Eagle Broadband Signs Contract with The Sportsman Channel; Twenty-Four Hour Hunting and Fishing Channel Added to IPTVComplete Li
January 30 2006 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Eagle Broadband (AMEX:EAG), a leading provider of broadband,
Internet Protocol (IP) and communications technology and services,
today announced that it has signed a new contract with The
Sportsman Channel to add the twenty-four hour hunting and fishing
channel to its IPTVComplete(TM) service offering. "The Sportsman
Channel is the first television network dedicated to hunting and
fishing," said Dave Micek, President and CEO of Eagle Broadband.
"It is a channel created by sportsmen for sportsmen offering
hunting and fishing 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We are excited to
offer The Sportsman Channel via Eagle's IPTVComplete service
offering, and with over 50 million hunters and fishermen across the
country, we feel this channel will appeal to many in our target
market." "We are excited to be working with Eagle Broadband, and to
have our channel available via Eagle's IPTVComplete. IPTV is the
wave of the future, and we are thrilled to be a part of what Eagle
is doing," said C. Michael Cooley, President and CEO of The
Sportsman Channel. IPTVComplete is the multi-channel, turnkey video
solution for service providers offered jointly by Eagle Broadband
and France Telecom subsidiary, GlobeCast. IPTVComplete reduces the
time, effort and costs for broadband providers looking to offer
high-quality entertainment services over fiber or DSL broadband
networks. The solution provides a unique combination of video
content, headend infrastructure, satellite distribution and set-top
boxes to offer a more profitable services deployment model. Eagle
Broadband and GlobeCast previously announced that their
IPTVComplete video solution is being used by AllAccess Technologies
and Home Town Cable for multi-state roll-outs that include Texas,
Ohio, Florida, Nevada, New York, and New Jersey. About The
Sportsman Channel: The Sportsman Channel was launched in April
2003, and is the only channel that offers 100% hunting and fishing
programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Currently, The Sportsman
Channel is available in over 13 million broadcast and cable
households on a full- and part-time basis. The channel does not
contain infomercials or outdoor variety programming, and is devoted
to satisfying sportsmen and sportswomen. Sign up for their
quarterly magazine/program guide, The Sportsman Magazine, online at
www.thesportsmanchannel.com. About Eagle Broadband: Eagle Broadband
(AMEX:EAG) is a leading provider of broadband, Internet Protocol
(IP) and communications technology and services that create new
revenue opportunities for broadband providers and enhance
communications for government, military and enterprise customers.
Eagle leverages years of proven experience delivering advanced,
IP-based broadband bundled services to provide service provider
partners with a way to deliver next generation entertainment,
communications and security services to their subscribers. The
company's product offerings include IPTVComplete(TM), the fastest,
lowest cost way for broadband providers to deliver the most
competitive IP video services; the MediaPro line of HDTV-ready IP
set-top boxes that enable broadband providers and hotel operators
to maximize revenues by delivering state-of-the-art, interactive
entertainment services; and the SatMAX(TM) satellite communications
system that provides government, military, homeland security and
enterprise customers with reliable non-line-of-sight voice and data
communications from any location on Earth. The company is
headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit
www.eaglebroadband.com or call 281-538-6000. (EAGG) Forward-looking
statements in this release regarding Eagle Broadband, Inc. are made
pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the
company's products, increased levels of competition, new products
and technological changes, the company's dependence upon
third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other
risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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