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KyLinTV to Market and Support Four Ethnic Internet Television Business Units from NeuLion

2012-06-05 03:30 3050

NEW YORK, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- KyLinTV and NeuLion announced today that they have reached an agreement to enable KyLinTV to exclusively market and service four ethnic internet television ("IPTV") networks from NeuLion. As part of the agreement, KyLinTV will integrate JumpTV International, JumpTV Latino, Talfazat and TV Desi networks into a new global ethnic IPTV business division, which will have a variety of customized subscriber packages, drawing from a combined 125 ethnic channels originating from more than 30 countries in 6 language groups.

Launched in 2009, TV-Desi is an internet television network enabling displaced South Asian communities around the world to access Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani content live and on-demand. Currently, TV-Desi broadcasts 40 live channels delivered in Bangladeshi, Hindi and Urdu languages.

JumpTV Latino is a premiere Hispanic IPTV network allowing the Latin American diaspora to access top quality television programming originating from 7 South American counties and the Dominican Republic.

Talfazat is a premium Arabic internet television network offering 20 top quality channels to the Arabic-American community. In addition, through a partnership with Arabic Radio and Television (ART), the network offers the largest selection of Arabic language television in Canada, featuring 50 popular Arabic TV live channels plus video-on-demand content for Arabic-Canadian families.

NeuLion will continue to provide KyLinTV with end-to-end technology and services in broadcasting their Chinese and other ethnic programming content worldwide.

Nancy Li, CEO of NeuLion said, "We are thrilled with the opportunity to consolidate the B2C businesses and enable KyLinTV -- one of our most important network partners -- to become the worldwide leader for delivering live and on-demand video content over-the-top, not just for the Overseas Chinese market but increasingly for ethnic communities everywhere."

Jianbing Duan, CEO of KyLinTV said, "This is a remarkable opportunity in advancing our goal of global expansion and achieving a position as the world's leading provider of ethnic IPTV programming. We remain heavily focused on our rapidly expanding Chinese network and now the creation of our global ethnic division will only enhance our international reach."

For more information

Contact

Frieda Shieh, KyLinTV, tel +1(516) 622-8454, PR@kylintv.com
Chelsea Nunn, NeuLion, tel +1 (516) 622-8381, chelsea.nunn@neulion.com

About KyLinTV

KyLinTV is a world leading Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) network dedicated to servicing the overseas Chinese communities in North America, Latin America, Europe, Singapore, Taiwan and South East Asia. As the first platform that offers Chinese HD content and the largest selection of TV channels, KyLinTV provides more than 100 of the most popular Chinese channels, over 20 mainstream English channels and more than 30,000 hours of video-on-demand programs through multiple viewing devices, including set-top boxes for TV, PC and iPad. The service was launched under the stewardship of two key investors, Charles B. Wang, founder of Computer Associates, and Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision and Home Box Office. For more information on KyLinTV, please visit www.kylintv.com.

About NeuLion

Founded in 2000, NeuLion, Inc. (TSX: NLN) offers the true end-to-end solution for delivering live and on-demand content to any Internet-enabled device. NeuLion empowers content owners and distributors, cable operators and telecommunications companies to capitalize on the massive consumer demand for viewing video content on PCs, smartphones, tablets and other devices. NeuLion's customers include major entertainment, sports, global content companies and news companies. NeuLion is based in Plainview, NY. For more information about NeuLion visit www.neulion.com.

Source: KyLinTV
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