Audible.com and Cablevision Bring Spoken Audio to Optimum Online Customers Audible Is Premier Provider of Spoken Audio on Cablevision's New Broadband Gateway for High Speed Internet Subscribers
WAYNE, N.J., Dec 26, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL chart, msgs) announced today its partnership with OptOnline.net, Cablevision's recently launched broadband portal for its over 400,000 Optimum Online high-speed Internet customers.
As part of its strategy to showcase the value of the broadband connection on Optonline.net, Cablevision will be featuring Audible's Internet audio service along with other best of breed broadband content providers. Audible is the leading provider of downloadable spoken audio that informs and entertains anywhere and at anytime with audio editions of books, newspapers, magazines, radio programs and original shows.
Audible will supply Cablevision with a selection of daily, weekly and monthly audio programs including The New York Times, National Public Radio's Marketplace, Forbes, The Economist, Scientific American and Harvard Health Publications' Men's Health Watch. In addition, Audible's subscription audio service will be promoted on the site as well as in mailings and ongoing promotions to current subscribers.
An upcoming promotion launching the portal's newsletter will feature prizes from Audible, including 50 AudibleReady(TM) Rio600 portable digital audio players, as well as subscriber access to one free audiobook from a selection of best selling titles.
"Audible is clearly a highly unique way for our customers to maximize the value of their high-speed connection," said Chris Tice, Vice President of Cablevision's eMedia Products Group. "By introducing our subscribers to compelling broadband content and applications such as Audible's collection of downloadable spoken word audio - right from their Optonline.net home page - we are able to deliver added value to the overall service and over time, build loyalty and retention."
"The synergy between Cablevision and Audible's audio service will be immediately apparent to Cablevision's broadband customers," added Foy Sperring, senior vice president for Strategic Alliances at Audible, Inc. "The Optimum Online broadband portal enhances the Audible listening experience, and the Audible service adds tremendous value for consumers who appreciate the fast and 'always on' experience of Optimum Online. "
Audible's website, www.audible.com(R) is the leading source for best selling and classic audiobooks that can be downloaded for listening anywhere on any number of AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players (www.audiblecom/buyaplayer). In addition to a selection of downloadable audiobooks which dwarfs that of any other online resource, listeners can shop a collection of audio subscriptions to newspapers and magazines and public radio programs from standard-bearing media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and National Public Radio. Audible's system allows customers to enrich commuting and exercise times with first-class information and entertainment that can only be viably delivered over the Internet.
About Audible, Inc.
Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(TM) PC-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 32,000 hours of audio programs and 165 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Card Access Inc., Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp.
Audible and www.audible.com are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleReady is a trademark of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks.
Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements about the company. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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