Replay Networks, Inc. Launches New Era In Television As Personal TV Leader Ships Award-Winning ReplayTV
April 26, 1999 marked the beginning of a new era in television viewing with the introduction of ReplayTV, the award-winning, revolutionary personal television system. Replay Networks, Inc., the company that guarantees customers will never miss their favorite television shows, announced it has begun shipping to fill orders for their ReplayTV set-top box. The company says that with the ReplayTV set-top box and free Replay Network Service, viewers can easily create personalized, on-demand ""Replay Channels."" These channels can feature viewers' favorite shows, themes or actors so they can watch what they want, when they want. For example, viewers can create ""49ers,"" ""golf,"" ""Julia Roberts"" or ""Harrison Ford"" channels. ReplayTV also lets consumers control live television. With ReplayTV, viewers can pause, rewind and then fast forward through shows. When the telephone rings during a favorite live television show, viewers can hit pause, take the call and resume watching the rest of the program anytime. Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm that analyzes technology and its impact on business and society, estimates that some 14 million Americans will use personal television by 2004. In a recent report, Forrester says personal television will fundamentally change television forever. The company also predicts 10 years from now, personal TV will penetrate four out of five U.S. homes, making it one of the fastest-growing consumer electronics categories in history. The Replay Network Service creates what has been called a ""portal for television,"" a place where people can find and select content as they choose. The Replay Network Service will continue to evolve over time offering more ways to find great TV shows, says the company. These new features will be automatically added to the set-top box over the Internet for free. Also, according to the company, the Replay Network Service will offer compelling new ways for advertisers to promote and sell products and for television networks to promote shows in a way that customers find convenient and useful. ReplayTV begins volume shipping Monday with prices starting at $699 for 10 hours of storage. A 14-hour model sells for $899 and for $1,499 customers get a robust 28 hours of storage. ReplayTV customers will receive a free lifetime subscription to the basic Replay Network Service. Replay Networks is taking orders at http://www.replaytv.com or at a toll-free number, 800 266 1301. Replay Networks, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, is the leader in personal television technologies with more than 120 patent claims, the market leading ReplayTV platform and Replay Network Service. ReplayTV received ""Best of Show"" in video honors at the 1999 International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, Nevada In other ceremonies at CES, ReplayTV was also honored with an ""EditorÌs Choice Award"" from Popular Mechanics magazine and a ""Digi Award"" from Wideband magazine, for excellence in creating and marketing digital convergence products. Last December, ReplayTV received a ""Best of What's New"" award from Popular Science magazine.