ARTICLES & PRESS RELEASES
May 15th, 2007
Chrome(R) Systems Chosen as Distributor of WheelsTV's New Car Video Test Drives
Chrome Systems Inc., an industry leader in collecting, enhancing, and distributing best-in-class automotive data, today announced that they have been chosen as the only automotive data content provider able to distribute WheelsTV's industry-leading videos. Designed to entertain and inform, this unique utility delivers a compelling viewing experience to consumers, and when combined with Chrome's accurate and comprehensive vehicle data functions as a helpful and engaging online shopping tool.
February 27th, 2007
CustomFlix Revs up DVD Selection with WheelsTV
Calling all car, SUV and truck lovers, from the young to the young at heart: More than 60 popular automotive DVDs are now available on demand, thanks to a collaboration between CustomFlix Labs, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), and the television network WheelsTVTM (www.Wheelstv.net). The multi-format network is the first to focus exclusively on delivering entertaining and informative original programming to the millions of passionate and loyal auto enthusiasts in the U.S. and worldwide.
September 1st, 2006
WheelsTV and AOL Partner to Deliver
Automotive Television
WheelsTV.net, the first broadband television network devoted exclusively to
the world’s passion for cars, trucks and motorcycles, today announced that it has partnered with AOL to deliver
WheelsTV’s Top 200 Video Test Drives on AOL Autos. Top 200, billed as “the next step in the car shopping
experience,” puts viewers behind the wheel of the most popular cars, trucks and SUV’s on the road today.
June 28, 2006
WheelsTV Launches Innovative Broadband Network
WheelsTV, the first broadband television network devoted exclusveily to the world's passion for cars, trucks, and motorcyles, today announced the launch of the first phase of WheelsTV.net, the first ever Internet automotive community with multiple television channels.
May
26, 2006
WheelsTV
joins Vehix
in
Multi-channel
TV Ad
Campaign
WheelsTV
today
announced
their
inclusion in
the new
Vehix.com
television
ad campaign,
which
launched
this week on
national
cable.
May
5, 2006
SeaChange
Rubber Meets
the Road at
WheelsTV
with
SeaChange
MediaLibrary/MediaClient
&
QuickSilver
Workstation
Connects
Online
Network
For WheelsTV,
traditional
cable
delivery did
not match
the focused
and specific
interests of
the premium
automotive
audience.
Emerging
media
choices
including
video-on-demand
and
broadband
delivery
were a far
better fit.
The
challenge
was how to
serve up
content as
effectively
and
efficiently
via
narrowcasting
as through
traditional
broadcasting.
March 2,
2006
Littleton
Independent
Answering
the Lure of
the Open
Road Spurs
Network
Jim Barisano
translated
his love of
cars into a
mushrooming
business
that
provides
consumer
information
about cars
as well as
just plain
fun feature
segments to
TV networks
and the
Internet.
August 22,
2005
WheelsTV
Signs
Distribution
Deal with
Akimbo
Systems
Vehix.com (www.Vehix.com),
the
consumers'
innovative
online
destination
for finding
and buying a
car, and
WheelsTVTM (www.WheelsTV.net),
the first
television
network
devoted
exclusively
to the
world's
fascination
with cars,
trucks and
motorcycles,
today
announced an
exciting and
entertaining
addition to
the
Vehix.com
automotive
website: Top
200TM New Vehicle
Test Drives.
The two
companies
have forged
a multi-year
co-marketing
agreement to
bring
consumers
more
engaging
content and
fun while
researching
cars online.
April 18,
2005
WheelsTVTM Network
Signs
Distribution
Agreement
With DAVETVTM
WheelsTVTM,
the first
television
network, VOD
and
broadband
service
devoted
exclusively
to the
world's
fascination
with cars,
trucks and
motorcycles,
has signed a
video-on-demand
(VOD)
programming
agreement
with DAVE
NetworksTM.
April 18,
2005
Anystream,
SeaChange
Introduce
Agility VOD
Automated
Video-on-Demand
Content
Production
Solution
Anystream,
Inc., and
SeaChange
International
(Nasdaq:
SEAC) today
introduced
Agility VOD,
a jointly
designed and
marketed
product that
simplifies
VOD content
production
and
distribution,
based on the
digital
media
workflow
automation
and
on-demand
television
expertise of
the two
companies,
respectively.
April 04,
2005
WheelsTV and
Medialink
Form
Strategic
Partnership
WheelsTV,
the first
television
network, VOD
and
broadband
service
dedicated to
the
automotive
lifestyle,
and
Medialink,
the leading
provider of
multi-media
communications
solutions
for
corporations
and
organizations,
today
announced
the
formation of
a strategic
partnership
designed to
bring new
and exciting
coverage of
auto-related
topics to
the public
via
WheelsTV's
multiple
distribution
channels.
April 03,
2005
WheelsTV
Signs
Distribution
Deal with
Akimbo
Systems
At the
National
Cable
Television
Association
(NCTA)
National
Show,
SeaChange
International
(Nasdaq:SEAC)
showcases
WheelsTV,
the first
broadcast
television
network,
ondemand
digital
cable and
broadband
service
dedicated to
the
automotive
lifestyle.
February 28,
2005
Hollywood
Reporter
WheelsTV
Signs
Distribution
Deal wth
Akimbo
Systems
Akimbo®
Systems, the
company with
the first
Internet-delivered
video-on-demand
(VOD)
service for
television,
and WheelsTV
Network, the
first
television
network
devoted to
the
automotive
lifestyle,
today
announced a
distribution
agreement
that will
make
WheelsTV®
available on
the Akimbo
Service.
January 24,
2005
Cableworld
On-Line
Extra
Q&A with
WheelsTV's
Jim Barisano
and Greg
Willis. An
expanded
interview
with
executives
from
start-up
network
WheelsTV.
January 24,
2005
Forbes.com
WheelsTV
Goes Global
WheelsTV,
the first
U.S.
television
network
devoted to
the world's
passion for
cars, trucks
and
motorcycles,
today inked
a multi-year
output deal
with GTV
Enterprise,
LLC. With
it,
WheelsTV's
signature
programs
will air in
the former
USSR,
including
the Baltic
States, on
the new
television
network,
Autoplus TV.
Autoplus TV
launches
March 1st.
December 1,
2004
MultiChannel
News
VOD Launch
Is Geared To
Drive Local
Auto
Advertising
WheelsTV
Network has
launched a
Video on
Demand
service that
provides
local cable
with an
innovative
marketing
tool for
revving-up
revenue from
automotive
advertisers.
That's an
important
category
that already
accounts for
30% of all
system ad
dollars.
November 29,
2004
Corporate
Announcement
WheelsTV
Network
Announces
TOP 200 -
Consumers
Can
'Test-Drive'
200
Different
Models
WheelsTV(TM),
the first
television
network
devoted
exclusively
to the
world's
fascination
with cars,
trucks and
motorcycles,
today
announced
TOP 200(TM),
a program
series that
will air on
the network
and as a
video-on-demand
showcase.
Top 200(TM)
will provide
viewers with
an
innovative
way to shop
for new
motor
vehicles.
November 29,
2004
CableFAX
Daily
Launch Pad:
Startup
WheelsTV has
created "Top
200"
Launch Pad:
Startup
WheelsTV has
created "Top
200," a
series
highlighting
the 200 most
popular
cars,
lighttrucks
and SUVs.
The virtual
test drive
can be sold
by cable
systems as a
local ad
sales
showcase. It
will
beavailable
on demand on
the linear
net at
launch in
mid-'05, and
on an
interactive
and
broadband
basis
forinterested
ops.
WheelsTV
already
contributes
to Comcast's
Select on
Demand
launch (Cfax,
11/22). (S.
Brady)s.
November 29,
2004
Corporate
Announcement
WheelsTV
Closes Deal
with
Edmunds.com
WheelsTV has
closed a deal
with
Edmunds.com
Inc. of
Santa
Monica,
Calif., to
bolster
network
content.
August 20,
2004
The
Beacon:
Townonline.com
A
Conversation
with Jim
Barisano
For decades,
America has
loved cars
and
television.
Until
recently,
the two
passions
rarely
melded,
until now.
With a
launch date
scheduled
for 2005,
WheelsTV
will offer
everything
cars, from
races and
rallies to
historic
documentaries
and
do-it-yourself
programs.
The company
happens to
call Acton
its home and
Chairman Jim
Barisano
answered a
few
questions
for The
Beacon.
July
26, 2004
MultiChannel
News
WheelsTV
Takes to the
On-Demand
Road
Car
Lifestyle
Start-Up
Channel
Wants to Be
the ESPN
ofAutomobiles
BY LINDA
MOSS --
Multichannel
News
Start-up
WheelsTV has
begun
production
of original
programming
for its
launch next
year, and
has crafted
a
video-on-demand
offering
that will
include
mini-test
drives of
autos for
car
shoppers.
The new
channel's
management
pioneered
the creation
of
auto-related
TV
programming
through
Global
Television
Network Ltd.
That company
produced Wild About
Wheels,
which first
aired on
Discovery
Channel and
then moved
to
Speedvision.
July
26, 2004
Forbes.com
WheelsTV
Announces
New
Programming
WheelsTV,
the first
television
network, VOD
and
broadband
program
service
devoted
exclusively
to the
world's
fascination
with cars,
trucks and
motorcycles,
announced
today it has
begun the
development,
production
and
acquisition
of new
programming
in
preparation
for its
launch in
2005.
WheelsTV
will offer
original and
acquired
programming
with a
consumer and
enthusiast
focus.
Eighty
percent of
its content
will be
original
programming,
including
magazine and
lifestyle
programs,
documentaries,
new vehicle
profiles,
how-to
shows,
automotive
event
coverage,
automotive
news,
movies,
action and
reality
series.
May
17, 2004
Boston Globe
Their Wheels
Are In
Motion
TV producers
hope to
create a
vehicle for
auto
enthusiasts
By SUZANNE
C. RYAN,
Globe Staff
| May 17,
2004
"We want to
create a hub
where car
enthusiasts
and the
average Joe
and Jane can
tune in and
find
profiles of
vehicles
they're
shopping
for," he
said. "We'll
do
documentaries
on the life
of a
race-car
driver and
take viewers
through the
consumer
buying
process.
We'll have
soft news
announcing
new car
models. And
reality
shows where
participants
can swap
cars and fix
them up."
October 27,
2003
Corporate
Announcement
WheelsTV
Names
Investment
Firm To
Handle
Financing
WheelsTV®
has retained
the
investment-banking
firm,
Bostonia
Partners
LLC, to
identify
prospective
investors
for the new
network.
"Launching
and growing
a television
network
takes
significant
capital,"
said Jim
Barisano,
president
and
co-founder
of WheelsTV,
"and we
selected
Bostonia
Partners
because of
their
successful
track record
with major
institutional
investors
and their
understanding
of today's
digital
communications
marketplace."
September
29, 2003
CNN
Watching the
Road:
WheelsTV
Coming soon!
WheelsTV
peels onto
the airwaves
with
original and
acquired
programming
dedicated to
everything
auto,
including
trucks and
motorcycles.
This is
going to be
a 24-hour
cable
channel
covering
topics
including
technology,
history and
traffic.
View the
broadcast
with your
Real Media
player: [ 1.8 MB ] | [ 5.4 MB ]
(Click here
to download
a free copy
of the Real
Media
Player)
July
28, 2003
Corporate
Announcement
WheelsTV®
Set to Roll
Out SafeTeen®
Program
Approximately
15% or 1.6
million
accidents
per year
involve
drivers
between the
ages of
15-19 years
old. There
are a number
of reasons
for this
sobering
statistic,
but
overwhelmingly,
the primary
reason is
inexperience.
The leading
cause of
accidents in
new drivers
is that they
don't know
how to
respond to
emergency
driving
situations.
In response
to this
statistic,
WheelsTV®
announces
The SafeTeen®
Driver
Improvement
Program.
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