11 December 2009 (Brighton, UK): Global Digital Broadcast (GDBTV) & TV Polari, in partnership with Verismo Network’s VuNow service, now includes its selection of channels on the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live (EVA2000) set-top box (STB).
Available now in many retail outlets across the UK and online via various re-sellers such as PC World, Curry’s, Curry’s Digital and Amazon, the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live is an easy-to-use and affordable set-top box which transforms the television set into a powerful home media player, enabling live internet channels, web availability, the playback of personal movies, music and photo collections on a standard or HD television set – all without the need for a PC.
Consumers can enjoy a range of features on the Digital Entertainer Live including YouTube, Popular Websites such as the BBC; NASCAR; CNN; National Geographic; and many more, Video Search, Movies, and GDBTV’s rich selection of mainstream; niche; local and educational television channels via VuNow in the UK*.
With IPTV networks all over the World, leading IPTV specialist, GDBTV, breaks through the barriers of delivery and puts its channels on the only open platform that enables over 20 million homes to watch the best in UK television without dish, aerial or cable limitations. By connecting the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live to a simple broadband connection, from any of the competing suppliers, GDBTV and the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live bring a new television experience to the home.
GDBTV currently has 48 channels on the Digital Entertainer Live, including: the world’s first guitarist channel, GTV; UK tourism channel, Places of Interest TV; dedicated gay lifestyle channel, TV Polari; niche sports with TV Scuba, TV Yachts and extreme sports channel TV Freestyle, alongside sports media specialist, Press Bureau TV; the UK Entertainment Channel; health and wellbeing channel, SWAT TV; African programming from Ghana Life and Africans In London; Classic Movies; and the new Very Tangy TV network, which offers drama, health, motoring, sitcom and film sub-channels broadcasting some of the USA’s most popular shows before they are broadcast in the UK or Europe. GDBTV will also be including its international networks at a later date.
Jim Deans & , co-founder and managing director of GDBTV & Lancelot Fougere Ceo of TV Polari says: “This is the product people have been waiting for. For the first time, anyone can go to their high street or on online, purchase the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live and watch our channels alongside their personal photos, videos, favourite websites and music, directly on their television. I am confident this product will catapult to the forefront of both the IPTV and digital TV market because it provides the consumer with everything they want”.
