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WorldTV.com Partners with Leading Mobile Video Streaming Provider Qik.com to Share Content and Live Broadcast Technology

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Posted April 10, 2008

WorldTV (worldtv.com) announced a
partnership with mobile phone video streaming technology company Qik,
Inc. (qik.com) that enables both companies’
users to share real time content streams via their customized WorldTV
channels. Live and archived feeds can be sent from Qik users’
mobile phones and broadcast on their WorldTV URL.

Through the new partnership, WorldTV users can broadcast live video from
their mobile phones simultaneously on Qik.com and their WorldTV channel,
expanding the reach of the broadcast to WorldTV’s
growing userbase across the globe. Additionally Qik users can
incorporate their archived videos to their WorldTV channels and
highlight their existing favourite Qik clips ranging from vacations to
sporting events, weddings, and concerts.

“We are thrilled to offer WorldTV users this
new functionality that will incorporate Qik’s
live broadcast technology directly to their personal channels,”
said Alx Klive, CEO and founder of WorldTV, “We
strive to give programming control to the user, and Qik allows us to go
one step further and turn the programmer into the live broadcaster, all
from their mobile phone.”

WorldTV allows anyone from around the world to easily create their own
full-screen, high-def, branded video channels, using video clips from
video-sharing sites from across the Internet and their webcam. Channel
creators can program their content based on viewer preferences provided
by WorldTV in the form of detailed viewing statistics. A channel can be
promoted using a variety of social media tools including RSS, Twitter
and widgets.

With Qik, anyone can stream video live from their mobile phone to the
world, while providing interactive real time chat with their viewers
straight from their phone. There are a million and one uses of Qik - be
an eyewitness, capture those first steps, or whip up your own streaming
video blog. Just point your mobile phone and stream video live to your
friends anywhere.

“Qik is bridging the gap between mobile
interaction and the Web, globally,” said
Bhaskar Roy, Co-founder and VP Product Marketing of Qik. “Streaming
video from Qik users can now be seen directly on WorldTV in more than
150 countries around the world.”

About WorldTV

WorldTV is a global online video service that allows and empowers users
to create, manage and operate their own full screen web TV channel. They
can use video clips from the Internet’s most
popular video-sharing sites, as well as user-generated videos. For more
information, visit http://worldtv.com.

About Qik

Qik, the world’s leading mobile live video
streaming platform, enables anyone to stream video live from their
mobile phones to anywhere in the world. Its innovative, patent-pending
technology enables anyone to share their moments live with their friends
and family or the entire world. For more information visit http://qik.com.


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