SOURCE: NeuLion, Inc.

NeuLion, Inc.

July 29, 2009 10:01 ET

Haitian Community in North America Gains Access to Top-Rated Television Programming

NeuLion Launches Live International Network for Haitian Diaspora

PLAINVIEW, NY--(Marketwire - July 29, 2009) - NeuLion, Inc. (TSX: NLN) and Haiti Live Networks, LLC (HLN) announce a new partnership and debut of a dedicated television service for the Haitian population in the U.S. and Canada.

With a growing Haitian community within North America, this underserved market is now able to watch live programming direct from Haiti on television through a set-top-box and Internet connection.

HLN broadcasts live television signals from Haiti to customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, offering access to live programming and content direct from Haiti. HLN features the latest news and entertainment from the country's top stations. HLN brings the best in Haitian music, videos, documentaries and talk shows into the living room.

This service fills the void that exists within the Haitian community abroad. By partnering with NeuLion, HLN now provides a Haitian television service to the homes of a previously untapped market.

"HLN's goal is to reconnect Haitians living outside of Haiti with their roots and homeland through original programming. NeuLion provides a turn key service that allows us to focus on the content and growing our customer base," said Yvan Joseph, president of HLN.

NeuLion, a leading service provider for many other international networks, is delivering an end to-end-solution for HLN. NeuLion's technology gives viewers the opportunity to watch any program in return run for the last 48 hours along with other DVR features through its proprietary set-top-box.

"We are delighted to work with HLN in bringing Haiti's strongest channels to televisions across North America," Richard N. Yelen, vice president and managing director of NeuLion.

HLN is now live and available to subscribers in North America. Visit www.haitilivenetworks.com

About Haiti Live Networks

Haiti Live Networks (HLN) is a Haitian-owned company rebroadcasting live television programming from Haiti. HLN, is based in Fort Lee, NJ with offices in Port-au-Prince, New York, and Florida.

Haiti Live Networks is the first Network to bring live TV signals from Haiti to customers in markets outside the country 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, thus bridging the gap between Haiti and its Diaspora. With a variety of partners both in Haiti and in America, HLN's product is the most advanced and innovative offering to the Haitian community. No other network offers access to live programming and content direct from Haiti into homes abroad.

About NeuLion

Based in Plainview, N.Y., Sanford, Fla., and Toronto, Ontario, NeuLion (TSX: NLN) works with content partners to develop end-to-end solutions for multimedia IPTV services. The NeuLion iPTV Platform encodes, delivers, stores and manages an unlimited range of multimedia content and the Operational Support System maintains all billing and customer support services. Content partners are responsible for content aggregation and the sales and marketing for the individual IPTV service. The Company ranks as a world leader in Partner relationships with sports and international television content partners including, in sports, the NHL, the NFL, NCAA Division I schools and conferences and, in respect to international television aggregators and networks, KyLinTV (Chinese), ABS-CBN (Filipino), Talfazat (Arabic), TV-Desi (South Asian) and Sky Angel (Christian). Partner content can be viewed by way of Internet on PCs and on the television through the Company's proprietary IPTV set top box. NeuLion delivers 267 TV Channels and 30,000+ hours VOD in 38 Languages to 19 ethnic partners. Please visit www.neulion.com

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Contact Information

  • Press Contacts:
    Stephan Jean
    HLN
    Phone: 201-224-4087
    Email: Email Contact

    Jennifer Powalski
    NeuLion
    Phone: 516-622-8334
    Email: Email Contact

    Investor Relations Contact:

    G. Scott Paterson
    Executive Vice Chairman
    Phone: 416-368-6464
    Email: Email Contact