Carrere on Joost (AcT)
Paris – June 11, 2007
Carrere Group (Euronext: CAR, www.carreregroup.com), one of the leading independent content producers and distributors in Europe founded by Claude Carrere, and Joost™ (www.joost.com), the world's first broadcast-quality Internet television service, announced today that Carrere Group will offer some of its audiovisual content to consumers on the innovative Joost distribution platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The global deal will allow Joost users to have free access to thousands of programs and channels not readily available on the Web. Through Joost, viewers can watch programming from many of Carrere's programs on their computers through a customizable platform with advanced television viewing features.
While commenting on the deal, Romain Carrere, Director of Development for Carrere Group, said, “The Joost platform gives us the opportunity to generate additional distribution revenues by offering our content to another support, thus enhancing the value of our catalogue of audiovisual rights”. He added, “Carrere Group is thrilled to be on the Joost platform for the public launch”.
Holly Knill, Director of Content Strategy and Acquisition for Joost said, "We are delighted to be partnering with Carrere Group, a company renowned for the quality of its programming. This deal provides further evidence that we are creating a unique, communal television experience for viewers where content owners can distribute professionally-produced programming with the quality and security they need.”
Founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, Joost combines the best of TV and the best of the Internet by offering viewers a unique, TV-like experience enhanced with the choice, control and flexibility of Web 2.0. Joost is the first online, global TV distribution platform, bringing together advertisers, content owners and viewers in an interactive, community-driven environment. Joost can be accessed with a broadband Internet connection and offers broadcast-quality content to viewers for free.
About Carrere Group
Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, Carrere Group is one of the leading independent content producers and distributors in Europe. With some fifty subsidiaries, Carrere produces television content and distributes it worldwide. In addition, Carrere Group owns a French television station, a state-of-the-art post-production studio, a merchandising company, and advertising agency.
More information about Carrere Group is available at: www.carreregroup.com
About Joost™
Joost™ provides a new way of watching TV that combines the best of full-screen television entertainment with online interactive and community benefits to bring an unprecedented selection of video content to viewers anytime, anywhere. Based on a state-of-the-art, secure, peer-to-peer streaming technology, Joost can be accessed with a broadband Internet connection and offers video programming to viewers for free. Joost features more than 150 channels with programming across all genres, including: cartoons and animation; entertainment and film; sports; comedy; lifestyle and documentaries; and sci-fi. Channels and programs available on Joost vary by geographic region, based on copyright ownership.
To learn more about Joost, visit: www.joost.com
Contact
Darrel Connell
For Joost
+44 (0) 207 240 6765
darrel.connell@joost.com
Romain Carrere
For Carrere Group
+33 (0) 149 37 78 00
romain@carreregroup.com