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TVU Specially Invited to Broadcast Singapore's National Day Parade (NDP) 2008 Live –
Mountain View, CA - July 24, 2008 - TVU networks, a leading global Internet TV service, has been specially invited by 1-Net, the official webcaster of NDP 2008, as a webcast partner to broadcast the Singapore's NDP 2008 live over the Internet. Singapore's NDP is a yearly celebration held on August 9th to commemorate Singapore's independence. This year's NDP marks Singapore's 43rd year of independence. The event will be held in Marina Bay, and will start on August 9th, 2008, at 18:00 Singapore time. As an official webcaster of NDP 2008, 1-Net's streaming network caters to overseas associations and institutions to enable their members to gather in groups to watch NDP 2008 live. To extend reach and coverage for the event, 1-Net has invited TVU as a webcast partner. TVU Networks' TVUPlayer allows users to view live television broadcasts from around the world which are not readily available on regional cable and satellite services. TVU Networks provides a platform on which TV broadcasters can reach any audience around the world securely and efficiently. With patent-pending RPR (Real-time Packet Replication), personalized seamless in-stream digital ad insertion technology, an intuitive user interface, and a global billing system, TVU networks has created a new live television transmission platform which allows TV broadcasters to efficiently reach global audiences and effectively monetize their content. The entire National Day Parade will be broadcast live on TVU networks to TVU's global audience of now 18 million viewers in 200 countries. Days before the event, viewers will be able to watch NDP 2008 short clips at the company website of TVU Networks. Viewers can catch the parade live on the Internet via the NDP website (www.ndp.org.sg), the TVU networks web site (www.tvunetworks.com) or by downloading the TVUPlayer application, which is available on the company's web site. Brigadier General Tung Yui Fai, Chairman of the Executive Committee for NDP 2008 states, "By making the parade available over the Internet with TVU, we wish to reach out to more Singaporeans and friends of Singapore around the world who wish to watch our nation's most important celebration." According to Paul Shen, CEO of TVU Networks, "We're honored and grateful to be invited once again as a webcast partner of 1-Net for the National Day Parade. TVU continues to enjoy a large viewership in Singapore, and we're pleased to make this broadcast available to those who cannot attend the event in person and to those overseas Singaporeans who would otherwise never have the chance to view this important event on their cable or satellite system."
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