded and listed
on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol SMVD.OB, is a leading provider of
turnkey digital solutions for delivering all types of media content via
cellular, PDAs and wireless devices, and the Internet. In 2005, SmartVideo
launched the industry's only mobile video service offering TV-quality, fully
synched audio and video to wireless phone subscribers of all major global
carriers.
About DMVN: Digital Music Video Network is based in Orlando, FL and is
jointly owned by world's leader in digital music distribution services for
the music industry.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking"
statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project,"
"intend," "expect," or similar expressions. These statements are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, the inability of SmartVideo to
obtain the additional financing needed to fund operations, the failure of
SmartVideo to convert its present and future customer contracts into
profitable arrangements for SmartVideo, unexpected costs, delays and other
difficulties related to the timing and success of product development and
marketing plans, adverse changes in the market for the delivery of
full-motion, streaming video content, the failure of SmartVideo's hosting
infrastructure, the complexity of SmartVideo's services and delivery
network, pricing and other activities by competitors, difficulties involved
in retaining and motivating key personnel and other risks detailed in
SmartVideo's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, SmartVideo
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes
after the date of this release. Microsoft, Windows Media, Powerpoint and
Windows are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the
United States and/or other countries.
Contact:
SmartVideo Technologies, Atlanta
Investor Relations
Ron Warren, 770-279-3100
ronwarren@smartvideo.com
or
Media Relations
Stephanie Steele, 813-258-5858
stephanie@schifinolee.com
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Source: SmartVideo Technologies, Inc.
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