Wide Variety of Content from COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1,CMT, Logo, The N, Spike TV, AtomFilms and GameTrailers to Be Available on GoFish.com
San
Francisco -- January 08, 2008 -- GoFish Corporation (OTCBB: GOFH), a leading
youth entertainment and Internet video network, announced today that it has
entered into a strategic partnership to offer premier video content from
several MTV Networks brands for ad-supported viewing on GoFish.com (www.gofish.com).
GoFish is
one of a select group of third-party video platforms that will distribute
content online from COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, CMT, Logo, The N,
Spike TV, AtomFilms and GameTrailers. The programming will be available on
GoFish’s owned and operated website and appeal to the online youth audience
that the site attracts. GoFish will have access to content from MTV Networks’
vast library including such highly-rated shows as COMEDY CENTRAL’s Emmy and
Peabody-Award winning “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” MTV’s “The Hills,”
Nickelodeon’s “iCarly,” “VH1’s “The Salt-N-Pepa Show,” and much more.
“Our
partnership with MTV Networks enables us to offer highly-engaging video
content” says Tabreez Verjee,
President of GoFish. “This is the most definitive collection of youth-oriented,
branded content available today and is an example of the ever-expanding
offering that we are bringing to our audience and advertising clients. We are
building a robust promotion and content platform for our publisher network that
will increase revenue opportunities for our partners and for GoFish.”
“We are
pleased to partner with GoFish, which has established itself as a leader in
video content for the highly targeted youth audience. Through this partnership
with, we’re extending the reach of our brands and creating deep and interactive
experiences around our content,” says Greg Clayman, Executive Vice President,
Digital Distribution and Business Development, MTVN.
Viacom
Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), which owns MTV Networks, holds an equity stake in
GoFish Corporation. The terms of the equity stake make Viacom one of the
largest independent shareholders of GoFish common stock. Viacom has agreed to
hold the stock for a minimum of two years.
MTV
Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading
creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks,
with more than 145 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following
television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU,
NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, THE
N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package
of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV
Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products
businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including
online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has
licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its
programming services can be seen worldwide.
GoFish Corporation, (OTCBB: GOFH) headquartered in San Francisco, is a
leading consumer online video destination that, in two years, has grown to
deliver millions of videos per month to a rapidly growing audience of
enthusiasts. An early entrant into the user-generated video sector and the first
publicly traded company in the space, GoFish is a place on the web where
millions of people come to upload, share and watch their favorite videos from
around the world. For more information about the company, go to www.gofishcorp.com.
Levine
Communications Office
Alastair
Duncan, 310-300-0950, aduncan@lcoonline.com
Investor
Contacts for GoFish
David Lorie, 415-979-9291,
dlorie@gofish.com
