Video Access Alliance to Host Forum on the Importance of Video Choice and Diverse Programming

Video Access Alliance to Host Forum on the Importance of Video Choice and Diverse Programming

Randal Pinkett, President and CEO of BCT Partners; Winner of NBC's 'The Apprentice, 2005 with Donald Trump,' to Moderate Forum to Promote Emerging Minority Networks

WASHINGTON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Video Access Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of independent, emerging, and minority networks, will host a Diversity and Program Issues Forum and Luncheon to discuss the importance of video choice.

Randal Pinkett, winner of NBC's "The Apprentice, 2005 with Donald Trump," will moderate this forum and members of the Video Access Alliance will showcase the variety of content offerings that independent networks provide to consumers.

PARTICIPANTS:

* Julia Johnson, chairperson of the Video Access Alliance
* Randal Pinkett, President and CEO of BCT Partners; Winner
of NBC's "The Apprentice, 2005 with Donald Trump"
* Black Education Network
* The Tennis Channel
* The America Channel

EVENT: Forum to discuss the importance of video choice and
diversity programming

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 12 Noon
***Brown Bag Lunches will be served

LOCATION: The Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562

About the Video Access Alliance

The Video Access Alliance is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving as an advocacy and advisory group for independent, emerging and minority networks, video programmers, application and content creators, and other industry participants. We will work to:

* Pursue public policies to accelerate competitive entry of alternative
video distribution platforms and expand the options for reaching
audiences that are open to independent, emerging and minority networks,
film and TV producers and other application and content creators.

* Ensure more platforms with more capacity are deployed to carry our
programming. This is essential to enabling our independent voices to be
heard.

* Promote the unique offerings of independent networks, application and
other content creators.

* Educate the public policy makers on the important role that independent
emerging and minority networks, independent programmers, film and TV
producers, and other content creators play in content development.

* Enable new providers who use the latest technology to better organize
and present programming, which also is critical to getting our voices to
be heard.

Source: Video Access Alliance

CONTACT: Video Access Alliance, +1-800-539-1470,
media@videoaccessalliance.com

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