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New Ventures and Expanded Release Activities Lift Independent Media Company Hannover House
New Ventures and Expanded Release Activities Lift Independent Media Company Hannover House.
About this update from Hannover House, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Over the past twenty years, Hannover House, Inc., (OTC: HHSE), has grown from a boutique book publisher into a full-service media company and brand name. Now, as the first studio distributor with a dedicated Roku-enabled IPTV site, Hannover House is positioned for explosive growth as a one-stop consolidator for film, television and video programming. As the company?s activities are attracting new investors and media partners, Hannover House principals Eric Parkinson (C.E.O.) and Fred Shefte (President), have released the following business overview.\n \nVODwiz. Current activities for Hannover House include the beta-launch (and forthcoming consumer roll-out) of the pay-per-video / video-on-demand portal known as VODwiz. This new destination website and IPTV Channel is a venture with San Jose-based NanoTech Entertainment, and is designed as a destination site for consumers to stream thousands of independent films and major studio titles directly into their home televisions, computers, over the internet or through any WiFi-enabled device (including cell phones, tablets and most e-Reader devices). The VODwiz beta site can be accessed through Roku-enabled set-top devices or through the internet at www.VODwiz.com. Over the next few weeks and months, titles will be added from more than a dozen studio labels, with a short-term goal of 2,000 or more titles for streaming. Long-term, VODwiz wants to be a destination choice for any and all mainstream and independent programming available on a Pay-Per-View or Video-On-Demand basis. Existing V.O.D. sites, such as Netflix and I-Tunes have a very limited selection of titles, often limited to major studio hits. The vision for VODwiz is to allow consumers to select whatever titles they want to watch, with transactional prices ranging from $.99 to $2.99 for most programming, with premium pricing for special events and selected major studio titles.\n \nThe VODwiz website and IPTV Channel have been designed and launched through a venture with NanoTech Entertainment. Current titles on the beta-test are from the Hannover House film library, with new studio partners being added (and announced) beginning this month. Hannover managers feel that the VODwiz venture offer presents a major revenue opportunity for the company based on...