Players Network and Hawaii Baseball Sign deal to launch Broadband Social Network
LAS VEGAS, NV. (PRWEB) November 14, 2013 -- Players Network (OTCBB:PNTV), the leading Television and Digital Media Network dedicated to Las Vegas Entertainment and the Gaming Lifestyle, signs its first agreement outside the gaming industry to partner with the company’s NexgenTV platform. The deal was brokered by TecVegas Technologies LLC a partner in the transaction.
This agreement marks Players second network to use PNTV’s proprietary enterprise NexGenTV platform. Hawaii Baseball, LLC (HBL) and its "Affiliates" in the west coast of the United States, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China, among other related territories will use the Network to cross-promote each other and with Players networks platform develop a digital business that will expand their reach for both baseball fans and sponsors.
By joining HBL TV, as a subscriber a fan will become channel free member who will be engaged in short video clips and original programming on demand, interact with their favorite teams and players, purchase merchandise, access special offers, photos, blogs and socially interact with other fans. In addition as a paid member they can subscribe to live games and watch on any screen live and tape delayed around the world. Each team can have its own Sub Channel, community and fan section within the master HBL network.
Subject to HBL completing a money raise for this partnership, the agreement calls for Players Network be the managing partner and operator of the HBL Network and be paid for its production, marketing and distribution professional services as well as and own 35% equity of the new network.
“We are thrilled to embark on this new paradigm of 21st Century technology with Players Network to reach even more fans of Hawaii Baseball throughout the islands and into Asia as part of our continuing expansion efforts” said Bob Young, Managing Member of Hawaii Baseball, owners and operators of Na Koa Ikaika Maui Professional Baseball and the Hawaii Stars Professional Baseball, minor league teams in Maui and in the ear future on the Big Island of Hawaii in Hilo and members of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. “Players Network affords us a remarkable and strategic opportunity to market our brands and styles far beyond the conventional and what exists today.”
Mark Bradley, CEO, of Players Network states, “The HBL already has a substantial audience of baseball fans, which is the key to creating successful digital media partners that will fully utilize the power of our platform. The NexgenTV platform combined with our professional services will allow the HBL and to expand and monetize their audience far beyond the ballpark. This partnership will mark the first broadband network dedicated to minor league baseball that provides a platform to build brand loyalty and valuable additional assets to their existing business.”
Michael Pratter, Co Founder of TecVegas stated: “we've determined PNTV is best platform for HBL a revolutionary proprietary nine function integration that gives great value, more income potential and convenience to all parties, the companies, the fans and the sponsors and is a game changer.”
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About Players Network
Players Network is a Television and Digital Media Company that focuses on the Las Vegas and Gaming Lifestyles, producing and distributing original content for its own VOD Channels on television in over 24,000,000 homes via Comcast, its own Broadband Network, Hulu, Blinkx, Google, YouTube and Yahoo Video, mobile platforms, and through worldwide television syndication. Players Network has a program library of over 1,500 titles. Players Network has a 15-year history of providing consumers with quality Gaming and Las Vegas Lifestyle content, as well as strategic partnership services in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and throughout the worldwide gaming industry. For more information, go to http://www.playersnetwork.com.
About HBL
Hawaii Baseball, LLC, is the owner and operator of the Hawaii Stars, (http://www.hawaiistarsprobaseball. com) located in Hilo on the big Island of Hawaii and Na Koa Ikaika Maui, (http://www.mauiprobaseball.com) located in Kahului, on the Island of Maui. HBL intends to expand over the next 24 months to other Islands and to continue with broadcast live inter-league play in the Far East in Japan, Taiwan, China, and other baseball loving countries in the Pacific Rim, where Hawaii remains the focal point and taking advantage of the natural inter-island rivalries. HBL will deploy games and programming on all electronic devices, including mobile phones and computers as well as television through the Internet.
About TecVegas Technologies LLC
TecVegas technologies LLC is an aggregator and marketer of software in the media and public performance and convention space and is located in the technology triangle of Las Vegas, San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California doing business all over the world.
Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act:
With the exception of the historical information contained in this Release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described, including but not limited to: the ability of the Company to increase revenues in the future due to the developing and unpredictable markets for its products, the ability to achieve a positive cash flow, the ability to obtain orders for or install its products, the ability to obtain new customers and the ability to continue to commercialize its products, which could cause actual results or revenues to differ materially from those contemplated by these statements.
Michael Pratter, TecVegas, http://www.tecvegas.com, +1 (702) 988-2300, [email protected]
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