China Youth Media Streams Live Kickoff of World`s Most Popular Sports League on Koobee Network
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MARINA DEL REY, Calif.--(Business Wire)-- China Youth Media, Inc. (OTCBB:CHYU), a China focused youth marketing and media company, announced today that it successfully launched its Koobee Eurosoccer Channel this past weekend with the live kickoff of the 2009-2010 season of the English Premier League (EPL), the most popular and most watched sporting league in the world. Koobee, the Company`s dedicated campus Intranet Television Network and media portal, delivers TV-quality content and advertising to China`s 30 million plus college students. As the exclusive online distributor of the full EPL season to the campus network, Koobee debuted its Eurosoccer Channel with live streaming of the first five EPL games of the season, including matches featuring such household brands as Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool. Soccer is the most popular sport in China, with approximately 500 million fans and a particularly strong following among young people. The English Premier League attracts more fans in China than any other foreign sport, and China Youth Media offers this high-demand content free on an ad supported basis through its Koobee network. The Koobee Eurosoccer Channel carries at least five live and approximately five delayed EPL games per week, the most comprehensive number of live EPL matches on campuses across China. In addition, the channel offers select games from other high profile European leagues like Italy`s Serie A and Germany`s Bundesliga. "We are extremely pleased with the successful launch of our Koobee Eurosoccer Channel and our live broadcast of the English Premier League kickoff," commented Jay Rifkin, China Youth Media`s CEO. "We believe that Koobee`s targeted platform and high demand content will significantly extend our visibility while providing our advertisers a valuable opportunity to be closely associated with the most popular sport in China, the world`s largest sports market." About China Youth Media, Inc. China Youth Media, Inc. (OTCBB:CHYU) is a China focused youth marketing and media company whose business is to deliver advertising and content to one of the most sought after and fastest growing demographics in the world. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Youth Media (Hong Kong) Limited, CHYU has secured contracts with a term of 20 plus 10 years that provide exclusive rights from the Chinese government controlled corporation, China Youth Interactive, which uniquely position CHYU to market to China`s massive student population with preferred access online, on campus and on mobile. For more information, please visit http://www.chinayouthmedia.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as China Youth Media ``expects,'' ``should,'' ``believes,'' ``anticipates'' or words of similar import. Stockholders, potential investors and other readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are predictions based only on current information and expectations that are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause future events or results to differ materially from those set forth or implied by the forward-looking statements. Certain of those risks and uncertainties are discussed in the China Youth Media filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including China Youth Media`s annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements are only made as of the date of this press release and China Youth Media does not undertake any obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Sophia Kim China Youth Media, Inc. (310) 728-1457 info@ChinaYouthMedia.com www.ChinaYouthMedia.com or Investor Relations: American Capital Ventures Rich Hull, 305.918.7000 info@amcapventures.com www.amcapventures.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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