Net2TV Launches "Cook Taste Eat" TV Show on Portico TV Service

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 1, 2013) - Net2TV Corporation (www.net2television.com) is teaming up with the digital culinary media company, Cook Taste Eat, to deliver a new 30-minute TV program of the same name on Net2TV's Portico TV service. The weekly "Cook Taste Eat" show will be hosted by celebrity chef Michael Mina and feature recipes from Mina and other acclaimed chefs. "Cook Taste Eat" can be seen on Portico TV, which is available free-of-charge on Philips Smart TVs starting in August, and will be available on Roku later this summer. A sample of the first show is available for viewing here: http://bit.ly/16Fj4Fh

The Cook Taste Eat website provides recipes and instructional videos from some of the country's leading chefs, designed to inspire food lovers and home cooks to create restaurant-quality dishes at home. Under this agreement, Net2TV's Emmy award-winning production team will curate and package the videos into traditional 30-minute television programs for Portico TV. Each "Cook Taste Eat" show will teach viewers how to create sophisticated multi-dish meals.

"We want to inspire home cooks to make dishes that are bold and balanced," said Michael Mina, co-creator of Cook Taste Eat. "Portico TV offers us a way to bring that inspiration to life for television viewers."

"'Cook Taste Eat' offers viewers accessible yet elegant recipes and culinary techniques," said Jim Monroe, senior vice president of programming for Net2TV. "Many of our viewers are passionate about cooking and will appreciate learning to make these amazing dishes. 'Cook Taste Eat' is a valued addition to our Portico food programming."

Net2TV's cloud-based Portico TV service delivers free, traditional program-length shows. The company works with established media brands and emerging program producers who have good-quality, short-form pieces, and with independent film and documentary producers. The company curates these pieces and packages them into full 30-, 60-, or 90-minute television programs for Internet-connected TVs and other connected devices.

Net2TV's Portico TV service carries online TV programming from Discovery's Revision3 and CBS Interactive's CHOW.com, from traditional print media brands including Bonnier's Popular Science, and from emerging brands like CINEQUEST films. Portico programming is updated daily, and new types of entertainment and special-interest programming will be added in the future.

About Cook Taste Eat

Cook Taste Eat, the first digital culinary platform of its kind, was founded by chef Michael Mina and entrepreneur Tanya Melillo. Headquartered in San Francisco, Cook Taste Eat provides premium culinary videos and recipes from some of the country's most acclaimed chefs including Mina, a Michelin-star recipient and James Beard Award winner, as well as from Michael Chiarello, Traci Des Jardins and Mary Sue Milliken.

The start-up has featured celebrity visits from Grammy Award-winning singer Michelle Branch as co-host, and an array of guest chefs, tastemakers and celebrities from across the country. Driven by the shared passions of its founders, Cook Taste Eat affords home cooks and food lovers an intimate look behind the scenes and an exclusive opportunity for home cooks to learn from acclaimed chefs. Learn more by visiting www.cooktasteeat.com.

About Net2TV
Net2TV Corporation is a connected-TV media company that delivers free, cloud-based, ad-supported programming on its Portico TV service. The company is headed by industry veterans from MTV/Nickelodeon, Black Arrow, NBC, TiVo and Netflix.

Net2TV was started in May 2012 and launched its Portico TV service in December 2012 on Philips Smart TVs (2011 models and later) in the U.S. In summer 2013 the Portico TV service will also be available on Roku streaming devices. The company expects Portico TV will be available on 20 million connected screens by December 2013. For more information about the Redwood City, Calif.-based company, visit www.net2television.com.

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