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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

KyLinTV Raises Over $385,000 in Aid for China Earthquake Victims

KyLinTV Raises Over $385,000 in Aid for China Earthquake Victims

Leading Chinese IPTV Company Announces Grand Total to Support Recovery Efforts

PLAINVIEW, N.Y., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- KyLinTV announces today the total money raised for its relief campaign to help China earthquake victims. In response to the disaster that hit Wenchuan County, KyLinTV established the KyLinTV China Earthquake Relief Fund on May 16th.

The Relief Fund raised an incredible total of $385,196 for earthquake victims, where $192,598 came from individual donors and $192,598 was contributed by the KyLinTV matching fund.

More than 3,800 generous individuals, most of whom were KyLinTV subscribers, contributed to this worthy cause with donations ranging from $5 to $5,000. The campaign ran the week of 5/16/2008 to 5/24/2008 and every single donation was matched dollar for dollar by KyLinTV.

In an effort to send the most aid, 100% of all money raised goes directly to the recovery efforts. KyLinTV is giving all donations to the New York Chinese Consulate and the Canadian Chinese Embassy for distribution.

"We are truly thankful for everyone's generosity and for not just watching this tragedy unfold but taking action to make a positive difference. I appreciate everyone's help in donating to this worthy cause," said Nancy Li, CEO of KyLinTV.

About KyLinTV

KyLinTV is the first IPTV service dedicated to the Chinese community living in North America, offering both live broadcast and 30,000+ hours of video on demand programming. For more information on KyLinTV programming please visit www.kylintv.com.

The service comes to the marketplace through the stewardship of two key investors, Charles B. Wang, founder of Computer Associates, and Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision and Home Box Office. Production is made possible through technology partnerships with NeuLion, Inc. of Plainview, New York and TransVideo of Beijing, China.

The NeuLion iPTV solution delivers KyLinTV content over the Internet direct to televisions throughout the world, in real time and on demand. Visit www.neulion.com to learn more.

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Source: KyLinTV

CONTACT: Billy Huang of KyLinTV, +1-516-622-8423,
billy.huang@kylintv.com

Web site:

http://www.kylintv.com/
http://www.neulion.com/


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