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MobiTV Once Again Selected by AlwaysOn as OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies

Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology for Digital Entertainment and Media

EMERYVILLE, CA – May 04, 2007 – MobiTV Inc., the leading provider and platform for content delivery over mobile and broadband networks, today announced that it has been selected by AlwaysOn as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies for the second year in a row.  The OnHollywood 100 is a power list of the top private emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media. MobiTV was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria —innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

“To be recognized for our success in bridging the gap between television viewers, mobile and broadband operators and the entertainment industry is something very special to the MobiTV team,” said Jason Taylor, worldwide director of corporate communications for MobiTV. “As the first company in history to deliver live television to the mobile phone, we plan to maintain our leadership position through technical innovation, content licensing and cross platform content delivery.  We’d like to thank Tony Perkins and his fantastic team of industry talent for this great honor.”

MobiTV and the OnHollywood 100 were honored at the OnHollywood digital entertainment and media event, May 1-3, 2007, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA.  OnHollywood delves into the challenges, opportunities and business models of the digital era, and it showcases the most innovative private companies, changing the way entertainment and media is created, distributed, consumed and monetized.

“OnHollywood is an important forum that presents and debates the critical issues surrounding the transformation of the entertainment economy to one based on digital technology,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “Digital technology has transformed the way content is created and delivered to consumers everywhere.  The OnHollywood Top 100 companies are an elite group of innovators who are using this technology to revolutionize the industry.” 

The OnHollywood 100, selected from more than 1,000 companies, and peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts.

With more than 2 million paying subscribers, MobiTV’s industry-leading technology connects the entertainment and advertising industries directly to consumers by leading the convergence of television, wireless and PC markets. As a result, MobiTV is enabling its partners to reach new demographics on multiple platforms..

About MobiTV
MobiTV, Inc. (www.mobitv.com) is leading the convergence of television, film and music across the mobile and broadband markets.  The Emmy® Award winning mobile television service offers popular TV and digital music content from top networks, labels and cable providers.  The MobiTV® service has more than two million subscribers worldwide and is available throughout the US, UK, Latin America, and Canada. Founded in 1999, MobiTV is a privately held company headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

MobiTV and the MobiTV logo are trademarks, service marks, and/or registered trademarks of MobiTV, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, service marks, and product names used herein are the property of their respective owners.

About OnHollywood 2007: May 1-3 @ The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, CA.
OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology from the backstreets of Silicon Valley converges with Hollywood’s media and entertainment elite.  The two-and-a-half day event borrows from the “film market” tradition by providing an open environment for digital media and entertainment entrepreneurs to meet the big-time studio, telco and consumer electronics executives, venture capitalists and media. At OnHollywood, our editors will also honor the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. Fifty of the top CEOs from the OnHollywood 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our “CEO Showcase."

About AlwaysOn
ALWAYSON ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network.  In 2004, ALWAYSON continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. ALWAYSON is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (STANFORD SUMMIT, ALWAYSON HOLLYWOOD, ALWAYSON MEDIA and GOINGGREEN) and quarterly print “blogozine” by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, ALWAYSON is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming.  No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.
           

Media Contacts:
Nicole Rodrigues
MobiTV, Inc.
Phone: 510.305.9881
nicole@mobitv.com

Renee Edelman
For OnHollywood
Edelman Group
Phone: 212.704.8249
renee.edelman@edelman.com