• KIT digital brings Euro2008 and Summer Olympics to Broadband and Mobile Providers Around the World

    16.06.2008

    DUBAI - June 16, 2008 – KIT digital (OTCBB: KITD), a global provider of IPTV enablement technology and video-centric interactive marketing solutions, is working with the world’s leading sports news agency, SNTV, to produce and package coverage of Euro2008 and the Summer Olympics for global broadband and mobile providers.

    Through Kamera, KIT’s wholly owned subsidiary, a variety of global media and telecommunications companies have subscribed to SNTV’s Euro2008 content package, including Polkomtel (Poland), 3 Austria, Sportal (Germany and Switzerland), Infostrada/Sportsplaza (Netherlands), Yonhap (South Korea), Viasat (Bulgaria), Dogus Media Group (Turkey) and CBC (Canada). KIT digital’s service was launched on June 1st, and runs through the remainder of the tournament.

    As part of the Euro2008 package, subscribers receive 10 daily clips of the events online or on their mobile handsets, including pre- and post-match reactions and interviews with players, tournament organizers and fans. SNTV, which is a joint venture between IMG and The Associated Press, generates content 24/7 throughout the Euro2008 tournament and KIT digital ingests, packages, and translates this content for customers within each geographic market. SNTV and KIT digital share revenues from the Euro2008 content package—which has been a clear success to date. The Euro2008 games are being delivered in English, German, Russian and Polish, through this agreement, making this the first time the event is being translated for online and mobile viewers.

    Elizabeth Eastham, Sales Manager of SNTV, commented, “With KIT packaging our sports programming into a broad, end-to-end IPTV offering, we are reaching a much wider audience and delivering our content in ways that go above and beyond the traditional video stream. The ability to translate our content into multiple languages makes it more meaningful for viewers around the world, and this real-time localization capability is a key advantage to working with KIT digital.”

    For the Beijing Olympics in August, KIT digital will work with SNTV to generate coverage of the games for a broad base of global media companies. SNTV is already producing pre-Olympic content from Beijing, and will draw on material from ten crews based in Beijing during the Games.

    Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, chairman & CEO of KIT digital, commented, “When we acquired Kamera, not only did we gain a leading mobile video provider, we greatly expanded our content relationships. We are pleased to be able to work with some of the world’s largest media and telecommunications companies to distribute real-time Euro2008 and Beijing Olympics coverage to browsers and mobile devices in a manner which is tailored to their audiences’ local language and content needs.”

    About KIT digital

    KIT digital, Inc. (OTCBB: KITD) is a leading, global provider of proprietary IP-based video distribution technologies and video-centric interactive marketing solutions. Through its end-to-end platform, KIT digital works closely with consumer brands, content providers and telcos to maximize the value of video content via the Internet and mobile networks. The KIT platform allows clients to publish, manage and distribute digital video content, build online/mobile communities and integrate advertising. The Company offers businesses a full range of interactive marketing solutions and KIT clients can access approximately 100 KIT-syndicated channels and 40,000 kit-syndicated videos. KIT digital clients include News Corp., Verizon, IMG, China Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, K-Mart, Coles, NASDAQ, Hummer and RCS. kit digital has principal offices in Dubai, Melbourne (Australia), Stockholm, New York and London. For additional information, please visit www.kit-digital.com.

    About SNTV

    SNTV is the world’s leading sports news video agency, providing seven proprietary bulletins per day of action, highlights and breaking news, which are gathered 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. SNTV’s sole aim is to be the first each day to provision television broadcasters and new media companies with top quality footage of breaking sports news. SNTV is a partnership between TWI (a unit of IMG) and The Associated Press.

    Certain statements in this document constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of KIT digital, Inc (”the Company”), or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company’s future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the Company’s ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its plan of operations when needed; (ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company’s control; and (iv) other risk factors discussed in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov.

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  • KIT digital and Media Gateway Partner to Distribute Video Content on Next Generation Mobile Phones

    06.06.2008

    KIT digital to provide programming and services for new handset launches

    DUBAI - June 6, 2008 – KIT digital (OTCBB: KITD) and Media Gateway, the leading international digital media content clearing house, have agreed to work together to provide a broad suite of video content for various mobile TV launches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, together with a global handset manufacturer. This new mobile content will be made available on next-generation handsets first in the United Arab Emirates and will then reach mobile consumers throughout the rest of MENA and in other places around the world where mobile IPTV is becoming the most exciting feature of cellular phone usage. 

    KIT digital, a global provider of IPTV enablement technology and video-centric interactive marketing solutions, has a wide selection of mobile TV content, including a unique, daily, global sports programming, SportCall, which gives subscribers access to sport news from the world’s leading sports news video agency, SNTV. 

    Adrian Wood, managing director of Media Gateway, said, “Working with over 400 content providers, we are focused on delivering the widest array of new digital media to our customers and various platforms around the world.  In the expanding world of mobile TV, sports content continues to take the lead.  Therefore, it is important to have the strongest partners on board.  KIT’s offering is a key differentiator for us and will play an integral role in selling mobile TV to subscribers.”

    “Video-over-mobile offerings are burgeoning worldwide.  Consumers want to instant access to their preferred content and carriers and handset manufacturers are looking for companies that can make this happen in a localized and cost effective manner—both from a technical services and from a content programming perspective,” said Henrik Eklund, president of Kamera and KIT digital’s mobile solutions division.  “Through the recent merger of Kamera and KIT digital, we have created a broad platform that meets the needs of the mobile video consumer and the companies that serve them.”

    Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, chairman & CEO of KIT digital, commented, “KIT digital continues to create partnerships with leading corporations in high-growth geographies. Anyone who has done business in the new media content marketplace outside of the traditional North American and the U.K. context knows and respects what Media Gateway has achieved over the years. We are very pleased that our first enterprise partnership in the region involves another Dubai-based industry leader, and look forward to revealing our handset manufacturer relationships at a later date.”

    About KIT digital

    KITdigital, Inc. (OTCBB: KITD) is a leading, global provider of proprietary IP-based video distribution technologies and video-centric interactive marketing solutions. Through its end-to-end platform, KIT digital works closely with consumer brands, content providers and telcos to maximize the value of video content via the Internet and mobile networks. The KITplatform allows clients to publish, manage and distribute digital video content, build online/mobile communities and integrate advertising. The Company offers businesses a full range of interactive marketing solutions and KIT clients can access approximately 100 KIT-syndicated channels and 40,000 KIT-syndicated videos. KIT digital clients include News Corp., Verizon, IMG, China Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, K-Mart, Coles, NASDAQ, Hummer and RCS. KIT digital has principal offices in Dubai, Melbourne (Australia), Stockholm, New York and London. For additional information, please visit www.kit-digital.com.

    About Media Gateway

    Media Gateway is the leading international content clearing house for digital media license rights of regional and international TV, film, music, radio and games content.  Media Gateway ensures these rights are fully exploited by securing alternative modes of distribution, with a focus on live signal streaming or server-based play-out via IPTV, PC/broadband, Internet TV, video-on-demand, mobile telephony, and PDAs. Media Gateway also has a technology company providing technical services for mobile and IPTV, as well as an events company, bringing both talent and producing events from start to finish in areas including but not limited to music, sports, business and corporate environments. For additional information, please visitwww.mediagatewayme.com.

    Certain statements in this document constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of KIT digital, Inc (”the Company”), or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company’s future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the Company’s ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its plan of operations when needed; (ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company’s control; and (iv) other risk factors discussed in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov.

     

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  • Polkomtel Selects KIT digital to Power New Mobile Video Offering

    04.06.2008

    DUBAI - June 4, 2008– Polkomtel S.A., the leading Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) service provider in Poland, has selected KIT digital (OTCBB: KITD), a global provider of IPTV enablement technologies and video-centric interactive marketing solutions, to deliver new high-value content to its wireless mobile subscriber base of over 14 million people.

    Kamera Content AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KIT digital, Inc., has been providing selected mobile video content to Polkomtel S.A. since December 2006.Under the terms of the new agreement, KIT digital will expand its video offering to the Polish cell phone giant’s subscribers to include sports, entertainment and comedy content on a network-wide basis. 

    “Since the re-launch of our mobile video entertainment and comedy service six months ago, we recognized a large increase in mobile video consumption,” stated Marek Drabik of Polkomtel.  “With the growth of high-speed mobile networks in Poland, our subscribers are demanding the best, most interesting video content available and sports is an important part of this. Polkomtel’s commitment to sports is exemplified by its 10-year volleyball sponsorship contract with both Polish national teams and our sponsorship of other national sports leagues. Working with KIT digital gives Polkomtel the ability to provide high-quality content in an easily accessible format delivered in the Polish language.”

    As a client of Kamera, Polkomtel had initially rolled out its mobile content offering by providing wireless customers access to WOW!TV, an award-winning entertainment news provider, and Vidiots, an extensive collection of funny home videos.  From KIT digital, Polkomtel now has access to a superior suite of mobile video solutions, including the ability to translate video content from English to Polish.  In addition, Polkomtel will be able to deliver its customers high quality, professionally produced and edited sports content from a variety of providers, which provide premier sporting event content from around the world.

    “KIT digital worked closely with Polkomtel to design a mobile video offering to meet the specific needs of the Polish audience. Together, we created a video offering that combines the best of sports content, along with a time-sensitive translation from English to Polish,” said Henrik Eklund, president and chief executive officer of Kamera.

    Together with the world’s leading Sports News Video Agency, SNTV, KIT digital produces and offers a wide range of daily sports news for mobile TV.  Subscribers to SNTV can connect to over 90% of the world’s leading sports events.  As part of Polkomtel’s agreement with KITdigital, the Company will not only have access to the general sports feed, which carries highlights and original sports news coverage of the most important events in the sporting calendar, it will have real-time coverage of the UEFA Euro 2008 and the Summer Olympics.

    Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, chairman and chief executive officer of KIT digital, commented, “Having combined capabilities with Kamera, KIT digital is now able to offer clients a complete end-to-end IPTV enablement solution with the ability to translate media content into nine different languages on fixed and mobile devices.  This capability is a critical differentiator that sets us apart from our competitors, particularly in markets with burgeoning 3G networks.  Polkomtel has established a position as one of the mobile industry’s most innovative wireless providers.  With access to one of the industry’s largest video libraries and cutting-edge IPTV technology, KIT digital is supporting Polkomtel’s efforts to build a superior customer experience.”

    About KIT digital

    KIT digital, Inc. (OTCBB: KITD) is a leading, global provider of proprietary video distribution technologies and video-centric interactive marketing solutions. Through its end-to-end platform, KIT digital works closely with consumer brands, content providers and telcos to maximize the value of video content via the Internet and mobile networks. The KIT platform allows clients to publish, manage and distribute digital video content, build online/mobile communities and integrate advertising. The Company offers businesses a full range of video-centric interactive marketing solution and KIT clients can access approximately 100 KIT-syndicated channels and 40,000 KIT-syndicated videos. KIT digital clients include News Corp., Verizon, IMG, China Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, K-Mart, Coles, NASDAQ, Hummer and RCS. KIT digital has principal offices in Dubai, Melbourne (Australia), Stockholm, New York, and London. For additional information, please visit www.kit-digital.com.

    About Polkomtel S.A.

    Founded in 1996, Polkomtel S.A. is Poland’s second largest and most successful mobile operator with more than 14 million subscribers. Vodafone and TeleDenmark have minority shareholdings totaling 39 percent while six Polish companies hold a total of 61 percent. The company currently provides GSM and UMTS (3G) services.

    Certain statements in this document constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of KIT digital, Inc (”the Company”), or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company’s future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the Company’s ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its plan of operations when needed; (ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company’s control; and (iv) other risk factors discussed in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov.

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    Verse Communications
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