Feb. 15, 2006
eWAN1, Inc. announced that
the Company will launch their Global Internet television (IPtv)
service on April 19, 2006, offering consumers 75 channels of
high definition clarity "On Demand" broadcast
content through their television screens via any broadband
internet connection. EWAN also announced that it anticipates
roll-out of its proprietary wireless "Triple Play"
Digital Media Center set-top boxes in March 2006, to both US
and International consumers.
Through its recently acquired
cable company, Clearwave Broadcasting, EWAN will be the
first Company to launch true IPtv service on a global basis.
Direct Connect, a wholly owned EWAN subsidiary, will provide
traditional broadcast television to subscribers who will be
able to select channels and networks of their choice,
including such popular networks as CNN & HBO,
subsidiaries of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Showtime, a
subsidiary of Viacom International (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B),
ABC, a Walt Disney subsidiary (NYSE:DIS) and ESPN, an 80/20
Joint venture between ABC and The Hearst Corporation,
amongst a host of others.
Scott Kettle, EWAN's
President, commented, "We are well ahead of our
competition in terms of the sheer scope of our product
offering. Our DMC set-top box is one of the first wireless
set-top boxes on the market, comes with a keyboard and
enables our subscribers to use their TV sets as computers to
surf the Internet, process their emails, manage their family
photos, as well as all other uses they now perform on their
PC's. We believe that Global IPtv represents the 'missing
link' that will foster global growth of converged devices in
the home, transforming the living room television screen
into an all-in-one utility for entertainment and
communication."
EWAN's wireless "Triple
Play" Digital Media Center, which gives subscribers the
ability to deliver high definition programming over
"non-HDTV" televisions, comes pre-bundled with a
monthly subscription for the channels of content, which
consumers can order online and from local retail channels.
The Company is forecasting that approximately 250,000
set-top box units will be sold worldwide in its first year
of distribution.