Arab Radio and TV Network (ART) Cable Launches in New York City and New Jersey on Time Warner Cable

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 22, 2011

ART (Arab Radio and TV Network) today announced its distribution on Time Warner Cable in New York City. The digital network is part of Time Warner Cables growing and extensive line-up of international channels.

ART Cable is an Arabic channel serving Arab Americans. ART Cable's goal is to link Arab communities to their homeland with programming in their own language and is committed to delivering a cultural message to Arab Americans. ART features a selection of live sporting events from the Middle East, more than 3,500 Arabic and international movies, family oriented dramas, variety series, music videos and documentaries. Programming highlights also include event programming covering national events, festivals and religious celebrations from around the Arab world.

Expanding into the New York and New Jersey market is critical for us given the large Arab-American population in the area, said, Mohamed Elkhashab, Vice President, ART Cable. It's exciting that over 1.3 million households will now have the opportunity to subscribe to our channel and experience our wide variety of news, sports and entertainment.

ART Cable is available for $ 9.95 per month on channel 508 on Time Warner Cable in the New York/New Jersey area.

To subscribe, customers should call Time Warner Cable at 1-855-352-0597 or visit http://www.timewarnercable.com/nynj/international

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Apptera Raises $10M to Grow Its Voice And Visual Mobile Ad Network

Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2010

Apptera (http://www.apptera.com), the leading voice and visual mobile advertising network, today announced that it closed a $ 10 million Series B financing. The investment was led by New World Ventures. Also participating in the round were existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, and Walden International. Matt McCall, Partner at New World, will join Appteras Board of Directors.

Appteras team and innovative approach to mobile advertising clearly stood out, said Matt McCall. Apptera has created a highly effective and innovative mobile advertising solution for a large, untapped market. New World invests in companies with strong management, differentiated technology and the ability to capitalize on large, fast growing markets. Apptera fits the bill in every respect. Apptera joins other New World investments which include Playdom, Zinch, TopSchool, TicketsNow and LeftHand Networks.

Appteras proprietary ad-serving technology enables marketers to effectively reach and engage a large and valuable mobile audience while enabling publishers to monetize their phone channel and enhance their customers experience with relevant messages. Appteras voice and visual mobile advertising technology dynamically inserts relevant and interactive audio messages into calls and allows advertisers to target their messages based on a variety of targeting parameters such as a callers location, mobile carrier, interests and behavior. Appteras audio ads are also the starting point for a wide range of visual engagements and mobile interactions. Consumers who opt-in to Apptera voice and visual ads can receive instantaneous or scheduled SMS text messages; mobile coupons or links to mobile web sites and smart phone application downloads; MMS messages with embedded videos formatted for their devices; enhanced call services such as immediate transfers to, or callbacks from, sales agents; or offers to various products or services billed directly by their mobile carriers.

According to Henry Vogel, Appteras CEO, this latest financing and our new partners will help fuel our continued expansion. We chose New World Ventures because of Matts deep domain expertise and collaborative approach. Moreover, leveraging New Worlds broad network will help us achieve our long-term vision of re-inventing mobile advertising. Im excited to work with New World and our existing partners at Lightspeed, Alloy and Walden on our next phase of growth.

About Apptera

Apptera powers the worlds leading voice and visual mobile ad network, generating revenue for leading players in the entertainment, communications, social media, financial services, retail and other industries. Apptera's award winning MobileAd Xchange delivers relevant voice advertisements in-call as well as follow-on visual mobile engagements, such as SMS and MMS messages, mobile video, smartphone app downloads, click-to-call and more. Members of the Mobile Ad Xchange and customers of Appteras technology include AT&Ts 1-800-YellowPages, AOL Moviefone, MovieTickets.com, Fandango, iCall, Arsenal Interactive, Bank of Americas ATM locator, SaveMart Supermarkets, GSI Commerce, and many others. Privately funded by leading venture capital firms including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, Walden International and New World Ventures, Apptera has offices in Sunnyvale, Los Angeles, and New York City. For additional information, visit http://www.apptera.com.

About New World Ventures

New World Ventures, closely affiliated with The Pritzker Group, is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies with exceptional potential and helping these companies become market leaders in their space. New Worlds sector focus includes enterprise-focused solutions (e.g. SaaS, telecommunications, IT infrastructure, technology-enabled services) and Internet-driven businesses (e.g. interactive marketing, e-commerce, social networking). New Worlds dedication to active investing and its commitment to long-term business building have helped its companies achieve outstanding success. For additional information visit http://www.newworldvc.com.

Contact:

Jeff Becker (Apptera)

408-636-4133

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Online E-Commerce Network Launches CES Website

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 5, 2008

dash Media Networks announced today the launch of the website The CES Report (http://www.thecesreport.com). The website will provide news and information on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held every year in Las Vegas, NV. The International CES is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry. CEA represents more than 2,100 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products.

CES, one of the world's largest trade shows, focuses on electronics, technology and innovations. dash Media Networks, which includes sites such as HD-Headquarters (http://www.hd-headquarters.com), Mobile Universe Online (http://www.mobileuniverseonline.com), and Zune-Planet (http://www.zune-planet.com), among other tech and consumer electronics related sites is uniquely positioned to launch a site in this area. The focus of the network deals primarily with products in this sector.

According to a dash Media Networks spokesman, "We love technology, and there's nothing like CES for tech junkies like us. Macworld and CES are like Christmas and New Years all over again!"

For dash Media Networks, the move is part of an effort to further expand its portfolio of technology and entertainment related sites. dash Media Networks will continue to add new e-commerce and social network related websites in this category in order to create additional ad inventory in this highly desirable demographic.

About dash Media Networks:

dash Media Networks is a collection of broad and niche oriented e-commerce and social networking outlets focused on products and communities in the range of technology, consumer electronics and other high growth potential sectors.

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