FORA.tv and Georgetown University Launch Interactive Content Channel

Business Wire, August 21, 2008

Georgetown to Leverage FORA.tv's Content Delivery Platform to Provide an Online Venue for Intellectual Discussion on Issues of Global Significance

SAN FRANCISCO -- FORA.tv, the brilliant ideas network for video discourse and debate, and Georgetown University, today announced the launch of the Georgetown Channel on FORA.tv. The Georgetown Channel will be supported by a wide array of University content to share knowledge and provide a venue for engaging intellectual discussions of global significance. Georgetown joins an esteemed collection of FORA.tv content partners, including C-SPAN, The Aspen Institute, The Brookings Institution, The New Republic, The Commonwealth Club and many more.

Through the launch of the Channel, Georgetown will utilize FORA.tv's innovative content delivery platform to reach a global audience hungry for issue-oriented video. From individual University faculty who are experts in their field, to cutting-edge research and world leaders speaking on Georgetown's campus, the Georgetown Channel will be home to education, expertise and engaging dialogue on the relevant issues of the day.

"We are excited and privileged to showcase Georgetown University programs on the FORA.tv platform," said Brian Gruber, founder and CEO of FORA.tv. "A rapidly growing online audience is looking to engage in smart, issue-driven programming digitally and on-demand. With Georgetown, we're meeting that demand while providing our users an opportunity to view the content, engage in its message and interact with other issue-minded users."

"FORA.tv represents a new and highly engaging distribution channel for Georgetown's diverse collection content," added Julie Green Bataille, Georgetown University's Associate Vice President of Communications. "The partnership enables us to extend Georgetown's stage with the world by facilitating the transmission of University content, enabling further impact on global discussions and the understanding of important issues."

The launch of the Georgetown Channel on FORA.tv is supported by featured content including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Newsweek Environment Leadership Conference, Condolezza Rice discussing transformational diplomacy, Rupert Murdoch on news for the 21st Century and Ron Paul on the weakening of the U.S. Constitution.

FORA.tv is based in San Francisco, California.

About FORA.tv

FORA.tv (www.fora.tv) is the brilliant ideas network for video discourse and debate. FORA.tv delivers content via its proprietary FORA Player, mobile phones, iPods, cable video-on-demand and other distribution platforms such as Akimbo and Link TV. Content partners of Fora.tv including: C-SPAN; the Chautauqua Institution; the World Affairs Councils of Northern California, Dallas, Oregon, Philadelphia and Connecticut; The Brookings Institution; Hoover Institution; the Cato Institute; New America Foundation; The Heritage Foundation; The Aspen Institute; The Commonwealth Club; The New School; The Long Now Foundation; the Museum of the African Diaspora; Asia Society; Hong Kong's Civic Exchange; University of London; Chatham House in London; Cambridge University; the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels; The Royal Institute for International Relations - EGMONT; and many of the America's top independent booksellers. Founded in 2006 by CEO, Brian Gruber, FORA.tv has been initially funded by a group of private investors, including leading media pioneer and venture capitalist, William R. Hearst III and Adobe. FORA.tv is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Georgetown University

Georgetown University is the oldest and largest Catholic and Jesuit university in America, founded in 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll. Georgetown today is a major student-centered, international, research university offering respected undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in Washington, DC, Doha, Qatar and around the world. For more information about Georgetown University, visit www.georgetown.edu.