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Hearst Magazines Digital Media Presents Original Women's Programming on NEXT.TV(TM) and HP Consumer Notebooks
Original Video Content From Hearst Brands Including Marie Claire's Beauty Boot Camp and CosmoGIRL! Spy to Be Available on Revolutionary New Internet TV Service; Users Can Watch Shows Almost Anywhere With a Broadband Internet Connection
| Source: DAVE.TV
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - December 11, 2007) - NEXT.TV™, the revolutionary new Internet
television service debuting on HP consumer notebooks, today announced the
addition of Hearst Magazines Digital Media as a NEXT.TV channel partner
bringing original video programming from its magazine brands including
CosmoGIRL!, Good Housekeeping, and Marie Claire. Hearst Magazines, a unit
of Hearst Corporation, is one of the world's largest publishers of monthly
magazines with 19 U.S. titles and nearly 200 international editions.
The NEXT.TV service will initially be available via a web update on HP
consumer notebooks that have been shipping with Microsoft Windows Vista
since January 2007. HP notebook users can access NEXT.TV through HP
QuickPlay™, allowing them to watch hundreds of television and video
programs with on-demand Internet television channels. As many HP consumer
notebooks can be connected to TVs through an S-Video or HDMI connection,
these users can bring the NEXT.TV experience into the living room. With the
provided remote control, NEXT.TV content can be enjoyed from up to 10 feet
away, adding a new dimension to the Internet viewing experience.
"This relationship not only offers us an innovative way to syndicate
original video content to millions of potential viewers, but it will also
help to extend the readers' overall brand experience beyond the pages of
magazines and Web sites directly onto their computers and television
screens," said Chuck Cordray, VP and general manager, Hearst Magazines
Digital Media. "We are very pleased to be working with NEXT.TV on this
exciting initiative."
"CosmoGIRL! connects with readers beyond the pages of the magazine and into
all areas of their lives," said Kristine Welker, VP and publisher,
CosmoGIRL!. "As CosmoGIRL! is constantly developing new and innovative
ways to expand our brand platform and strengthen our connection with
consumers, we are excited about the opportunity to deliver our great
content to teenage girls through NEXT.TV."
Powered by IPTV pioneer DAVE Networks, NEXT.TV brings a true TV-like
experience to consumer PCs while offering an unprecedented user experience.
NEXT.TV brings together advertisers, content owners and viewers in an easy
to use entertainment driven environment. NEXT.TV can be accessed with a
wired or wireless broadband Internet connection and offers
broadcast-quality content to viewers for free.
"NEXT.TV represents an exciting new way to get TV content virtually
anywhere with a broadband Internet connection," said Douglas Fulton,
President of Entertainment for NEXT.TV. "Hearst adds to NEXT.TV a unique
offering of popular programming for women of all ages. We are excited
about NEXT.TV's diverse channels that take entertainment to the next level,
allowing users to access shows of interest anytime and anywhere."
At launch, NEXT.TV will feature more than 50 channels with programming
across all genres, including comedy, drama, cartoons, documentaries,
movies, sports and science fiction. Channels and programs available on
NEXT.TV will vary by geographic region and include programming from around
the world allowing viewers to experience global television. NEXT.TV will
continue adding channels and channel partners after the launch, in order to
continue to provide high-quality viewing experiences to users.
Users who do not have QuickPlay on their notebooks and wish to be part of
NEXT.TV beta program and be the first to sign up for NEXT.TV when
available, can sign up at www.next.tv.
About Hearst Magazines Digital Media
Launched in March 2006, Hearst Magazines Digital Media, a unit of Hearst
Magazines, is dedicated to creating and implementing the digital online and
mobile strategy for Hearst's magazine brands and other sites, which serve
the company's consumers and audience. The unit has launched or re-launched
18 web sites and nine mobile sites for brands such as Cosmopolitan,
Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire and Seventeen, as well as
non-magazine brand sites such as thedailygreen.com and misquincemag.com.
During this time, Hearst Digital has also acquired the eCrush Network,
kaboodle.com and RealAge.com to round out its growing portfolio of
interests for teens and women.
About NEXT.TV
Developed and powered by DAVE Networks, NEXT.TV is a next generation
Internet television service that combines the best of TV and the best of
the Internet to deliver television and video content to PCs. Users can
access NEXT.TV anywhere with a broadband wired or wireless Internet
connection making mobile television a reality.
For more information, please visit www.next.tv.