NeuLion Launches New iPTV HD Television Box; Now Offering Network Partners a High Definition Service for Both the PC Browser and Television: Financial News

NeuLion Launches New iPTV HD Television Box; Now Offering Network Partners a High Definition Service for Both the PC Browser and Television
Friday January 9, 2009 7:00 am ET
NeuLion Advancements Bring HD to the Forefront by Delivering Live TV Channels, Live Events and Video on Demand Directly to the Television in High Definition via the Internet

PLAINVIEW, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 9, 2009 -- NeuLion Inc., a leading provider of live and on-demand programming over the Internet, announces today the expansion of its HD iPTV Service. NeuLion now unveils the iPTV HD TV Box delivering high definition programming in 720p and 1080i to the television.

NeuLion's existing iPTV HD PC browser service provides HD quality programming of live channels, sports, entertainment events and video on demand in up to a 1080i format to its Network Partners across the globe.

The launch of the HD TV Box provides adaptive streaming in high definition without buffering. NeuLion now offers HD streaming services of live TV channels, live events and video on demand over the Internet directly to the television. NeuLion lets the consumer choose viewing of content on either the TV, PC or both -- all in high definition and allows the consumer to pick the device, place, time and programming.

In the professional sports market, the National Football League partnered with NeuLion to deliver two unique online services in high definition to the consumer's PC. This season, the NFL launched "NFL Game Pass HD," an international, subscription-based service providing live and on-demand streaming of NFL games and NFL Network programming in high definition. Building on this success, "NFL Game Rewind," a subscription service available to the U.S. market, was launched delivering archived full length NFL games online giving fans the ability to "relive NFL Sunday" on the computer.

The debut of the NeuLion iPTV HD TV Box includes such features as:

 
--  High definition (supporting the major industry standard CODEC and
    streaming protocol) with standard definition formats in the same box. View
    the best in both HD and SD programming.
--  Network DVR. Store unlimited hours of HD and SD programming.
--  Live channel delivery in real time for linear channels and events. On-
    demand customizable programming menus for personalized entertainment
    libraries.
--  Pause and rewind live HD TV. Gives viewer control to rewind, slow
    down or use instant replay.
--  480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i picture output and multiple screen formats
    supported.
--  Multiple connection ports: HDMI, Component, S-Video, Composite,
    Optical Audio outputs.
--  Interactive service to increase network revenue using home shopping,
    donation prompting, auction, and other e-commerce features.
--  Take advantage of NeuLion iPTV interactive features like channel
    selection over lays, on screen picture in picture, weather information,
    lottery results and more.
--  Customized channel guide.
--  7-day Stored Program Guide. Search the channel guide for shows up to
    7 days in the past.
--  Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound capable. Listen to superb theater-
    quality sound with additional hardware.
--  Parental controls/locks: ability to lock out objectionable
    programming for children.

As an end-to-end service, NeuLion provides everything from content acquisition to customer care including: console personalization, complete billing services for pay-per-view, registration, and subscriptions as well as support for advertising and sponsorship placement. The service supports Adobe Player 10, Silverlight 2 and Move Networks Streaming Player for adaptive streaming in order to maximize end users' bandwidth to eliminate buffering.

NeuLion currently offers its iPTV HD PC browser service to its Network Partners. The NeuLion iPTV HD TV Box will begin shipping in March 2009.

About NeuLion

Based in Plainview, NY, Sanford, Florida and Toronto, Ontario, NeuLion and JumpTV (Toronto:JTV.TO - News) work with content partners to develop end-to-end solutions for multimedia iPTV services. The NeuLion iPTV Platform encodes, delivers, stores and manages an unlimited range of multimedia content and the Operational Support System (OSS) maintains all billing and customer support services. Content partners are responsible for content aggregation and the sales and marketing for the individual iPTV service. The Company ranks as a world leader in customer/partner relationships with sports and international television content partners including, in sports, the NHL, the NFL, NCAA Division I schools and conferences and, in respect to international television aggregators and networks, KyLinTV (Chinese), ABS-CBN (Filipino), Talfazat (Arabic), TV-Desi (South Asian) and Sky Angel (Christian). Customer/partner content can be viewed by way of Internet on PCs and on the television through the Company's proprietary iPTV set top box. Through the Company's consumer websites: JumpTV.com, Cycling.TV and SportsYa.com, as well as its collegiate and sports partner websites, the Company streamed over 15,000 live sporting events in the past 12 months and ranks consistently as one of the top ten ranked U.S. sports websites as measured by minutes viewed. Visit www.neulion.com for more information.

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