MobiTV Selected by OnHollywood as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner

MobiTV Selected by OnHollywood as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner

Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology

EMERYVILLE, Calif., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MobiTV, Inc., the global leader in television and digital radio services for mobile devices, today announced that it has been chosen by OnHollywood as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. The OnHollywood 100 is a power list of the top private digital media and entertainment companies.

MobiTV was handpicked by the OnHollywood editorial team based on a set of five criteria -- innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

MobiTV and the OnHollywood 100 will be honored at the OnHollywood executive summit May 2-4 at The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. The summit will focus on the challenges, opportunities and business models of the digital era, showcasing top innovative private companies that are revolutionizing the way media and entertainment is created, distributed and consumed.

The OnHollywood 100 was selected from over 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The OnHollywood 100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early to late stage.

MobiTV has two services; the MobiTV(R) Service, the company's Emmy(R) Engineering Award winning television service that includes both live and made-for-mobile television programming for mobile and WiFi enabled devices, and the MobiRadio(TM) Service, delivering more than 40 commercial free digital music channels. Reaching more than half a million subscribers, MobiTV offers many popular television channels from content providers such as MSNBC, ABC News Now, A&E, CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, ESPN 3GTV, NBC Mobile, CNBC, CSPAN, The Discovery Channel, TLC, The Weather Channel and others that deliver cartoons, music videos and comedy.

"We scoured hundreds of applications we received to vote on the top emerging private technology companies," said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "Selected are the companies we think are demonstrating significant market traction or pursuing game-changing technology. We expect these organizations to have a big impact for both Hollywood and Silicon Valley."

"We are honored by OnHollywood's recognition of MobiTV and thrilled to be named on this prestigious list," said Jason Taylor, director of corporate communications for MobiTV. "It is gratifying to know that our passion for pairing great television content with mobile technology has been met with such warm welcome and accolades. We will accept this award as a challenge to produce the next great thing for television and the people who enjoy it as much as we do."

A full list of all the OnHollywood 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn website at http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=12031 .

About MobiTV

MobiTV, Inc. is the first global mobile television and digital radio service provider for the more than 2 billion mobile phone users worldwide. The MobiTV(R) service is available in the US through Sprint, Cingular, Alltel and several regional carriers; in the United Kingdom through 3 and Orange UK; and in Canada through Bell Canada, Rogers and TELUS Mobility. The Emmy(R) Award winning service now reaches more than half a million subscribers and offers many popular TV channels from content providers such as MSNBC, ABC News Now, CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, ESPN 3GTV, NBC Mobile, CNBC, CSPAN, The Discovery Channel, TLC, The Weather Channel and others that deliver cartoons, music videos and comedy. MobiTV also has a full line up of geographically specific channels. Founded in 1999, MobiTV is a privately-held company headquartered in Emeryville, CA. For more information on the company, its products or technology, please visit; www.mobitv.com.

About OnHollywood 2006: May 2-4 @ The Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood

OnHollywood is where cutting edge technology from the backstreets of Silicon Valley converges with Hollywood's media and entertainment elite. The two-and-a-half-day event borrows on the "film market" tradition by providing an open environment for digital media and entertainment entrepreneurs to meet the big-time studio, telco, and consumer electronics executives, venture capitalists, and media. OnHollywood delves into the challenges, opportunities, and business models of the digital era, and showcases the most innovative private companies that are revolutionizing the way media and entertainment is created, distributed, and consumed.

About AlwaysOn Network

AlwaysOn is transforming the communication business with its online blogging network for technology, media and entertainment insiders, establishing it as a leader in the Open Media revolution. Borrowing from the underground traditions of blogging and social networking, AlwaysOn (http://www.alwayson-network.com/ ) was launched in 2003. Today, AO's annual Summit @ Stanford and OnHollywood events, print "blogozine" and online services encourage direct collaboration between global thought leaders and technology insiders. No other media brand has dared allow such openness amongst its readers and participants. AlwaysOn, LLC, is a privately held and virtually headquartered company born out of the heart of Silicon Valley.

Source: MobiTV, Inc.

CONTACT: Jason Taylor of MobiTV, Inc., +1-650-346-5643, or
Jason@mobitv.com; or Julia French or Andy Oliver, +1-415-277-5400, or
onh@lewispr.com, both for OnHollywood

Web site: http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=12031

Web site: http://www.alwayson-network.com/

Web site: http://www.mobitv.com/

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