Monsoon Multimedia Named a Nominee in Everything Channel's 'The Best of RetailVision Awards'

Monsoon Multimedia Named a Nominee in Everything Channel's 'The Best of RetailVision Awards'

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsoon Multimedia, an innovative digital video solutions provider, today announced it has been nominated as a finalist by Everything Channel's 'The Best of RetailVision Awards' in the Digital Home category. The awards are a proven springboard to increased brand awareness and product credibility in the consumer channel.

The awards were presented in April at RetailVision, the premier global event for the retail channel. RetailVision brought vendors together with the top 100 level retailers, e-tailers and direct marketers across North America, Canada and Latin America. For nearly 20 years, RetailVision has driven business in the consumer channel through: Private Boardroom Appointments, One-on-One Meetings, Industry Insight Sessions and Networking events.

The 'Best of RetailVision Awards' are voted on by the over 160 attending retail executives who represent 100 retail chains in the United States, Canada and Latin America who buy over $60 billion worth of products each year. After two days of boardroom presentations and one-on-one meetings, the retailers vote on the products and services presented at the show.

Monsoon Multimedia's HAVA line of video streaming and place-shifting devices allow customers to view and control their home TV on connected PCs and mobile phones within the home network or from anywhere in the world. In addition to connected PCs and phones, the Monsoon Multimedia HAVA line offers video place-shifting functionality for the Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets and the recently announced Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition, allowing customers to view and control their home TV over WiMAX or WiFi.

"Our HAVA line of video place-shifting devices enable our customers to access their home TV, including satellite, cable and TiVo, from anywhere in the world," said Colin Stiles, EVP of Marketing and Sales at Monsoon Multimedia. "With all of the outstanding companies and technologies presented at RetailVision, Monsoon is honored to see our line of products that let customers mobilize their TV-viewing experience nominated for this award."

About Monsoon Multimedia

Monsoon Multimedia provides advanced, standards-based multimedia products and technologies for the PC and Consumer Electronics industries. Monsoon licenses highly optimized multimedia solutions comprised of applications, drivers, frameworks, middleware and reference designs. Monsoon customers and partners are semiconductor companies, PC manufacturers, software suppliers and consumer electronics companies. Founded by the founders of Dazzle and Emuzed, the company has offices in California, India and Russia. For more information, please visit http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com/.

Everything Channel (http://www.everythingchannel.com/, http://www.channelweb.com/)

Everything Channel (formerly CMP Channel) serves as the one stop shop for the sales channel that drives 75 percent of technology sales throughout the world. IT suppliers and Solution Providers turn to Everything Channel to manage and accelerate their business. Everything Channel provides the answer to strategy and branding, online marketing, research/market intelligence, lead generation, branded and custom events, education and workflow tools targeted to those who buy and sell through the Channel. Everything Channel is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

Contacts
Diane Lehman Anders Steele
Everything Channel FortyThree, Inc.
603-471-4236 831-239-0960
dlehman@everythingchannel.comanders@fortythreepr.com

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Source: Monsoon Multimedia

CONTACT: Diane Lehman of Everything Channel, +1-603-471-4236,
dlehman@everythingchannel.com; or Anders Steele of FortyThree, Inc.,
+1-831-239-0960, anders@fortythreepr.com, both for Monsoon Multimedia

Web site: http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com/
http://www.everythingchannel.com/

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