National Geographic Channel Programming Featured on TidalTV™
NGC content to be available upon the beta launch of TidalTV, a new
broadband television platform
BALTIMORE & NEW YORK (Business Wire EON) April 17, 2008 --
TidalTV, Inc. (www.tidaltv.com) has
signed an agreement with National Geographic Ventures and National
Geographic Channel (NGC) to showcase NGC programming on the TidalTV
platform. Content including full-length episodes from popular series
such as Taboo, Critical Situation, Man-Made and Wild!, as well as
clips from various NGC shows, will be available upon the beta launch of
TidalTV in Spring 2008.
TidalTV will offer consumers free and instant online access to
professionally produced video programming via its streaming,
browser-based broadband platform. NGC programming will be available
within TidalTV’s channel lineup, as well as
within its library of on-demand content.
“We are dedicated to providing our viewers
with the highest-quality, most entertaining and most informative video
content,” said Mollie Spilman, chief executive
officer of TidalTV. “National Geographic
Channel delivers on all accounts – with
original, entertaining and info-rich content of the utmost quality. We
are excited to be able provide our viewers with some of the very best
programming available today.”
ABOUT TIDALTV
TidalTV (www.tidaltv.com) is a
broadband television platform featuring the best in professionally
produced, branded programming. The TidalTV experience is designed to
complement and enhance traditional television viewing through its unique
combination of programmed and on-demand video with DVR-style controls.
There is no application to download, no waiting for videos to load and
no fees to pay – TidalTV provides its audience
with a high-quality viewing experience that, like TV, is always on.
ABOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VENTURES
National Geographic Ventures (NGV) is a wholly owned, taxable subsidiary
of the National Geographic Society, one of the largest nonprofit
scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888
to “increase and diffuse geographic knowledge,”
the National Geographic Society works to inspire people to care about
the planet. NGV includes National Geographic Television documentary
production and distribution, National Geographic Television
International, National Geographic Digital Media including
nationalgeographic.com and Digital Motion (formerly the Film Library),
as well as National Geographic Maps. NGV creates and distributes content
across multi-platforms and media, providing outlets for the hundreds of
scientific and expedition-based grants awarded each year. For more
information, go to www.nationalgeographic.com.
ABOUT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
Based at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington,
D.C., the National Geographic Channel (NGC) is a joint venture between
National Geographic Ventures (NGV) and Fox Cable Networks (FCN). Since
launching in January 2001, NGC initially earned some of the fastest
distribution growth in the history of cable and more recently the
fastest ratings growth in television. The network celebrated its fifth
anniversary January 2006 with the launch of NGC HD which provides the
spectacular imagery that National Geographic is known for in stunning
high-definition. NGC has carriage with all of the nation's major cable
and satellite television providers, making it currently available to
more than 67 million homes. For more information, please visit www.nationalgeographic.com/channel.
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