Narrowstep Brings Award-Winning Films Online
May 18 2007 - 1:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK and LONDON and CANNES, France, May 18
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BreakThru Films, a leader in animation
and short-films, will shortly be launching a new channel online
using Narrowstep(TM) Inc., (OTC:NRWS) (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) , the
TV on the Internet Company. The new channel is scheduled to launch
June 11 and will coincide with the opening of Annecy Animation
Festival, where BreakThru Films' recently Rose D'or decorated film
Peter and the Wolf is in competition at
http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/ Since its creation in 2002,
BreakThru Films has distributed many films including, The Most
Beautiful Man in the World, and has also been a recipient of honors
such as a BAFTA nomination, the Turner Classic Movie Prize, and
winning a place in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film
Festival. "BreakThru Films provides stellar content," said David
McCourt, CEO of Narrowstep. "Coupled with Narrowstep's technology
and expertise, this channel will blow away audiences around the
world. This is also a huge victory for independent filmmakers-now
filmmakers don't have to rely on the big production houses to reach
audiences." Carlota Zapata, Vice President of BreakThru Films,
added, "Our extremely loyal customers often have to go to great
lengths to buy our films through the plethora of middlemen, so we
are sure that taking this step and setting up the channel with
Narrowstep will breakthrough the middlemen log jam and allow us to
connect directly to our customers. This way we can distribute our
films directly across the globe without compromising the
independence and quality we are dedicated to providing to our
viewers." Narrowstep is able to offer the highest-quality video on
the Internet by using its visionary telvOS(TM) system, which can
encode faster than any other platform, providing channels with the
highest quality video possible. BreakThru Films currently has three
of its films on worldwide release: Peter and the Wolf, which
premiered at London's Royal Albert accompanied live by Philharmonic
Orchestra and was screened on Christmas Day by Channel 4; La Vie En
Rose, with video effects produced by BreakThru, has sold over 5
million tickets in France alone; and Free Jimmy, starring Woody
Harrelson, Samantha Morton and Jim Broadbent. 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 enable the most
comprehensive delivery of video to mobile, wireless, Internet,
broadband, VOIP and entirely new IP-delivered broadcast services.
For more information, call +1-212-404-1400 in New York or
+44-207-498-3377 in London, or visit http://www.narrowstep.com/ For
more information about BreakThru Films, please contact: Hugh
Welchman in London at +44-207-580-3688. For more information, visit
http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/ DATASOURCE: Narrowstep(TM) Inc.
CONTACT: Belinda Thomas of Franklin Rae, , or +44-207-317-5400 Web
site: http://www.narrowstep.com/ http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/
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