VWKM,
Vision Works Media Group, Inc. and New Screen TV Announce Satellite Distribution Contract Signing
Monday January 23, 8:51 am ET
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2006--Vision Works Media Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:VWKM - News) and wholly owned subsidiary New Screen Television, Inc. have announced that Crawford Communications, Inc. has been chosen as the satellite signal distributor for the company's TV channel, New Screen TV.
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Crawford Communications will receive and originate the programming for New Screen TV at Crawford's state-of-the-art facility in Atlanta, Georgia. New Screen TV will be distributed nationwide, via Crawford's transponder on the AMC-10 satellite, to New Screen TV's affiliates across the US.
Mark Astrom, New Screen TV's President, said, "As we had announced earlier, this agreement is the final link in the delivery system of the company's programming to paying audiences nationwide." He added, "Crawford Communications is the best company in the business, and we couldn't have been more fortunate at this time. Furthermore this satellite connection enables us to deliver programming to an unlimited number of affiliates with no additional expenditure."
New Screen TV will be joining the channels found on SES Americom's AMC-10 satellite, which (in unison with AMC-11) comprises "HD Prime - America's Cable Neighborhood." Other broadcasters utilizing the "HD Prime - America's Cable Neighborhood" platform include Discovery Communications, Scripps Networks, Viacom, E! Networks, A&E Television Networks, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Entertainment, NBC, QVC and the Weather Channel.
New Screen Television, Inc. started as an Orlando, Florida-based broadcasting company that still transmits its television service, New Screen TV, to viewers over-the-air via WRCF-TV Channel 29 Orlando. New Screen TV is on the air and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This press release does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including, without limitation, the company's limited operating history and history of losses, the inability to successfully obtain further funding, the inability to raise capital on terms acceptable to the company, the inability to compete effectively in the marketplace, the inability to complete the proposed acquisition and such other risks that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the company's projections or forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to the company as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.
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