Win Gaming Media in Major UK Broadcast Gambling Deal
01 July 2008 - 2:46AM
PR Newswire (US)
Win Gaming Media's Subsidiary Two Way Gaming and Virgin Media
Television Launch Gaming Channel "Challenge Jackpot" in the UK
NEVADA, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Win Gaming Media's
(OTCBB: WGMI) subsidiary Two Way Gaming, a joint venture between
WGM and leading UK TV production company Two Way Media, today
announced that it has agreed a deal to launch a new channel,
Challenge Jackpot in collaboration with Virgin Media Television
(VMtv), part of leading UK entertainment and communications company
Virgin Media. Challenge Jackpot launches on 1 July 2008 and will be
broadcast on Virgin Media's UK cable network alongside VMtv's
long-established Challenge channel. The channel's output
post-midnight will also be aired on VMtv's Virgin1 and Bravo2
channels, extending its reach to homes with satellite and digital
terrestrial television. Challenge Jackpot will be a fun gaming
channel, where viewers will be able to watch or play along with a
variety of casino and skill-based games with the opportunity to win
big money. WGM's Two Way Gaming will operate all of the gambling
services associated with the channel, building on the company's
experience of running live gaming services on TV and on the
internet. The new channel's ITV and IPTV services are powered by
Win Gaming Media's wholly owned subsidiary MIXTV, a leader in TV
2.0 platforms. MIXTV's cutting-edge MIX Director and Enterprise
server technology provides the tools to deliver live TV and
streaming TV customer interaction, in addition to back office
services for managing the multi-platform gaming channel CRM and
financial services. Challenge Jackpot will run at least eight hours
of new live studio games every day. At launch, its flagship game
will be Roulette Nation, which will soon be joined by live
blackjack and live bingo games. In addition, viewers will be able
to play along with a range of automated games supplied by Two Way
Gaming, including Get Set Roulette, Face Up Hold 'Em and Hot Shot
Keno. Supporting the channel will be a new casino site
http://www.challengejackpot.com/, operated by Two Way Gaming. The
channel's output will be streamed online and viewers will be able
to play along as the action unfolds. Two Way Gaming will also be
offering a full suite of licensed games, which will include
well-known TV brands such as Cluedo, Monopoly, The Price is Right
and Wheel of Fortune, among others. Jonathan Webb, the managing
director of Virgin Media Television, explained: "Challenge Jackpot
is the first step in reinventing our Challenge brand for the
twenty-first century. We want this new channel to continue the
values of fun and excitement that have long been synonymous with
Challenge - but also to take the relationship with our viewers to
the next level of interactivity." Shimon Citron, CEO of Win Gaming
Media said, "We are excited to team up with a media giant in the
calibre of Virgin Media Television. This combination of innovative
platforms, great entertainment and the fast-paced thrill of gaming,
delivered to the world's largest legalized gambling market, has the
power to drive substantial business for WGM and Two Way Gaming."
About Win Gaming Media Win Gaming Media Inc. (OTCBB: WGMI) is a
leading software provider in the interactive gaming industry,
delivering cross-platform systems designed to handle mass
participation gaming over mobile devices, TV and the Internet. Win
Gaming Media specializes in delivering innovative entertainment
platforms, including TV 2.0 and interactive live TV gaming. With an
array of world-class solutions deployed globally and partnerships
with key players in the gaming arena, including Cablevision,
Lodgenet and Two Way Media, its partner in subsidiary Two Way
Gaming, Win Gaming Media is a driving force in the global gaming
industry. Win Gaming Media is based in Nevada, U.S.. For more
information please visit http://www.wingamingmedia.com/ and
http://www.mixtv.tv/. About Virgin Media Television Virgin Media
Television has seven wholly-owned channels - some of the strongest
brands in UK multichannel television: LIVING, LIVING2, Virgin1,
Bravo, Bravo 2, Challenge and Trouble. VMtv is also BBC Worldwide's
50% partner in the UKTV portfolio of nine channels. Virgin Media
Television is part of Virgin Media, the UK's leading entertainment
and communications company. Thanks to Virgin Media, consumers can
for the first time, get everything they need from one company - a
"quadplay" of digital TV, broadband, phone and mobile About Two Way
Gaming Two Way Gaming is a private company registered in Alderney.
It is a 50/50 joint venture between Win Gaming Media Inc. (OTCBB:
WGMI) and Two Way Media, offering multi-platform gaming solutions
and TV shows to the broadcast TV industry. It produces more than 50
hours of gambling TV shows a day, distributed on a number of Sky
channels. Two Way Gaming runs the only five platform single wallet
gaming services in the world for Teletext. It operates the
TeletextGames Channel on UK's Freeview, Teletext's analogue TV
gaming system; a mobile service and an internet service - all
driven by a Single Wallet Solution. This reaches over 11 million UK
digital and analogue viewers weekly. Two Way Gaming's The Winner
Channel (http://www.winnerchannel.com/), an interactive TV betting
service on UK cable is available in over 3 million homes. The
company also provides and operates white label gambling services
including services in the UK for Channel Five, Channel Four, Virgin
Media Television, Teletext, the Sun and others. Contacts: Win
Gaming Media: Rinat Rond, Koteret Public Relations, or Tel:
+972-3-575-5778 x112 Patrick Robinson, Head of Corporate and Public
Affairs, Virgin Media Television +44-20-7299-5695 Mob:
+44-7787-196-609 Anna Landon, PR Manager, Two Way Media
+44-7958-537-857 DATASOURCE: Win Gaming Media Inc. CONTACT:
Contacts: Win Gaming Media: Rinat Rond, Koteret Public Relations,
or Tel: +972-3-575-5778 x112; Patrick Robinson, Head of Corporate
and Public Affairs, Virgin Media Television, +44-20-7299-5695, Mob:
+44-7787-196-609, ; Anna Landon, PR Manager, Two Way Media,
+44-7958-537-857,
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