Players Network Signs Agreement With TVN Entertainment

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Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:02am EST

  LAS VEGAS, NV and BURBANK, CA, Jan 22 (MARKET WIRE) --

 Players Network (OTCBB: PNTV) and TVN Entertainment, the world's largest on
demand distribution company, announced today that both companies entered into an
agreement to manage and distribute Players Network's library of original
content.

    Players Network, the leading Digital Media Television Network dedicated to
Las Vegas and Gaming Lifestyle, has television distribution deals for its
Video-On-Demand (VOD) channel Vegas On Demand with multiple distributors
representing
over 15,000,000 homes throughout the United States.  Under the deal, Players
Network will be able to utilize TVN's full suite of services including
encoding/transcoding, asset management and delivery, and interactive metadata
management tools, all via TVN's Emmy-nominated system, ADONISS, to deliver
forty-plus Players Network programs per month from the company's proprietary
library of over 1,000 programs to its multiple VOD distribution partners.

    TVN manages 8,000 hours of VOD programming per month for over 100 Cable,
Telco
and Broadband partners, and is the leading single-source management and
distribution
solution for VOD which includes content aggregation, packaging, asset management
and
transport via satellite to all video service providers.  With TVN as its VOD
distribution partner, Players Network has expanded its ability to deliver its
Vegas On Demand channel to millions of additional homes.

    "This relationship with TVN is very exciting in this unprecedented period of
growth for Players Network, allowing us to continue expanding our
distribution reach through TVN's widely deployed distribution footprint, while
streamlining our content flow, providing both cost-saving and added
efficiencies to our current operations," states Mark Bradley, CEO and
President of Players Network.

    "The increasingly popular Las Vegas Lifestyle and Gaming category that
Players
Network brings to VOD represents a huge opportunity for our affiliates to
serve the needs of this large and growing segment of the population and
represents a host of exciting opportunities for advertising and related revenue
streams," said Matt Cohen, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business
Development for TVN Entertainment. "Once again VOD provides the perfect
platform for this unique content and what has proven to be a popular channel."

    Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act:

    With the exception of the historical information contained in this
Release,the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that
involve
risk and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters
herein described, including but not limited to: the ability of the Company to
increase revenues in the future due to the developing and unpredictable
markets for its products, the ability to achieve a positive cash flow, the
ability
to obtain orders for or install its products, the ability to obtain new
customers and the ability to continue to commercialize its products, which
could cause actual results or revenues to differ materially from those
contemplated by these statements.

    

Contact Information
Players Network
Leslie Thomas
(702) 895-8884
Email Contact

For more information about TVN Entertainment, please contact:

Bob Gold and Associates
Dwayna A. Haley
(310) 784-1040
Email Contact

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