Verizon Wireless Customers Get in the Holiday Spirit With V CAST Holiday Picks

Verizon Wireless Customers Get in the Holiday Spirit With V CAST Holiday Picks

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, Verizon Wireless is making it easy for customers to get into the holiday spirit by offering a selection of holiday-themed video segments on V CAST-enabled phones. Now through January 7, 2007, customers can access Holiday Picks on V CAST to get clips of this year's hottest flat-screen TVs, snow forecast segments or holiday movie trailers right in the palms of their hands, whether they are out on the town, wrapping up holiday shopping or running last-minute holiday errands.

New holiday video clips are updated daily from a library of more than 100 segments and customers can find them in the V CAST Showcase Channel under Holiday Picks. V CAST customers can look for the following clips on V CAST that are sure to help get them in a festive mood:

ABC News
-- Flat-Screen Mania
-- Drivers Battle Holiday "Rage"
-- This Year's Hottest Gifts
-- Malls Compete for Your Dollars
-- Beware of 10 Worst Toys
-- The Holiday Wishlist for Retailers
-- Shipping Holiday Packages
-- Good Morning America Countdown to Christmas segments

AccuWeather.com(R)
-- Snow on Christmas?
-- Holiday forecasts

Adult Swim
-- Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the
Future
-- Tom Goes to the Mayor
-- Sealab 2021

AtomFilms
-- Christmas Tauntauns
-- Petey and Jaydee: The Christmas Card
-- HOra HOra Hora
-- The Day After the Day After Christmas

Cartoon Network
-- Ed, Edd, n Eddy: Jingle, Jingle, Jangle
-- The Johnny Bravo Christmas Special

CBS Entertainment
-- Retro Cafe: great Christmas moments from classic sitcoms
-- Holiday Greetings: Ashley Hartman, CBS To Go's Mobile Hostess delivers
some original thoughts on Christmas that are sure to entertain and
provide some holiday cheer
-- Victoria's Secret: See the fashions that women want for Christmas and
check out some exclusive behind-the-scenes and "pink carpet" moments

Wall Street Journal
-- Holiday Wines with John and Dottie
-- Ho-Ho-Hum for Retailers
-- Spackle and Sparkle at Sephora
-- Do's and Don'ts of Drinking at a Company Party
-- Nintendo XMas

Comedy Central
-- Best Comedy Central original programming highlights for 2006, including
Chappelle's Show, Mind of Mencia, RENO and Live at Gotham
-- Highlights and behind-the-scenes clips from the Comedy Central original
year-end special
-- Last Laugh 2006, hosted by Lewis Black

Comedy Time
-- Alfred Robles
-- Dave Landau
-- Fernando Flores

E!
-- Highlights from "2006: Blunders, Break-ups & Babies," E!'s year-end
wrap-up show
-- Highlights from the "Holidays with the Stars" annual special
-- "E! News" will keep your holidays hip with the latest celebrity
gift-giving trends, must-have items, interviews with the stars of the
hottest year-end movies and more

Fox
-- Movie Trailers for Deck The Halls and A Night At The Museum

Looney Tunes
-- Bug's Christmas Vacation
-- Ski Bugs
-- Tweety in Winter
-- Frigid Hare
-- Porky's Christmas Dinner
-- Kitty Kornered
-- The Iceman Ducketh
-- Christmas Coyote
-- Ice Skating Road Runner

Revver
-- Original holiday-themed videos from Revver

Smashbrain
-- Holiday Game Time
-- Holiday Portable Vinyl
-- Holiday Q&A
-- Behind-the-scenes on Santa Claus 3

The Weather Channel
-- "Will it Snow?" segments

VH1
-- Best Year Ever clips
-- Big in '06 performances -- show packages, backstage exclusives
-- Best of Web Junk clips

JIBJAB
-- Santa Claus!
-- 12 Days of Christmas

To get V CAST, Verizon Wireless customers can purchase a V CAST VPak subscription for $15.00 monthly access, or $3.00 daily access, added to their Verizon Wireless calling plan. The subscription includes unlimited basic video, but application download fees apply for 3D games and premium video. There are no airtime charges to stream or watch V CAST content.

For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to http://www.verizonwireless.com/.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 57 million customers. The largest US wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 60,000 employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

Source: Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Jeffrey Nelson of Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7519,
Jeffrey.Nelson@verizonwireless.com

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

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