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BT: BT Vision dives into Adult Swim(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) RDATE:13082007 Adult Swim, Turner Broadcasting System's smash hit dedicated to edgy animation, is available from tomorrow to customers of BT's next-generation TV service, BT Vision. Launched in the UK in 2006, Adult Swim's grown-up sense of humour has rapidly become a critical hit with adult audiences who appreciate its ironic, edgy animated action. BT Vision customers are set to enjoy a wide range of its finest moments, including cartoons featuring Robot Chicken, The Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law. Adult Swim will be available to BT Vision customers on demand with each episode priced at 79p. Alternatively, customers can have unlimited access to Adult Swim as part of the GBP6 per month subscription for the TV pack or the GBP14 subscription to the TV, Music, Kids and Replay packs. Dan Marks, CEO of BT Vision, said: "Adult Swim has a cult following in the US, and we are confident that this new service will also prove popular with UK audiences. We always planned for BT Vision to offer both the most convenient way to watch programmes as well as new and distinctive TV entertainment like Adult Swim." Alan Musa, VP and Channel Manager of Adult Swim commented: "We are delighted to have launched Adult Swim on such an innovative new platform. Working with BT Vision has increased access to Adult Swim's content enabling viewers to watch in a wide range of different platforms. We look forward to bringing Adult Swim's unique entertainment to a whole new audience." BT Vision customers enjoy a vast range of film, music and television programming available on-demand, as well as interactive services and all the Freeview channels, all available on the TV, with no compulsory subscription. This unique combination - delivered on a software platform powered by Microsoft and through a set-top box made by Philips - allows customers choice, control and convenience. ENDS NOTES FOR EDITORS About BT Vision BT Vision is available to anyone with a BT Broadband connection with suitable minimum line speed and a BT Home Hub. It offers a free HD-ready set-top box, known as the V-Box, which includes all the 60 or so Freeview TV and radio channels, an inclusive digital video recorder (DVR) of up to 80 hours which allows viewers to pause and rewind live TV, and offers instant viewing of thousands of hours of great entertainment, including blockbuster and classic movies, cartoons, music and TV programmes. For more details please go to www.bt.com/btvision. V-box is free for new broadband customers or existing customers re-contracting for 12 months (18 months with Option 1) - otherwise GBP199. A connection fee of GBP30 and engineer installation of GBP60 applies. From this summer, the engineer visit will no longer be necessary and the GBP60 will not be charged. Services including live Setanta Sports action require a decoder card. About BT BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended March 31, 2007, BT Group plc's revenue was GBP20,223 million with profit before taxation of GBP2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt About Adult Swim Adult Swim launched in the US in 2001 and in the UK in 2006 on TV and online. Adult Swim features non-conformist programming aimed at adults 18-34 including a broad mix of humour and unconventional, surreal animation which has earned it a discerning and loyal following. Original and acquired animated comedy and action is also available via a UK broadband site www.adultswim.co.uk created by Turner Broadcasting which launched in September 2006. In 2007 a full-length feature film of one of Adult Swim's most popular shows, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, was released in the US and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie For Theatres is also being released in the UK on DVD in Autumn 2007. Adult Swim is available in the UK on broadband www.adultswim.co.uk , Bravo TV, Mobi TV and 02; in South Africa on GO; Russia on Channel 2 x 2 and Germany on Maxdome VOD/SVOD. CONTACT: BT Group Newsroom Tel: +44 (0)20 7356 5369 WWW: http://www.bt.com/newscentre Ann Rosen, Senior PR Manager, Adult Swim Tel: +44 (0)20 7693 1117 e-mail: ann.rosen@turner.com Catherine Hayes, Press Officer, Adult Swim Tel: +44 (0)20 7693 0648 e-mail: Catherine.hayes@turner.com ((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to info@m2.com)). Copyright 2007 M2 Communications Ltd. |