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UVTV Brings Heavy Rock to Akimbo Subscribers Across North America

Underground Video Television (UVTV) announced it will bring its exclusive live music video content to subscribers of Akimbo, the world's8217;s largest Internet video-on-demand service for television.



Among the content soon to be available from UVTV to Akimbo subscribers are live music videos from such popular underground acts as Trivium, Devildriver, Clutch, and In Flames. This footage, shot and produced by UVTV, is taken in clubs during the band's8217;s tours.



We see Akimbo as the future of home entertainment and are glad to be a part of it, said Rich Stahle, Executive Producer of UVTV. These bands have huge followings and bringing the live show experience to more and more fans is a big part of what UVTV is about. Our partnership with Akimbo will certainly do just that.



's8220;UVTV's8217;s cutting edge live music videos are exactly the kind of specialty content that thrives on the Akimbo Service,'s8221; said Akimbo CEO Josh Goldman. 's8220;Akimbo looks forward to helping UVTV reach new and existing fans wherever they may be.'s8221;



Akimbo subscribers enjoy the freedom to choose from a growing collection of 12,000 titles delivered over the Internet for viewing on TV, on-demand. Akimbo's8217;s collection of original, niche and mainstream content spans more than 100 categories, including indie flicks, TV shows, concerts, music videos, comedy, Major League Baseball games, travelogues, how-to programming, foreign language content, classic movies, documentaries, video blogs and more.



Consumers can sign up for a trial of the Akimbo Service through the Online Spotlight area of Microsoft Media Center Edition PCs. A subscription to Akimbo costs $9.99 a month. To subscribe or find more information about what's8217;s on Akimbo, please visit www.akimbo.com.



About UVTV

UVTV, Underground Video Television, is a television show and website produced by UVTV Productions LLC featuring exclusive live performances from top underground acts as well as music videos submitted by record labels and indie artists. Fans are able to view UVTV videos in multiple ways including on the TV show (which airs in three states), on the website www.uvtv.info, or across North America as part of Akimbo's8217;s internet video on demand service.



About Akimbo

With 12 patent applications featuring more than 150 patent claims, Akimbo is the first company to deliver digital-quality video-on-demand to any television via a broadband-Internet connection. Named to the OnHollywood 100 by AlwaysOn and 's8220;Best of What's8217;s New's8221; by Popular Science, Akimbo has also accepted 2005 Digital World Innovations and CES Best of Innovations 2005 awards for its easy-to-use and affordable Internet video-on-demand service. As an aggregator of brand-name and specialty video content, Akimbo provides one of the world's8217;s largest collections of on-demand programming to companies including AT&T, Cisco Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Thomson Corp. Akimbo has offices in San Mateo, Calif. and is a privately held company funded by AT&T, Blueprint Ventures, Cisco Systems, Inc., Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sprout Group and Zone Ventures. For more information, visit www.akimbo.com.

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