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TV Guide SPOT Joins ViseonMedia's National Consumer Pilot; VisiFone to Provide a Full Entertainment Experience for VoIP ConsumersDELRAY BEACH, Fla. & LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- July 26, 2005 -- ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB:VSNI) and exclusive provider of TV-quality content to VisiFone Multimedia digital home telephone users worldwide, today announced that TV Guide SPOT, Gemstar-TV Guide International's (Nasdaq:GMST) new on-demand network, has agreed to provide content for use as part of a U.S. VisiFone consumer pilot scheduled for early 2006. TV Guide SPOT features entertainment programs that guide consumers to the most compelling fare on TV each week. The new network will be highlighted during this week's CTAM Summit Conference in Gemstar-TV Guide's Booth #52. The new VisiFone Multimedia digital telephone for VoIP is a digital telephone/videophone capable of displaying fully interactive video and digital audio without the complexities of a personal computer. ViseonMedia will receive selected programming from TV Guide SPOT and will format and deliver to VisiFone-installed homes throughout the country. TV Guide SPOT joins The Weather Channel Interactive, Discovery Networks, Fox News Channel, Court TV, and AccuWeather amongst other soon to be announced content providers. "TV Guide SPOT has already launched to digital cable customers and to www.tvguide.com's broadband users and we're excited to participate in this pilot and make our content available to yet another new digital platform," said Stacy Jolna, TV Guide SPOT general manager. "Backed by the brand power of TV Guide, TV Guide SPOT serves today's digital consumer with a quick take on TV in a fresh, entertaining voice - a perfect fit for VisiFone's platform." "We are tremendously pleased to include TV Guide SPOT in our line-up of leading consumer content providers," said ViseonMedia president and CEO, J.D. de Haseth. "As a first-of-its-kind on-demand network, TV Guide SPOT is designed to entertain consumers while helping them to navigate the ever-expanding programming spectrum. TV Guide SPOT is a perfect partner for ViseonMedia's innovative content delivery platform and network media capabilities." ViseonMedia will deliver sports, shopping, weather, news, information, and entertainment programming to VisiFone users around the globe. Content providers will ultimately include cable channels, local and national broadcast networks, web portals and print media. Consumers can choose to view personally customized news, sports, weather, and entertainment as well as control the features of their VoIP services directly on the screen of their VisiFone. ViseonMedia interactive programming on the VisiFone is not designed to replace the television or the web portal experience. Instead, it is a dedicated third screen within the home where consumers can automatically view personalized information on their preferred schedule in a TV-quality like experience. According to International Data Corporation, 3 million users will have VoIP service in 2005, reaching 27 million users by 2009. For further information, please see the company websites at www.viseonmedia.com and www.viseon.com. About TV Guide SPOT TV GUIDE SPOT is an on-demand network designed to keep consumers up-to-date with the most compelling fare on television each week with short-form video entertainment programs. The network began launching in 2nd quarter 2005 to Comcast and Time Warner Cable digital subscribers as well as to broadband users on tvguide.com and to TiVo digital video recorder subscribers with stand-alone set-top boxes. TV GUIDE SPOT is a part of the TV Guide Television Group. A division of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. the TV Guide Television Group consists of TV Guide-branded businesses developed and marketed for cable and satellite. About Gemstar-TV Guide Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (the "Company") is a leading media and technology company that develops, licenses, markets and distributes technologies, products and services targeted at the television guidance and home entertainment needs of consumers worldwide. The Company's businesses include: television media and publishing properties; interactive program guide services and products; and technology and intellectual property licensing. Additional information about the Company can be found at www.gemstartvguide.com. Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties related to declines in our magazine publishing business; timely availability and market acceptance of products and services incorporating the Company's technologies and content; our investment in new and existing businesses, including our new magazine and our on-demand network; limitations on our ability to control certain joint venture or partnership businesses; the impact of competitive products and pricing; ongoing and potential future litigation; and the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the most recent reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Note to Editors: Gemstar, TV Guide and GUIDE Plus+ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. The names of other companies and products used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. About ViseonMedia, www.viseonmedia.com ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc., focuses on providing information, entertainment and other relevant content to emerging, new digital home platforms, including the VisiFone, the world's first digital home telephone. ViseonMedia's mission is to efficiently deliver rich media content and targeted advertising directly to consumers through its network of broadband-enabled, interactive consumer videophones. ViseonMedia's target market of broadband videophone users is expected to make up a growing segment of the 27 million new U.S. VoIP subscribers by the end of 2009. ViseonMedia's offices are located in 777 E. Atlantic Ave, #226, Delray Beach, FL 33483. For more information, contact ViseonMedia's Sales and Business Development team at 561-279-9088 or email to [email protected]. About Viseon, Inc. Founded in 1993 with headquarters in Dallas, Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB:VSNI) is a leading developer and manufacturer of patented personal broadband communications solutions. Viseon products have been sold under various brand names around the world including Philips, VTEL, and Gentner. Viseon's mission is to work with carriers to enhance the consumer telephone experience by positioning VoIP as a premium service versus Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), and ultimately replacing the analog telephone by bringing digital telephony quality to the broader public. The target markets for Viseon's VisiFone are the 150 million global consumers which are projected to switch to VoIP in the next five years. Other markets for the VisiFone include corporations, universities, and government agencies. Viseon holds broadband communication related patents in the U.S. and 18 European and Asian countries and has additional patents pending. For more information on the Company, including investor presentation, please visit the Company's Website, http://www.viseon.com. "Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this news release regarding Viseon's business that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, adverse business or market conditions, the ability to secure and satisfy customers, the availability and cost of materials from suppliers, adverse competitive developments, change in or cancellation of customer requirements, and other risks described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the most recently ended fiscal year. VisiFone is a trademark of Viseon Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
