WealthTV Signs Affiliation Agreement With Eagle Broadband for Distribution via IPTVComplete
October 24 2005 - 5:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
Eagle Broadband's Robust High Definition Package to Include
Lifestyle & Entertainment Network SAN DIEGO and HOUSTON, Oct.
24 /PRNewswire/ -- WealthTV, the premier lifestyle and
entertainment network in high definition, today announced that it
has signed an affiliation agreement with Eagle Broadband (AMEX:EAG)
to bring the network's lifestyle and entertainment channel to IPTV
viewers across America via IPTVComplete(TM), the multi-channel,
turnkey video solution for service providers offered jointly by
Eagle Broadband and France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast. Eagle
Broadband will offer WealthTV in both digital and high definition
formats. IPTVComplete is a turnkey video solution that reduces the
time, effort and costs for new and incumbent broadband providers
looking to offer high-quality entertainment services over their
fiber or DSL broadband networks. The solution provides a unique
combination of video content, headend infrastructure, satellite
distribution and set-top boxes to offer a more profitable services
deployment model. Eagle Broadband's video content, expertise
delivering video services and IP set-top boxes, along with
GlobeCast's superior satellite distribution capabilities, provide
everything broadband providers need to deliver a robust bundle of
video and interactive entertainment services. "Eagle Broadband is
proving that it is committed to providing an exciting and robust
high definition programming package to its viewers via its
IPTVComplete video solution," stated Charles Herring, President of
WealthTV. "WealthTV's broad appeal and ability to allow viewers to
live the American dream now by simply watching their TV, will
deliver what IPTV subscribers are seeking and dreaming of and in
high definition." "Eagle's IPTVComplete subscribers will now be
able to enjoy WealthTV's original and compelling programming
featuring shows on exotic travel to luxurious lifestyles to
programs on the latest medical advances, in standard digital and
crystal clear high definition," stated Todd Daniels, vice president
of IPTV Solutions at Eagle Broadband. "We are excited to add
WealthTV to our robust channel line up of standard, high definition
and on-demand programming." Eagle Broadband follows a number of
successful WealthTV launches from myriad cities from Los Angeles,
California to Stanford, Maine carried by numerous MSOs, including
Charter Communications, Verizon, Armstrong, WOW, US Cable, Insight
Communications, Champion Broadband, Metrocast and many others.
WealthTV features a wide range of family-friendly, aspirational
programs from exotic travel to entertaining and educational shows
all designed to have broad appeal. Eagle Broadband and GlobeCast
have previously announced that their IPTVComplete video solution is
being used by AllAccess Technologies and Home Town Cable for
multi-state roll-outs that include Texas, Ohio, Florida, Nevada,
New York, and New Jersey. WealthTV, which is currently enjoyed by
IPTV subscribers in Texas on Verizon's FiOS system, will be part of
Eagle and GlobeCast's nationwide IPTVComplete roll-out. About
WealthTV WealthTV is the premier lifestyle and entertainment
network -- the destination for exclusive and original programming,
simultaneously transmitted in high definition and standard
definition. WealthTV delivers to viewers informative shows that
provide invaluable insights on what every American dreams of --
from travel secrets to fast cars, from better etiquette to better
investing, and much more. Televised 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, viewers of WealthTV consider themselves to be successful
wherever they may be in life. The network fills a television vacuum
by delivering intellectually stimulating, thought-provoking
entertainment and always-unbiased news from an insider's
perspective. For more information, please visit
http://www.wealthtv.net/. About Eagle Broadband Eagle Broadband is
a leading provider of broadband, Internet Protocol (IP) and
communications technology and services that create new revenue
opportunities for broadband providers and enhance communications
for government, military and enterprise customers. Eagle leverages
years of proven experience delivering advanced IP-based broadband
bundled services to provide service provider partners with a way to
deliver next-generation entertainment, communications and security
services to their subscribers. The company's product offerings
include IPTVComplete(TM), the fastest, lowest cost way for
broadband providers to deliver the most competitive IP video
services, the MediaPro line of HDTV-ready IP set-top boxes that
enable broadband providers and hotel operators to maximize revenues
by delivering state-of-the-art, interactive entertainment services
and the SatMAX(TM) satellite communications system that provides
government, military, homeland security and enterprise customers
with reliable non-line-of-sight voice and data communications from
any location on Earth. The company is headquartered in Houston,
Texas. For more information, please visit
http://www.eaglebroadband.com/ or call 281-538-6000. (EAGG)
Forward-looking statements in this release regarding Eagle
Broadband, Inc., and WealthTV are made pursuant to the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without
limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products,
increased levels of competition, new products and technological
changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers,
intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to
time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Contacts: Frederick Reynolds Eagle
Broadband 281-538-6034 Ronnie Welch CWR & Partners 508-222-4802
Dean Harris WealthTV 858-270-6900 DATASOURCE: WealthTV CONTACT:
Frederick Reynolds of Eagle Broadband, +1-281-538-6034, ; or Ronnie
Welch of CWR & Partners, +1-508-222-4802, , for WealthTV; or
Dean Harris of WealthTV, +1-858-270-6900, Web site:
http://www.wealthtv.net/ http://www.eaglebroadband.com/
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