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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate release
September 29, 2004
TelVue To Launch Innovative Community Channel
New community channel will serve ten Camden County municipalities
MT. LAUREL, NJ September 29, 2004-- TelVue Corporation announced the launch of a new channel dedicated entirely to community programming. A first-of-its-kind, local channel 19 will serve Comcast cable customers in ten Camden County municipalities by airing original community programming such as announcements, school closings, sporting events, and public notices. TelVue, a technology corporation headquartered in Mt. Laurel, NJ, will help produce and manage the channels content in order to create and deliver a state-of-the art, quality broadcast of local programming through its TelVue Virtual Television Networks (TVTN) service.
Channel 19 serves the following South Jersey municipalities:
Audubon
Audubon Park
Barrington
Collingswood
Haddon Heights
Haddon Township
Haddonfield
Lawnside
Oaklyn
Woodlynne
TVTN is a computer-based, cable access channel support network capable of upgrading the look, feel and functionality of thousands of access channels simultaneously. TVTN allows local municipalities to enhance the content and presentation of their community channels by transforming text-based bulletin boards to multi-media outlets complete with full-motion video, graphics with voice over, as well as video-based public service announcements, local weather and traffic and instant emergency alerts.
The launch of channel 19 marks the culmination of a true partnership between TelVue Corporation, Comcast and each of the municipalities, said Joseph Murphy, TelVue Corporations Executive Vice President. TVTN allows channel 19 to maximize the value of local programming by presenting reliable information and quality local content for many of the residents of Camden County.
Channel 19 promises to improve the quality and content of local programming throughout much of Camden County," said Barry Taylor, Area Director of Government and Community Affairs for Comcast Cable. "This is a terrific opportunity for communities to work together and share local access channels and create high-quality access programming."
About Telvue Corporation
TelVue Corporation is a marketing and operating company primarily selling automatic number identification ("ANI") telecommunications services to the cable television and satellite direct broadcast industry for the automated ordering of pay-per-view feature movies and events. TelVues TVTN is a new local programming and content product serving cable access channels nationwide.
For more information about TVTN, visit the TVTN Web site at www.TVTN.TV.
Press Contacts:
Stanley H. Greene
TelVue Corporation
215-219-8409
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