October 2007
Issue # 8
Dear Friends,
 
This month we are announcing several new Network Partners joining the NeuLion family. We are pleased to welcome TV Desi - delivering South Asian content and The Gymbox - bringing gym classes direct to your TV. These new networks provide even more variety and consumer outreach to our ever growing IPTV community. What to know which other networks are live and reaching audiences worldwide?
 
How are you communicating your message amid the countless media platforms? Visit NeuLion's free demo and learn more about our IPTV service.
ABS-CBN Penetrates Markets In Japan and Canada 
Network Partner Leverages NeuLion Platform Globally 
absEarlier this year, ABS-CBN International licensed NeuLion's IPTV platform to deliver four live broadcast channels and two radio channels that originate in Manila to subscriber TVs without the use of a computer. The service already has 20,000 subscribers in Japan, Canada and the US. It could well expand to other countries with sizeable Filipino communities.

"It's all of our programming in our own service," said Rafael Lopez, COO at ABS-CBN International. "The technology will allow us to offer consumers both a linear television experience, as well as new video-on-demand services." (Telecom Asia, 10/3/07)

Throughout the past few months this Filipino network has brought programming to the global audience with a powerful force. The Filipino market in Japan and Canada has a growing demand for ABS-CBN - activating close to 1,000 new subscribers monthly. 
 
IPTV Makes It To The TV Set
By Al Senia in Telecom Asia

Delivering web TV to a mass audience has long been a dream of web entrepreneurs. As fiber deployments increase around the world, IPTV has become more of a mainstream product, but for the most part, this involves viewing the video on a computer screen.

Slingbox has been the largest commercial success so far: users connect the device to their cable or satellite service and the programming is streamed over the web for viewing on a  computer anywhere there is a broadband connection. But that still leaves the large-screen TV out in the cold.

During the last year, however, there have been some breakthroughs from companies such as HP and Sony with "smart televisions" that can seamlessly move video content from the web to the home TV. Even Apple jumped in, recently introducing its Apple TV, which uses a wireless connection to stream music and movies from a computer to a TV. All of these have been ambitious attempts that have met with decidedly mixed consumer receptions.

Globecomm Provides Program Acquisition and Contribution for NHL's Center Ice® Online

GSI and NeuLion Forge Partnership
gsi logoThe partnership calls for Globecomm to use proprietary NeuLion software/hardware to stream up to 30 simultaneous live games to subscribers of the NHL's Center Ice® Online Internet TV service. Globecomm will aggregate the satellite and fiber video feeds at its Long Island International Teleport, transcode them to IP format using NeuLion's online video platform collocated at the teleport, and transmit the games via fiber to NeuLion content delivery centers.
 
To view the announcement details click here.
 
A New Wave of Hockey In Full Swing
 
Since the NHL and NeuLion announced they were teaming up to bring live games, league-wide videos, player information and fan input to the web with TV-like quality - the response has been nothing short of overwhelming. As the puck dropped to open the 2007-08 season, fans all over the world have been signing up for the online service powered by NeuLion.

Fans can navigate easily between live game content, video features, behind-the-scenes footage and game highlights that are viewable in multiple video windows or full screen.

"We're very proud to say that our partners at Neulion have pulled off another unprecedented broadcast on the Internet," said Islanders general manager Garth Snow. "You want as many fans as possible to have access to a game like this." (Hockey Buzz, 9/28/07) 
Upcoming Events
 
Interactive Local Media: 2007 & SES
November 28 - 30, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Put on by the Kelsey Group this conference gathers over 60 speakers representing every segment of the local search and interactive media space.
 
Join us on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 5:00pm where Chris Wagner, EVP and Co-Founder of NeuLion will be a featured presenter showing the latest in "Cutting Edge Demos."
 
SVG: League Technology Summit
December 11, 2007 at the New York Hilton Hotel in midtown New York City. This executive interface and networking event will feature exclusive NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR and PGA interactive, roundtable discussions on strategies for profitable implementation of high-definition TV, mobile devices and broadband.
 
Join us on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center where Chris Wagner will present on the panel Beyond Broadband: The Role of Value-Added Services in a High-Speed Context. This panel focuses on how changing business models affect the consumer experience, suggests solutions for service providers, and examines trends in fixed-mobile convergence.
 
Unique Opportunity in the IPTV Space
 
Over the past 12 months NeuLion has grown tremendously. In light of that, we are looking to increase our sales and marketing staff to support that growth. Candidate must have a proven track record that demonstrates success over the last several years. We are looking for someone to prospect and close new opportunities with companies interested in launching their own streaming video service. Click here for more details or respond to this email with 'Sales Executive' in the subject line. 
 
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