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GoFish Corporation Partners with MTV Networks to Distribute Premier Video Content
Business Wire, Jan 8, 2008
Wide Variety of Content from COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1,CMT, Logo, The N, Spike TV, AtomFilms and GameTrailers to Be Available on GoFish.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- GoFish Corporation (OTCBB:GOFH), a leading youth entertainment and Internet video network, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership to offer premier video content from several MTV Networks brands for ad-supported viewing on GoFish.com (www.gofish.com).
GoFish is one of a select group of third-party video platforms that will distribute content online from COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, CMT, Logo, The N, Spike TV, AtomFilms and GameTrailers. The programming will be available on GoFish's owned and operated website and appeal to the online youth audience that the site attracts. GoFish will have access to content from MTV Networks' vast library including such highly-rated shows as COMEDY CENTRAL's Emmy and Peabody-Award winning "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," MTV's "The Hills," Nickelodeon's "iCarly," "VH1's "The Salt-N-Pepa Show," and much more.
"Our partnership with MTV Networks enables us to offer highly-engaging video content" says Tabreez Verjee, President of GoFish. "This is the most definitive collection of youth-oriented, branded content available today and is an example of the ever-expanding offering that we are bringing to our audience and advertising clients. We are building a robust promotion and content platform for our publisher network that will increase revenue opportunities for our partners and for GoFish."
"We are pleased to partner with GoFish, which has established itself as a leader in video content for the highly targeted youth audience. Through this partnership with, we're extending the reach of our brands and creating deep and interactive experiences around our content," says Greg Clayman, Executive Vice President, Digital Distribution and Business Development, MTVN.
Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), which owns MTV Networks, holds an equity stake in GoFish Corporation. The terms of the equity stake make Viacom one of the largest independent shareholders of GoFish common stock. Viacom has agreed to hold the stock for a minimum of two years.
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 145 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
GoFish Corporation (www.gofish.com) (OTCBB:GOFH) headquartered in San Francisco, is a leading youth entertainment and Internet video network. GoFish has been a pioneer in the development of Made-For-Internet content ("MFI") with the production of several original media properties available only on gofish.com. The first publicly traded online video company, GoFish operates an ad-supported distribution network of owned and operated sites as well as publisher sites on the Web where millions of people can watch the best video entertainment.
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