Viva Vision related Press Releases

VIVA VISION, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORGE PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND MOBILE CONTENT OFFERINGS

Jason Ankeny — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:30:29 -0400

Viva Vision, a leading provider of mobile entertainment, today announced a strategic partnership with the Sports Illustrated Group to produce the SI Swimsuit slideshow, an application featuring Sports Illustrated models wearing designer swimwear in exotic locales. Viva Vision will have access to Sports Illustrated's vast library, including images from this year's issue, as well as the most popular models of the past.

"Sports Illustrated is an iconic legacy brand with a passionate audience that we know will be a huge success on mobile. Their extensive and visually stunning image library makes them the perfect partner for Viva Vision and our slideshow platform," said Nick Montes, President, Viva Vision. "Viva Vision experienced an incredible year in 2007 and with expanded distribution and world class content partners like Sports Illustrated, will continue to drive significant growth in 2008."

Viva Vision's proprietary slideshow platform includes interactive features which allow subscribers to pause, rewind, fast-forward, and save favorite images from the slideshow. The subscriber community also controls which content is featured by voting on their favorite images.

"Viva Vision's innovative slideshow platform is at the vanguard of the mobile industry and will provide a creative brand extension for SI Swimsuit, the most powerful franchise in publishing," said Stacey Vollman, Vice President/GM, SI Digital.

Viva Vision experienced a 350% revenue growth in 2007 and a 130% spike in subscribers in 2007. In addition to Slideshows, Viva Vision's patented mobile entertainment products include video on demand, and live video applications. Viva Vision content is distributed on 23 direct carriers worldwide.

The SI Swimsuit slideshow will be available in various wireless markets mid-summer.

About Viva! Vision
Viva Vision is the leading provider of entertainment applications and content for slideshows, video on demand, and live video for mobile phones. Based in Santa Monica, Viva Vision delivers programming to the broadest number of handsets through its suite of broadcast platforms, and also produces its own original consumer-driven content. Working with its world-class partners, Viva Vision is able to reach over 250 million wireless subscribers worldwide. For more information about Viva Vision, please visit www.vivavision.com.

About The Sports Illustrated Group:
The SI Group is the most respected voice in sports journalism and delivering the best coverage in the business, reaching a weekly audience of nearly 25 million adults. SI Digital is home to SI.com, DanPatrick.com, FanNation.com, Takkle.com, SIONCAMPUS.com, SI Mobile, mySI and SI on Demand. The SI Golf Group is the number one golf media company, reaching users daily, weekly and monthly through Golf Magazine, SI Golf Plus and Golf.com. The SI Group also includes Sports Illustrated Kids (www.sikids.com ), SI Books and SI Events. Founded in 1954, the SI Group is a division of Time Inc., the world's leading magazine company and a subsidiary of Time Warner.

Viva Vision and Univision MÃƒÂ³vil Secure Partnership

Jason Ankeny — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:01:08 -0400

Viva Vision, the leading content provider for mobile entertainment,
today announced a partnership with Univision MÃƒÂ³vil,
which offers the industryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s most
comprehensive Spanish-language suite of mobile offerings, including
in-show wireless integrations, mobile video, WAP portals, PSMS programs
and downloadable content catalog. Together, the companies will develop
new mobile entertainment products for consumers in the U.S.

Viva Vision has developed an entertainment slideshow application that
displays popular images from UnivisionÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s
extensive content library to wireless handsets across the country. Viva
VisionÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s proprietary platform allows
subscribers to pause, rewind, fast-forward, and save favorite images
from the slideshow. The subscriber community also controls which content
is featured by voting on its favorite images.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Viva Vision is thrilled to be working with
Univision,Ã¢â‚¬Â said Viva Vision President, Nick
Montes. Ã¢â‚¬Å“We look forward to developing unique
mobile entertainment solutions that feature Univision content.Ã¢â‚¬Â

Ã¢â‚¬Å“We are continuously searching for new and
innovative ways to deliver mobile content to our growing audience. Viva
VisionÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s platform has a proven track record in
mobile entertainment, and is the solution we were looking for in
delivering this content,Ã¢â‚¬Â said Christopher
Brunner, Vice President of Mobile Content & Services, Univision Online.

Viva Vision has a suite of patented mobile entertainment products that
includes slideshow, video on demand, and live video applications. The
Univision MÃƒÂ³vil slide-show product is
currently available on Verizon Wireless, Alltel Wireless, Metro PCS,
Claro Puerto Rico, and Centennial Puerto Rico, with new carriers to be
announced soon.

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 Univision
Online, Inc., the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the
U.S., located at www.univision.com,
and Univision MÃƒÂ³vil, the most relevant
Spanish-language mobile content and video, which includes in-show
wireless integrations, PSMS programs and the industryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s
most comprehensive downloadable content catalog. Univision
Communications Inc.Ã¢â‚¬â„¢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; GalavisiÃƒÂ³n, the
countryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢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; Univision Music Group, which
includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records,Ã‚Â 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 TelevisaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s
pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in
Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media
company. 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, visit www.univision.net
and the Univision
Online Media Kit.

About Viva Vision^Ã‚Â®

Viva Vision, a Santa Monica, CA based company, is the leading provider
of entertainment applications and content for slide shows, video on
demand, and live video for mobile phones. Viva Vision delivers
programming to the broadest number of handsets through its suite of
broadcast platforms, and also produces its own original consumer-driven
content. Working with its world-class partners, Viva Vision is able to
reach over 250 million wireless subscribers worldwide. For more
information about Viva Vision, please visit www.vivavision.com.

Verizon Wireless and Viva Vision Introduce Mobile entertainment slideshow With Car and Driver Content

Jason Ankeny — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:22:27 -0400

Verizon Wireless, the builder and operator of the nationÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s
most reliable wireless voice and data network, and Viva Vision, an
industry leading content provider for mobile entertainment, today
announced the availability of Car and Driver SlideShow Ã¢â‚¬â€œ a new Get It
Now^Ã‚Â® SlideShow application featuring the best automotive photography from Car and Driver magazine.
Car and Driver SlideShow is the first interactive SlideShow application
available to Verizon Wireless customers and is produced exclusively by
Viva Vision.

Car
and Driver SlideShow allows automotive enthusiasts to view more than
100 images per month of the latest concept cars, speed vehicles and
automobiles featured in Car and Driver magazine.Ã‚Â The
images come packaged in seven different SlideShow categories, including
Concept Cars, EditorÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Picks, Hot Cars, and Luxury Cars, which each
contain 10 images that the SlideShow scrolls through in sequence. Ã‚Â All SlideShow content is refreshed twice a week.

Verizon Wireless selected Viva Vision as the exclusive provider of SlideShow content.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Viva
VisionÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s platform allows subscribers to control the playback of each
SlideShow, including the ability to pause, rewind and fast-forward.
Other interactive features include the ability to vote on and save
favorite images.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â

Ã‚Â Ã¢â‚¬Å“Our
SlideShow products expand the entertainment and content options for
Verizon Wireless customers,Ã¢â‚¬Â said Nick Montes, president of Viva
Vision. Ã¢â‚¬Å“We are excited to be chosen as Verizon WirelessÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ exclusive
SlideShow partner and look forward to providing more mobile
applications that will entertain consumers.Ã¢â‚¬Â

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Viva
Vision is taking still images to the next level with SlideShows,Ã¢â‚¬Â said
Ryan Hughes, vice president of digital programming for Verizon.Ã‚Â Ã¢â‚¬Å“We think our customers will enjoy the refreshing format.Ã¢â‚¬Â

Car
and Driver SlideShow is currently available for $4.49 monthly
subscription on nearly 50 Verizon Wireless phones, including the
Chocolate and VenusÃ¢â€žÂ¢ by LG, Verizon Wireless FlipShotÃ¢â€žÂ¢ and AliasÃ¢â€žÂ¢ by Samsung, and the MOTORIZRÃ¢â€žÂ¢ Z6tv and MOTORAZRÃ¢â€žÂ¢ maxx Ve. Ã‚Â Verizon Wireless customers can find the Car and Driver SlideShow application in the Picture & Video shopping aisle of the Get It Now virtual store by clicking on Ã¢â‚¬Å“Get New Picture,Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬Å“Get New Applications,Ã¢â‚¬Â and Ã¢â‚¬Å“SlideShows.Ã¢â‚¬Â

For
more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a
Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

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About Verizon Wireless

Verizon
Wireless operates the nationÃ¢â‚¬â„¢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).Ã‚Â For more information, go to: 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 www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

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About Viva Vision

Viva
Vision, a Santa Monica, CA based company, is the leading provider of
entertainment applications and content for slide shows, video on
demand, and live video for mobile phones. Viva Vision delivers
programming to the broadest number of handsets through its suite of
broadcast platforms, and also produces its own original consumer-driven
content. Working with its world-class partners, Viva Vision is able to
reach over 250 million wireless subscribers worldwide. For more
information about Viva Vision, please visit www.vivavision.com.