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eWAN1 Global IPtv Service to be Launched in 36 Languages Including Urdu Thursday March 2, 9:21 am ET
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2006--eWAN1, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EWAN - News), announced today that subscribers of the Company's new Global Internet Television service, scheduled to launch on April 15th, will be able to access their local TV stations, plus EWAN's initial 75 channels of traditional broadcast television in 36 major languages anywhere on the planet. The Company also announced that among the languages being supported is Urdu, spoken in Afghanistan and parts of Iraq. EWAN considers this a significant addition to the U.S. State Department's ongoing program to provide alternate programming in those countries.
Scott Kettle, EWAN's President, noted: "Our ability to appeal to and accommodate the global customer is what will truly set EWAN's service offering apart from our would-be competitors. Our ability to offer our service in Urdu is particularly compelling in that it directly helps U.S. efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Throughout its history the United States, when occupying another sovereign nation, has always employed the media whether it involved taking control of the local TV and radio stations, dropping fliers from airplanes or utilizing loudspeakers to address urban populations on the streets of major cities. The importance of bringing new media options to bear in these countries is a critical component to the development of democratization and ideals of freedom. We are honored to be able to contribute to the overall effort in providing the programming and medium that we hope will result in a lasting free and democratic society in these embattled parts of the Middle East."
EWAN will be the first to launch true IPTV service on a global basis in the following languages: Urdu, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Thai, Tagalog, Swedish, Spanish, Slovak, Hebrew, Serbian, Russian, Romanian, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Persian, Norwegian, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Italian, German, Hindi, Greek, French, Finnish, English, Egyptian, Dutch, Danish, Czech, Cantonese, Bulgarian, Bengali, Armenian and Arabic.
Offering consumers 75 channels of "On Demand" content delivered to their television screens via any DSL or broadband connection EWAN in March will roll out the first of a projected 250,000 of its proprietary "Triple Play" set-top boxes to both U.S. and International consumers this year. The set-top box is pre-bundled with a monthly subscription for the channels of content and consumers will be able to order online and from local retail channels. EWAN believes it is the first company with the ability to deliver Internet TV with the clarity of high definition to its subscribers' TV sets. EWAN's wholly owned subsidiary, Direct Connect, will provide traditional broadcast television including such popular programming as HBO, CNN (subsidiaries of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX - News)), Showtime, (a subsidiary of Viacom International (NYSE:VIA - News; NYSE:VIA.B - News)), ABC (a Walt Disney subsidiary (NYSE:DIS - News)) and ESPN, allowing subscribers to pick and choose only those channels they are willing to pay for. EWAN's set-top box includes Internet, telephone service (VOIP), data and video capability, and subscribers will be joining a new, private, exclusive TV network at a cost of approximately one-third of that now charged by existing cable or satellite companies.
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