Source: PRNewswire
(BOULDER, CO) — New Frontier Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOOF – news), a leader in the electronic distribution of adult entertainment, announced that it has signed an agreement with Pacific Bell, a subsidiary of SBC Communications, Inc. (NYSE: SBC – news) and a leading provider of data communications solutions. Under the agreement, Interactive Telecom Network, Inc. (ITN), a subsidiary of New Frontier Media and an emerging Broadband Service Provider (BSP), will utilize Pacific Bell’s high-performance Internet connectivity services to optimize Broadband content distribution to its customers.
“Our relationship with PacBell signals an important milestone in the Broadband Service Provider space — it allows us to deliver broadcast quality IP video and rich media graphics for leading edge Web sites such as TeN.com, The Erotic Network(TM),” stated Dean Church, Vice President of Network Services for ITN. Currently, industry standards for narrow-band Internet video run on average less than five frames per second. New Frontier Media will be able to deliver up to 30 frames per second over the Internet with the additional high-performance bandwidth provided by Pacific Bell. “Broadband is changing the Internet experience and with the penetration of cable and DSL modems into the market, there is sufficient critical mass to rapidly move forward. We’ve been careful to select the best-of-breed backbone providers to create the most effective distribution network for our applications and most importantly, to enhance the online experience for our customers,” added Church.
ABOUT NEW FRONTIER MEDIA, INC.
New Frontier Media, Inc. is a leader in the electronic distribution of adult entertainment with an unparalleled library of content. Through its television subsidiary, the Company distributes adult entertainment via pay-per-view and subscription cable/satellite video networks. Cable/DBS networks include Pleasure(TM), the most-edited standard available in the category; TeN The Erotic Network(TM), which incorporates a partial-editing standard and Extasy(TM), the least-edited standard. Through its Internet subsidiaries, New Frontier Media designs, creates and implements Company-owned subscription/membership-based Web sites for the adult Internet consumer markets. It also operates Internet traffic sales and acquisition programs for the adult Webmaster community.
Interactive Telecom Network, Inc. (ITN) delivers total Internet commerce and streaming media solutions to large and medium-sized businesses primarily in the entertainment industry. ITN is a pioneer of Internet-based solutions for sophisticated mission-critical commerce and broadband media applications. ITN offers customers a convenient single source for a comprehensive range of high performance, flexible and scalable products and services, including Credit Card Transaction Processing, Dedicated Access, Web Hosting, Co-location, Streaming Media (including encoding, hosting, live production and bandwidth), and E-Commerce Application Development. The company has the network infrastructure and expertise to deliver or “stream” hundreds of live and on-demand audio and video programs over the Internet or Intranets to hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users.
For more information contact Keely Hawk, VP Corporate Communications at (303) 444-0900, extension 145.
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of Securities & Exchange Act. The Company intends forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements. All statements regarding the Company’s expected financial position and operating results, its business strategy its financing plans and the outcome of any contingencies are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth or implied by any forward-looking statements.
