For the First Time, Verizon Wireless V CAST Customers Can Access Clips from
Their Favorite Univision Shows - Right from Their Phones
LAS VEGAS, BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and NEW YORK, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --
From CTIA WIRELESS 2008, Verizon Wireless, the builder and operator of the
nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, and Univision
Movil, the most relevant Spanish-language mobile content and video
provider, today announced the availability of the Univision Movil video
channel on Verizon Wireless' V CAST Video service.
For the first time, Verizon Wireless V CAST customers can access clips
from their favorite Univision shows -- including Escandalo TV, an
entertainment and celebrity talk show on TeleFutura, Noticiero Univision,
an Emmy(R) award-winning evening newscast, and Republica Deportiva, a
popular sports show -- right on their phones. The Univision Movil V CAST
Video channel provides customers with extensive video clips from a variety
of categories, such as entertainment, news and sports.
Jennifer Byrne, director of V CAST Video and social media for Verizon,
said, "The Univision Movil V CAST Video channel helps us provide our
Spanish- speaking customers with relevant content they want, including
clips from popular Univision shows."
"With initiatives like these, our longstanding relationship with
Verizon Wireless continues to extend the country's most popular
Spanish-language programming to customers on-the-go," said Christopher
Brunner, vice president of mobile content and services for Univision
Online.
Customers with select V CAST-enabled phones can check out V CAST
whenever they want for just $3.00 for 24-hour use or by signing up for the
$15.00 V CAST VPak monthly subscription, which also includes access to
Verizon Wireless' ESPN MVP, Get It Now(R) and Mobile Web 2.0(SM) services.
Customers get unlimited basic video -- including the Univision Movil V CAST
Video channel -- but application download fees apply for 3D games and
premium video. There are no airtime or megabyte charges to download, stream
or watch V CAST content with any V CAST subscription.
For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services,
visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go
to http://www.verizonwireless.com.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and
data network, serving 65.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking
Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint
venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE:
VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and
request broadcast- quality video footage and high-resolution stills of
Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia
Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
About Univision Online, Inc.
Univision Online, Inc. is the interactive division of Univision
Communications Inc., the premier Spanish-language media company in the
United States. Univision Communications Inc. owns and operates and
Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the
U.S. located at http://www.univision.com, and Univision Movil, the most relevant
Spanish-language mobile content and video, which includes in-show wireless
integrations, PSMS programs and the industry's most comprehensive
downloadable content catalog. Univision Communications Inc.'s operations
include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast
television network in the U.S. reaching 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households;
TeleFutura Network, a general- interest Spanish-language broadcast
television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% of U.S.
Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language
cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 64
television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico;
Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or
operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5
stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Music Group, which includes
Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico- based
Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies.
Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture
formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S.
Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and
television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout
the United States.
For more information, please visit http://www.univision.net.
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