Narrowstep-Powered SCI FI Channel Website Finds Massive Success with Broadband Television.
May 17 2007 - 3:29PM
PR Newswire (US)
Long-form broadcasting finds its place on TV-over-IP. LONDON, May
17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (OTC:NRWS)
(BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) , the TV on the Internet Company, revealed
today that it has contributed to the recent spectacular success of
the SCI FI Channel's website, http://www.scifiuk.com/. In the last
quarter, Narrowstep has helped the website deliver its first big
viewer figures for its new broadband player. SCI FI has chosen
Narrowstep's proprietary technology system, telvOS(TM), for its new
broadband offering. The new player launched on February 12 with an
exclusive two week screening of the first episode of the
critically- acclaimed series Heroes which has since become SCI FI's
highest rating show of all time. During the month of February,
scifi.co.uk saw a 502 percent (year on year) increase in unique
users, mainly due to the exclusive online premiere of the first
episode. SCI FI uses Narrowstep's state-of-the-art geo-filtering
technology to guarantee that only UK web users can access SCI FI
UK's video content. David C. McCourt, Chairman and interim CEO,
Narrowstep Inc., says, "People are accustomed to short videos on
the internet but this is the first time that popular long-format
programming is making a really big splash on the broadband platform
and we're very proud to be making that happen." Ken Jones, Branded
Content Manager at SCI FI added, "The streaming of the first
episode of Heroes was an important first step in the development of
the SCI FI brand in the digital arena, Narrowstep provides us with
a bespoke platform, from which we can broadcast over a variety of
formats, both long and short form." About Narrowstep Narrowstep(TM)
Inc. (OTC:NRWS) (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) the TV on the Internet
Company, is a leading global provider of broadband television
services. Narrowstep's proprietary technologies and
customer-focused services enable TV channels to be delivered over
the Internet. 100+ companies worldwide have chosen Narrowstep
because it offers the most television-like and true community
building broadband experience. The company's telvOS(TM) (Television
Operating System(TM)) and nBed(TM) technologies enables the most
comprehensive delivery of video to mobile, wireless, Internet,
broadband, VOIP and entirely new IP-delivered broadcast services.
For more information, visit http://www.narrowstep.com/ or call
212-404-1400. About SCI FI UK Reaching over 3 million people each
week, SCI FI UK features a continuous stream of cinematic hits,
British TV premiere series and special events, bringing viewers the
best content from the worlds of fantasy, paranormal and horror
programming. SCI FI is a channel service of NBC Universal Global
Networks, the international television division of NBC Universal.
DATASOURCE: Narrowstep(TM) Inc. CONTACT: Belinda Thomas of Franklin
Rae, +44 (0) 2073 17 5400 Web site: http://www.narrowstep.com/
http://www.scifiuk.com/
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