The Fight Network Delivers KO With Joost
TORONTO — (MARKET WIRE) — March 14, 2007 — Blackout Media Corp.’s (PINKSHEETS: BKMP) The Fight Network, North America’s first and only all combatant sports and entertainment channel, is pleased to announce that it will be available worldwide on Joost’s global video distribution platform starting this month. The Fight Network will be offering fans the very best in boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts, fight-themed related entertainment and news. All content will be broadcast quality and available to a global audience on the Joost platform.
Mike Garrow, President of The Fight Network, said, “We are extremely excited to be able to offer fight fans anywhere in the world the opportunity to see some of the best fight promotions in broadcast quality though the innovative technology of Joost. This will enable us to reach a much broader range of fans all across the globe.”
Currently available in limited beta, Joost combines the best of TV and the best of the Internet by offering viewers a unique, TV-like experience enhanced with the choice, control and flexibility of Web 2.0. Joost is the first online, global TV distribution platform, bringing together advertisers, content owners and viewers in an interactive, community-driven environment. Joost can be accessed with a broadband Internet connection and offers broadcast-quality content to viewers for free.
“Joost was designed to enable the wide broadcast distribution for both mainstream and niche programming,” said Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, executive vice president, content strategy and acquisition for Joost. “Joost is the perfect place for sports and fighting fans to gather and watch their favorite programming.”
About The Fight Network
The Fight Network is a cross-platform media company with brand interest in television, pay-per view, radio, mobile and web. All five of these media are seamlessly integrated to offer fans of combatant sports and related entertainment a true convergence experience. The Fight Network Inc. corporate headquarters is located in Toronto, Canada. The Fight Network’s Website is: www.thefightnetwork.com.
About Joost™
Joost™ provides a new way of watching TV that combines the best of full-screen television entertainment with online interactive and community benefits to bring an unprecedented selection of video content to viewers anytime, anywhere. Joost is based on a state-of-the-art, secure, peer-to-peer streaming technology. www.joost.com
About Blackout Media Corp.:
Blackout Media Corp. is a holding company with an interest in Blackout Communications who is a diversified media and entertainment company conducting operations in digital television, VOD, PPV, radio, the Internet and print under the brand name “The Fight Network.” The activities of Blackout Media Corp. are conducted principally in Canada and the United States.
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