THEDATEZONE.COM
Brings Interactive Dating To Mobile Phones
Released on
= August 22, 2005, 8:53 am
Press Release
Author = THEDATEZONE.COM
Industry = Internet
& Online
Press Release
Summary = TheDateZone.com to bring the world of interactive online
dating to mobile devices. TheDateZone.com Provides Its Members A
Safe, Inexpensive And Convenient Way To Initiate Dating Relationships
In A Safe And Controlled Environment
Press Release
Body = ATLANTA, GA -- SmartVideo Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: SMVD.OB)
today announced that it has entered into a revenue sharing agreement
with TheDateZone.com to bring the world of interactive online dating
to mobile devices. Under the contract, SmartVideo has an exclusive
on all wireless devices including cell phones, PDAs and Wi-Fi connections.
TheDateZone.com is a Web based dating service that gives men and
women the ability to meet and communicate with each other in a safe,
controlled environment. Unique to TheDateZone.com is its ability
for subscribers to audio and video conference not only from Internet
to Internet but from phone to phone and from Internet to phone to
anyone, anywhere in the world! As an added bonus, every member of
TheDateZone.com will automatically receive SmartVideo’s basic
subscription service as part of their monthly membership. TheDateZone.com
estimates that they will reach as many as one million members within
a year. No other datin g site in the world can compare to this innovative
approach to online personals.
There are 86
million single American adults and two out of five singles have
tried online personals, according to Jupiter’s Internet research.
A recent study by ComScore revealed that personals Websites attract
30 million visitors a month in the U.S. alone. ComScore and Jupiter
Research found that personals/dating was the largest online paid
content category, making up almost 30% of total online content
spending by U.S. consumers in 2003, and continues to be the leader
with consumers spending nearly half a billion in 2004. Jupiter Research
also predicts that online dating is expected to grow by 60% by 2008.
The online dating
industry is growing expeditiously with other similar sites claiming
to have grown 626% year-over-year and is doubling its user base
every quarter, adding 10,000 to 15,000 new users a day. Another
such service is boasting over 15 million active members and nearly
one million paying subscribers with profiles being viewed approximately
5 million times each day on its site. According
to Jupiter’s Internet research, online dating revenues are
expected to grow to $642 million by 2008.
TheDateZone.com
provides its members with some of the following benefits:
• Access to a worldwide database of personal audio and video
profiles;
• A free Web camera and headset;
• The ability to record and edit, a member’s audio and
video profile;
• The ability to meet and communicate through live, real time
audio and video conferencing, video e-mails and instant messaging;
• A real time text language translator, allowing members to
eliminate any language barriers;
• A “contacts” feature that helps members track
and organize their TheDateZone.com relationships;
• A video “Help” feature that speaks to members
while instructing them on how to use other TheDateZone.com site
features;
• The ability to know exactly which members are currently
online;
• The ability to block any communication a member does not
wish to receive, and
• SmartVideo’s basic subscription package.
Launched in July of 2004, TheDateZone.com expects to increase its
membership to well over one million within its first year making
it one of the fastest growing online dating services in the world.
TheDateZone.com is the only online dating service that gives its
members a free Web camera, headset, help videos to assist in setup
and SmartVideo’s basic subscription package. By providing
a Web camera and headset its members are assured quality and compatibility
when communicating face to face with other members of TheDateZone.com.
Similar online services typically provide their
members pictures and paragraphs only while those trying video require
their members to download proprietary software before they can upload
video profiles. Some dating sites require members to fill out extensive
questionnaires and profiles taking 45 minutes or more to complete.
TheDateZone.com also helps eliminate fraud by utilizing
video personals instead of still photos that could be anyone other
than the actual person.
“This
revolutionary way of meeting, screening and initiating dating relationships
puts TheDateZone.com in an enviable position among online dating
services,” said Paul Geannopulos, CEO of TheDateZone.com.
“We are truly energized by our ability to
make our services available on mobile phones all around the world.
Meeting new people has never been easier or more convenient.”
Commenting on
this recent development, Richard E. Bennett, Jr. said, “The
world of online dating is one of the fastest growing online enterprises
in the world. We are delighted that TheDateZone.com has selected
SmartVideo as its mobile partner in facilitating the global delivery
of online personals. This agreement continues to
demonstrate our commitment to identifying and securing partnerships
with companies that generate increasing revenue sources for SmartVideo
by receiving a portion of the monthly subscription fee from each
member.”
About TheDateZone.com
TheDateZone.com, arguably the most user-friendly interactive video
dating site on the Internet, offers its members worldwide access
to live, real time audio and video communication. TheDateZone.com’s
unique technology requires no extraneous downloads for its members
and allows for the creation of a “one-stop-shopping experience”
by
encapsulating video playback, video messaging and video conferencing.
Members of TheDateZone.com are therefore able to have a communication
experience as close to real time as is possible. TheDateZone.com’s
utilization of video streaming guarantees the delivery of video
on demand resulting in instantaneous playback that
requires no buffering. TheDateZone.com’s technology is cross-platform
compatible and is currently deployed on over 95% of all Web browsers
worldwide ensuring the widest possible coverage and accessibility
to TheDateZone.com’s content for the Web user. Through its
alliance with SmartVideo Technologies, Inc. and the use of smartphones
, TheDateZone.com will now be able to offer its members the unique
ability to audio and video conference not only from Internet to
Internet but from phone to phone and from Internet to phone to anyone,
anywhere in the world all for $24.95 per month!
For additional membership information and to subscribe, visit www.thedatezone.com.
About SmartVideo
Technologies, Inc.
SmartVideo Technologies offers the first and best-in-class services
for broadcasting live, on-demand and download-and-play television
content for mobile video consumers around the world. SmartVideo’s
television solutions deliver sharp video images with fully synched
audio for broadcast to video-enabled cell phones and other handheld
devices, via current and next-generation cellular and Wi-Fi systems.
SmartVideo’s proprietary technologies include a full suite
of television content management services for wireless telco carriers
as well as content owners, to provide an end-to-end mobile television
broadcast and business solution. SmartVideo’s robust library
of content includes news, weather, sports, children’s programming
and more, from such leading international brands as ABC News, NBC
Universal, Fox Sports, The Weather Channel and dozens of others.
SmartVideo’s mobile video solutions provide exceptional image
quality on all existing 2.5G and Edge cellular networks, and near-b
roadcast quality on 3G and Wi-Fi networks. SmartVideo is a Microsoft
Windows Media® 9 Series Certified Hosting Provider. For additional
information and to subscribe to SmartVideo’s Live TV content
packages visit www.smartvideo.com or using your smartphone visit
www.windowsmedia.com/mobile.
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Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently
involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, the inability of SmartVideo to
obtain the additional financing needed to fund operations, the failure
of SmartVideo to convert its present and future customer contracts
into profitable arrangements for SmartVideo, unexpected costs, delays
and other difficulties related to the timing and success of product
development and marketing plans, adverse changes in the market for
the delivery of full-motion, streaming video content, the failure
of SmartVideo’s hosting infrastructure, the complexity of
SmartVideo’s services and delivery network, pricing and other
activities by
competitors, difficulties involved in retaining and motivating key
personnel and other risks detailed in SmartVideo’s periodic
report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making
these forward-looking statements, SmartVideo undertakes no obligation
to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date
of this release. Microsoft, Windows Media, PowerPoint and Windows
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registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United
States and/or other countries.
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Web Site = http://www.TheDateZone.com
Contact Details
= For TheDateZone.com
Paul Geannopulos
(312) 493-1242
thedatezone@rcn.com
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