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MNH plc takes a minor stake in French independant IPTV

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-08-26T11:31:35+02:00

Motion Network Holding plc takes a minor stake in French independant IPTV.

PARIS, AUGUST 1st, 2009. Going on with its european deployment strategy, Motion Network Holding plc (MNH) strengthens its network in France by taking a 14,86% sharehold stake of Télévision Numérique Alternative sarl (TNA).
MNH will now on benefit from TNA's IPTV broadcast expertise - IPTV is widely adopted in France (1) - as well as TNA's position in French independant production. As a french TV channel, TNA will also allow MNH's production to benefit from public support funds.
MNH and TNA both undertake a partnership which will develop each others assets and allow a strong penetration of the French market for MNH's upcoming services.
MNH will thus be able to offer better programs to a larger French audience at a most reduced cost.

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")  MNH operates in the media and entertainment sector providing services in the areas of Broadcast Television, IPTV, Internet and TV commerce, as well as media content production and post production. MNH's wholly owned UK subsidiary, Motion Network TV ("MNTV"), will soon operate as a pan-European TV channel dedicated to film and music. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com .  The information in this press release constitutes "forward-looking information". Other than statements of historical fact, all statements are "Forward-Looking Statements" that involve such various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove accurate. Results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers of this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these "Forward-Looking Statements". Except as otherwise required by applicable securities statutes or regulation, the Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  Contact-information:Motion Network Holding Plc, Crown House – 72 Hammersmith Road – LONDON W148TH www.motionnetworktv.com  Investor Relations:Connecting Markets GmbH, Große Bockenheimer Straße 50, 60313 Frankfurt Tel. + 49 (0) 69 21 65 59 10 FAX + 49 (0) 69 21 65 59 11 call free 00800 6684 6624 email: info@cmir.de
About Télévision Nunérique Alternative SARL :

Télévision Numérique Alternative sarl publishes TNA, first French television channel created for the ADSL generation. TNA is all about being diverse : TNA selects and airs independent TV production, wherever it comes from famous professionals or talented amateurs.
Available without extra charge through all four main ISP – Free, Orange, Alice and Neufbox by SFR – TNA's coverage reaches almost 7 million homes in France.

Television Numerique Alternative – 31 Avenue de Ségur 75007 PARIS
www.tna-tv.org

(1) France is IPTV leading european country as french Internet service providers (ISPs) have embedded IPTV to their services since – those "triple-play" offers quickly became standard. As a result, by 2009 first quarter, 7.2 million homes have IPTV in France. IPTV has had a sustained annual growth rate over 45% for the last 3 years.
quote : ARCEP 2009

Motion Network Holding PLC appoints Jason Rosamond

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-05-15T20:17:18+02:00

Mr. Rosamond has extensive experience in developing and managing start-up organisations through periods of strong growth having spent 10 years at the UK technology company, Agilisys. As a Partner and Managing Director of Agilisys, Mr. Rosamond was instrumental in leading the development of Agilisys from a small software development firm to a leading UK IT services and outsourcing organisation employing over 1,000 staff members in the UK, Ireland, and India.

Rio Pierre-Yves Dongour, CEO of Motion Network Holding, comments: “Motion Network has been refining its business model and operating plan in conjunction with Jason and the Board for some time. Jason’s understanding of how we might leverage technology to advance our vision has played a key role in our latest developments. He brings a range of insights from his experience in finance and IT which we believe will be instrumental in the success of our company and we very much look forward to building our business with his support.”

Mr. Rosamond added: “The Motion Network vision is quite extraordinary as is the business plan through which we intend to implement it. We have assembled an impressive team of individuals and we eagerly anticipate the launch of our new services in the coming weeks, months, and years.”

The information in this press release constitutes "forward-looking information". Other than statements of historical fact, all statements are "Forward-Looking Statements" that involve such various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove accurate. Results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers of this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these "Forward-Looking Statements". Except as otherwise required by applicable securities statutes or regulation, the Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Motion Network Holding PLC started negotiations with AD Pepper

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-05-13T17:30:07+02:00

About AD Pepper

AD Pepper media is one of the leading independent international online advertising marketers. The company offers media agencies, advertisers and websites individual and effective solutions covering a wide spectrum of online advertising in the areas of branding, performance marketing, e-mail marketing, affiliate marketing and ad serving. With 16 branches in ten European countries and the USA, ad pepper media manages campaigns for thousands of national and international advertising clients in more than 50 countries worldwide. AD pepper media successfully stands out from its competitors through its extensive range of efficient marketing solutions, its own innovative technology system and its powerful ability to operate internationally so that transnational advertising campaigns can be conducted efficiently

The information in this press release constitutes "forward-looking information". Other than statements of historical fact, all statements are "Forward-Looking Statements" that involve such various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove accurate. Results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers of this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these "Forward-Looking Statements". Except as otherwise required by applicable securities statutes or regulation, the Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Motion Network Holding PLC steht in Verhandlungen mit ad pepper media..

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-05-13T17:27:45+02:00

Nachdem Motion Network Holding PLC (MNH) seit dem 23.April 2009 Mehrheitsaktionär von Cine1 Europe Ltd. ist, wurden Gespräche mit ad pepper media , der führenden europäischen Agentur für digitale Werbung, aufgenommen, um das Ziel, Cine1 zum marktführenden Anbieter im Bereich des legalen Filmscreenings via Internet im gesamteuropäischen Raum zu machen, mit aller Vehemenz voran zu treiben. ad pepper media ist an 10 europäischen Standorten vertreten und soll Werbung in 18 Ländern über Cine1 vertreiben.

Über ad pepper media

ad pepper media ist eine der führenden, unabhängigen, international vertretenen Online-Werbeagenturen. Das Unternehmen bietet Medienagenturen, Werbetreibenden und Websites individuelle und effektive Lösungen in den Bereichen der online-Werbung, beispielsweise Branding, Performance-Merketing, e-mail-Marketing und Ad-Serving. Mit 16 Niederlassungen in 10 Ländern Europas und den USA, betreut ad pepper media Kampagnen von tausenden nationaler und internationaler Werbekunden weltweit. ad pepper media zeichnet sich durch eine extensive Angebotspalette effizienter Marketinglösungen aus, dsen Einsatz eigener Technologien und der Möglichkeit, Werbekampagnen auch international erfolgreich abzustimmen und durchzuführen zu können.

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Motion Network Holding PLC - Cine1 Europe Ltd

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-05-12T17:22:00+02:00

Atlantic Pictures Ltd. is transferring 60% of the outstanding shares of Cine1 Ltd. to MNH. For this transaction Atlantic Pictures Ltd. will receive fifty nine Million and five hundred thousand shares of MNH. The shares will be locked for a period of three years. MNH will invest one Million Euros in Cine1 Ltd. for developing the Cine1 sites across Europe. This investment will be done in two instalments each of five hundred thousand Euros. Cine1 Ltd. will keep accounting books records of the use of this money and will report on a weekly base to the board of directors of MNH.

Cine1 builds, launches and operates its own VOD platforms allowing customers to watch video content over the Internet. Cine1 will provide a wide range of programming to its customers, including a mix of European and overseas feature films across multiple genres, thereby catering to a diverse audience base.

MNH and Cine1 Europe Ltd. will stream feature films and other video programming across Europe by rolling out Cine1 websites in 18 European territories over the next 12 months beginning with Italy, Germany and Eastern European countries.

With this first major acquisition, MNH initiates its plan to deliver programming to audiences using multiple distribution channels. Cine1 is already in the late stages of developing a mobile phone application as well as a digital decoder which will allow the integration between Motion Network Television and the Cine1 streaming video platform.

Cine1 has conducted beta tests using its proprietary technology platform in June and September of 2008 through the website www.cine1.it. During the beta tests Cine1 achieved over 10 million page views, 493,000 unique users and 54,000 subscribers.

Cine1 will use a sponsorship and advertising revenue model to be one of the first organisations in Europe to allow the free unpirated legal screening of films over the Internet and it will be the first organisation to do so on a pan-European basis.

Cine1 is managed by Pete Maggi, who has been a prominent figure in the international film industry for the last 25 years. In addition to being one of the co-founders of the incredibly successful Eagle Pictures in Italy, Pete has also produced and executive produced a wide range of movies including "The Merchant of Venice" with Al Pacino. Pete Maggi has been appointed to the Board of Directors of MNH, responsible for the development of VOD within the organisation.

MNH and Cine 1 combined result in an organisation with a strong European vision and network with deeply rooted experience in all aspects of the international media and entertainment industry.

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")

MNH operates in the media and entertainment sector providing services in the areas of Broadcast Television, IPTV, Internet and TV commerce, as well as media content production and post production. MNH's wholly owned UK subsidiary, Motion Network TV ("MNTV"), will soon operate as a pan-European TV channel dedicated to film and music. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com .

The information in this press release constitutes "forward-looking information". Other than statements of historical fact, all statements are "Forward-Looking Statements" that involve such various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove accurate. Results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers of this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these "Forward-Looking Statements". Except as otherwise required by applicable securities statutes or regulation, the Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact-information:Motion Network Holding Plc, 27 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W8DH
www.motionnetworktv.com

Investor Relations:Connecting Markets GmbH, Große Bockenheimer Straße 50, 60313 Frankfurt
Tel. + 49 (0) 69 21 65 59 10 FAX + 49 (0) 69 21 65 59 11
call free 00800 6684 6624 email: info@cmir.de

Motion Network Holding PLC - Cine1 Europe Ltd

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-05-12T17:16:00+02:00

Atlantic Pictures Ltd. verkauft 60% der genehmigten Aktien von Cine1 Ltd. an MNH. Dafür erhält Atlantic Pictures Ltd. 59.500.000 Aktien von MNH. Diese Aktien unterliegen einer Verkaufssperre von drei Jahren. MNH wird eine Millionen Euro in Cine1 Ltd. investieren, um Cine1-Standorte in Europa aufzubauen. Dieses Investment wird in zwei Tranchen von jeweils 500.000 Euro fällig. Cine1 Ltd. wird wöchentlich über die Verwendung der Gelder an den Vorstand von MNH berichten.

Cine1 installiert, lanciert und betreibt eigene VOD (video on demand) - Plattformen, die es den Nutzern ermöglichen, Videoinhalte via Internet zu beziehen. Cine1 Ltd. wird seinen Nutzern ein breites Programmangebot anbieten, das mit europäischen und amerikanischen Filmen aus unterschiedlichsten Themengebieten die verschiedenen Zuschauergruppen bedienen kann.

MNH und Cine1 Europe Ltd. werden Filme und andere Video-Programme in ganz Europa zur Verfügung stellen, indem die Cine1-Website innerhalb der nächsten 12 Monate in 18 europäischen Staaten verfügbar gemacht wird, beginnend mit Italien, Deutschland und anschließend in Osteuropa.

Mit dieser ersten Mehrheitsbeteiligung beginnt MNH sein Vorhaben, seine Kunden über verschiedene Distributionskanäle zu erreichen. Cine1 steht bereits in der Endphase der Entwicklung eines Anwender-Tools für Mobiltelefone, sowie eines Digitalrecorders, der die kombinierte Nutzung von Motion Network Television und der Cine1 Video-Streaming-Plattform ermöglicht.

Cine1 hat in der Zeit von Juni bis September 2008 einen Testlauf mit der Website www.cine1.it durchgeführt. Während dieser Testphase wurde die Seite von Cine1 10 Millionen Mal aufgerufen, mit 493.000 einmaligen Nutzern und 54.000 Abonnenten.

Cine1 wird mit seinen Sponsoren- und Werbeeinnahmen eines der ersten Unternehmen innerhalb Europas sein, dass Filme legal und frei über das Internet zur Verfügung stellt und ist das erste Unternehmen, das dies europaweit tun kann.

Mit Pete Maggi in der Geschäftsleitung, der über 25 Jahre Berufserfahrung hat, verfügt Cine1 über einen exzellenten Kenner der internationalen Filmbranche. Pete ist nicht nur Mitbegründer der sehr erfolgreichen Eagle Pictures in Italien, sondern war auch als Produzent an vielen Filmerfolgen beteiligt, wie beispielsweise „Der Kaufmann von Venedig“ mit Al Pacino. Pete Maggi wurde in den Vorstand von MNH berufen, wo er für die Entwicklung von VOD (video on demand) innerhalb der Firma zuständig ist.

MNH und Cine1 bilden zusammen ein Unternehmen mit einer starken europäischen Vision und einem Netzwerk, das in allen Bereichen der internationalen Medien- und Unterhaltungsindustrie auf langjährige Erfahrung zurückgreifen kann.

Über Motion Network Holding (Plc)

MNH ist im Medien- und Unterhaltungssektor tätig und stellt Dienstleistungen in den Bereichen von Fernsehübertragungen, IPTV, Internet- und TV- Werbung sowie der Produktion und Postproduktion von Medieninhalten zu Verfügung. Motion Network Television, eine 100prozentige Tochter von MNH mit Sitz in England, wird in Kürze als europäischer TV-Kanal mit Schwerpunkt Film und Musik auf Sendung gehen. Mehr Information erhalten Sie unter: http://www.motionnetworktv.com .

Die Originalpressemitteilung finden Sie unten.

Die Informationen dieser Pressemitteilung beinhalten „vorausschauende Informationen“. Anders als bei der Feststellung von historischen Daten, beinhalten alle gemachten „vorausschauenden Aussagen“ verschiedene bekannte und unbekannte Risiken, Unsicherheiten und andere Faktoren. Es gibt keine Sicherheit für die zukünftige Richtigkeit dieser Aussagen. Ergebnisse und zukünftige Ereignisse können sich anders entwickeln, als in diesen Aussagen angenommen. Die Leser dieser Pressemitteilung werden darauf hingewiesen, sich nicht auf die gemachten „prognostizierenden Aussagen“ zu verlassen. Das veröffentlichende Unternehmen übernimmt keine Verantwortung für die Veröffentlichung unternehmensrelevanter Informationen, zukünftiger Ereignisse oder sonstiges, soweit dieses nicht gesetzlich oder regulatorisch vorgeschrieben ist.

Kontaktdaten: Motion Network Holding Plc, 27 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W8DH
www.motionnetworktv.com  Investor Relations: Connecting Markets GmbH, Große Bockenheimer Straße 50, 60313 Frankfurt Tel. + 49 (0) 69 21 65 59 10 FAX + 49 (0) 69 21 65 59 11
call free 00800 6684 6624 email: info@cmir.de

AGM STATEMENT

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-05-06T00:42:00+02:00

1- AGM results:

The Board of Directors of Motion Network Holding Plc - (“Company”) announces that
at the Company’s Annual General Meeting - (“AGM”) held on 27 April 2009, all résolutions were duly passed.

At the AGM the shareholders presented questions regarding the Company’s affairs
and circumstances which were thereby duly answered. The Board will publish these questions and answers on the company’s official website this week.

2- Historic press releases:

The Board announces that a review has been undertaken into the previous statements made during the period 1st March 2008 to 30th December 2008 and would like to explain and reassure its shareholders about former and future press releases as there have been a number of announcements that need to be addressed.

First, there were a number of press releases announcing partnerships with local partners in Europe. All of these partnerships are still valid except for two cases, in which the partnering organisations have financial difficulties, resulting from the current world economic state.

Second, though all contracts were signed, the announcement about Hunan TV came a little too early. Because of the sudden downturn, which took everyone across the globe by surprise, factoring was more difficult than expected and the share price too low to expect a factor with low interest rates. We expect this to balance out and soon to move forward with our Hunan partners.

Additionally, people with share ‘lock-in agreements’ broke these, selling 60M shares of MNH over the course of two weeks. This resulted in a steep decline in the share price, which in turn delayed our credit lines and temporarily halted our business development plans. We have taken legal advice and are now addressing the matter through judicial channels. As this is a legal matter now, we are not able to name the individuals.

Furthermore, Swiss Hawk failed to fulfil its obligations in financing the company’s working capital, due to the Swiss banking commission’s investigation of Swiss Hawk’s former operations and the freezing of Swiss Hawk’s assets. Unfortunately, none of this was divulged to us at the time and is in part the basis of our legal challenge.

Finally, we were offered what seemed to be a valuable and attractive film catalogue, a potentially great asset for our organisation. As it turned out, the person offering the films did not own the necessary rights. These films were to be used to initiate the Ukrainian broadcasting programme and when we determined that the individual did not own the rights to the films, activities in the Ukraine had to be delayed.

3. Corporate Vision:

Our vision is to build an organisation delivering cinema to as wide and diverse a European audience as possible, sharing with one another our mutual love for film.

Building a project like Motion Network Television requires an understanding of the richness of Europe and its incredible mix of diverse cultures. Achieving our dream will
require overcoming many obstacles, but we believe we are ready for the task.

There are many people involved with Motion Network across Europe and the UK,
people with vast experience in the business who understand the process, the
intricacies and the fine detail of what it takes to achieve the task.

We will not let our initial obstacles deter us from achieving our goal. True
entrepreneurship is the thing that will pull the world out of the present economic crisis
and we must not let either the current economic downturn or the actions of a few
individuals prevent us from accomplishing our dream – Motion Network Television.

Dear shareholders

g.k@ab01.com — 2009-02-24T01:47:58+01:00

Dear shareholders,

First of all I want to thank you for the trust you have put into Motion Network Holding Plc and my person as CEO so far. As everybody knows, times are not so easy at the moment which is one of the major reasons, why things are not developing as fast as we had expected. But we are still on track with our plans.

With impatience, many of you are waiting for MNTV to go on air. As originally planned, we wanted to start broadcasting in the Ukraine, but there have been delays in the delivery of films as well as additional work to do for the post production. As soon as these problems are settled, we will be able to broadcast within a few weeks time, we aim Germany, Switzerland, Austria, UK, France and Benelux to follow, having 15 additional MNTV screens operating until winter 2009. And as soon as we are on air, there will be operating income straight away. I know that there are a few of our shareholders well into the subject matter asking how we are able to broadcast in Switzerland, with a very crowded market in combination with governmental control. Well, we run MNTV under the “Television without Frontière” agreement, implanted by the EU. We only need one license, in our case we got that in the UK. Just like Eurosport, MNTV is a Pan European approach which means, that as soon as we have a license in one of the countries who have signed the agreement, we can go on air in the other countries as well, we only have to inform the local authorities.

All prearrangements for the TV-shopping channel Antetime are finalized and as soon as we got additional funds for operational costs, which we are raising right now, we are ready to go.

As the long-term shareholders know, there are contracts with Oink to produce and deliver the format we want to broadcast. One of the long term directors of Oink Newsgroup Plc is Joseph Van Den Bersselaar. He used to be a director of Hollywood Entertainment Exchange PLC and stayed on the management board for the new company MNH. As we wanted to avoid any conflict of interest, he left MNH in comity. According to the legal requirements we gave notice of this change of management to the companies register.

Deals with several TV stations and production companies are still ongoing, just waiting to be pushed on and prepare the local broadcast. In preparation for a news magazine production in co-operation with CinEuropa, we are currently working on the format in Paris, along with some daily shooting to cover the Movie News.

For the time being, there is no start for internet TV planned, but the MNTV portal will be launched hopefully early in May, latest in time for the Cannes Film Festival. Along with that, we will have a Corporate Com TV presentation of MNTV. Exclusively for our shareholders, we are currently working on a vision of the TV channel as it will look like in the future.

To bring MNH in the starting position, we already have a staff of 25 people based in Paris, London, Hamburg, the Ukraine and Moscow. These people are involved as Local partners and are working beside that on their daily small production.

But let me now come to the strategic issues concerning MNH Plc. By the end of February we will publish the figures 2007, followed by the figures 2008 end of March, 1st week of April latest.

As there has been no operational income up to now, MNH founders have been and still are paying the expenses for the MNH with their personal money to make sure that the company is free of any liabilities. After the first issue of 500.000 000 shares – of the authorized 1 billion – we issued another 200.000 000 shares to accomplish deal agreements and for the acquisition of assets. These shares are under my unique control and are for business development only. The issue of another share-package is not planned.

Beside the daily work for the companies within our portfolio, we are also concentrating to bring new assets to the Holding to strengthen the market cap. Although times are very difficult, we are moving aggressively for a high profile policy off acquisition. My vision for the MNH Plc is far beyond the achievement of MNTV.

A little time ago, we held out the prospect to pay a dividend in the year 2010. At this point, we want to renew this as a reward for long term shareholders. We are sure, that our wish to be able to give 0,01 cts per share for the small portion of 100M shares in the hands of stockholders is realistic to achieve. MNTV is running on a very low cost model and founders are not be considered at the time being.

Many of you also know about us being in permanent contact with our corporate bank. They are backing all our operations and follow step by step all negotiations. They are convinced by our business idea and are working for financing solutions for the company. We are aware that it would help finding investors if the company was already listed in the entry standard, but MNTV has to be on air first to really make the company interesting for professional mid and big caps. In preparation for this step we have asked Mac Intrye Hudson, our UK auditors, to produce the prospectus needed for the listing within the next 6 weeks.

We are well aware of the current discontentment concerning the communication between shareholders and the company. This is why Connecting Markets GmbH as our IR-office is now responsible to take care of the exchange of information in English as well as in German. In combination with the redesign of our webpage, which is in process, we are sure to have taken the right measures to satisfy our shareholders.

The media sector is in complete reconstruction currently, with strong consolidations taking place. MNH arrives at the right moment to take advantage of the momentary opportunities. We want to work on a loyalty basis with and for our shareholders. Motion is going to play a crucial role in the entertainment business in Europe and with your help and trust we will achieve this goal together.

Signed
Rio Pierre-Yves Dongour

Motion Network Hires Budd Margolis

g.k@ab01.com — 2008-05-02T14:25:02+02:00

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Motion Network Hires Budd Margolis To Lead Aggressive Commercial Strategy

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Paris (euro adhoc) - Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH") and parent company of Motion Network TV ("MNTV"), the first 24/7 free movie channel in Europe, announces the appointment of Budd Margolis as Director of eCommerce and Shopping for the interactive retail operations of the Motion Network. The new position combines MNH's European vision and network with the ability to provide retail services to our growing global audience

Margolis, an American based in London for the past 20 years is an acknowledged expert in the field of international TV home shopping. He was the former head of eCommerce for British Telecoms openworld broadband operation and was with QVC UK as a senior producer in 1993 & 1994 during the started up period . He has worked for and advised TV Shopping channels in China, India, Russia, USA as well as Australia and across Europe. Margolis has also advised web operations, broadcasters, major department stores and retailers across the globe. His experience includes TV3 the first commercially supported Pan Scandinavian TV channel and was one of the first producers Sky TV where he worked on the first pan European sports channel Eurosport.

Rio Pierre-Yves Dongour Founder and CEO of Motion Network Holding PLC said "We have been very successful with acquiring film content and have greatly expanded our network with many new agreements lately. We are thrilled that Budd Margolis, an expert and visionary in the area of interactive retail, someone who has real experience and can build a considerable commercial operation, has agreed to join our team and build our retailing operation."

Margolis commented, "There is a gap in the market that the Motion Network group has identified and I fully appreciate the unique commercial global opportunity to expand this business line for the company. What attracted me to Motion Network was the management, their experience and determination to build a Pan Europe channel that has global aspirations.

Christophe Kay Kourdouly Co-founder Executive VP Head Of Business Development added "The TV Home Shopping and eCommerce areas have matured and now command a serious niche with considerable revenues. The combination of the two formats is a proven & powerful phenomenon and there are additional areas, especially with luxury and branded goods, where we can develop and properly exploit via the MNTV network. Adding Budd Margolis to the team makes it possible to successfully develop this area of our business."

Margolis has recently consulted TV shopping channel operations in Delhi, Moscow, Los Angeles, London and Seoul and has developed interactive strategies for the luxury goods market. He is a proponent of the growth of interactive retail and convergence and has written and spoken on the subject frequently. Margolis said "I am confident this new platform will provide retailers with the format to educate and entertain in order to drive sales and traffic to improve their business. It is a win/win for customers as well who will learn about quality products they can own and enjoy."

In the UK alone there are some 40 dedicated 24/7 shopping channels which range from live to infomercial, travel and price drop/auction formats. Most countries now have shop channels and their web sites are especially successful because of the exposure and ability to demonstrate and inform viewers.

"What will distinguish our offering is a commitment towards quality and our ability to capture the essence of a truly wonderful shopping experience." Margolis commented. "You can see there is great demand for goods but there is little access. That´s where Motion Network Shopping comes in. We will gain the trust and confidence of our audience by respecting them, bringing unique quality products and entertaining them. It is not a simple task but when you get it right you then control a very powerful distribution channel that provides customer delight."

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")

MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com.

About Swiss Hawk AG

Swiss Hawk AG is building an alternative asset investment company focused on the environmental technology sector. The company pursues an aggressive investment policy based on actively investing and trading mainly in late stage pre-IPO and IPOs with high-growth potential and planned short term exit. Swiss Hawk is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Open Market.

http://www.presseportal.de/pm/70202/1176126/motion_network_tv?search=motion,network

Motion Network Holding and Happigo

g.k@ab01.com — 2008-03-26T10:10:01+01:00

Motion Network Holding and Happigo to launch Chinese TV shopping program for European luxury brands

Ante Time Production, a division of Motion Network PLC, is launching the first TV shopping program of dedicated to European luxury brands in China with Happigo. has been founded by Hunan Broadcasting Group, the biggest private media group in China, and Hunan Satellite TV Station, one of the most famous TV station in China. Happigo started operating on March 17, 2006. Up to now, Happigo is the one and only live TV transmission Home Shopping Company in mainland China and produces 10 hours’ continuous live home shopping programs.

Happigo broadcasts over a large part of the Chinese territory and over all the most thriving regions in China. In 2007, Happigo covered 16 million families and made￥1,100,000,000 (roughly $ 156,000,000) in sales. The target for 2008 is set to ￥2,300,000,000 (roughly $ 326,000,000). Happigo members count 903,467 people, two third of them being women. 83 % of them are between 20 and 45. It is a young audience asking for trendy and new products.

The new program produced by Ante Time Production will be broadcasted live at 7:00pm when the audience reaches its climax for all age-groups. Sales can reach up to ￥15,000 (roughly $ 2,100) per minute. For a special package of cosmetics which sale began on 2007/12/28, Happigo has already sold 7316 packages (￥3,673,000 ; roughly $ 520,500) and broadcasted 10 live shows for this particular product.

The co-production combines Ante Time Production's expertise in quality TV program production and local network in Europe with a renowned nationwide and successful home shopping TV channel with Happigo.

Last week, Christophe Kourdouly, managing director of Ante Time, participated the 2007 suppliers' congress in Hunan as can be seen on Motion Netwok TV website, along with pictures of Happigo facilities and screen captures from Happigo shows.

This first co-production between Ante Time and Happigo is the benchmark for further cooperation in China.

About Ante Time Production

Ante Time Production based in Paris is a division of MNH and is a video and film production company offering a wide range of content production and technical facilities. Ante Time works with solid partners such as Golden Eagle Broadcast Group and Oriental CJ in China for products and TV content exports. Ante Time’s aim is to provide quality content for a triple play media convergence challenge, working internationally thanks to the new streams of MNH. Ante Time also has expertise in the area of sponsoring. TV content is mostly backed up by sponsors or bartering operations. Currently, Ante Time works with a large range of brands able to implement and co-finance TV production costs with content relevant to the brands. http://www.antetimeprod.com/

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")

MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. http://www.motionnetworktv.com.

About Happigo

Happigo Home Shopping Co., Ltd., is a modern media company using muli-media (television, Internet and magazines) to create a selling platform, and is dedicated to developing the new generation market of home shopping in China. Happigo started broadcasting on 17 March 2006, and was founded by Hunan Broadcasting Group, the biggest media group in China, and Hunan Satellite TV Station, one of the most recognised TV stations in China. Happigo is the first and for now the only live TV Home Shopping Company in the mainland China. Since the very beginning, Happigo has been the first TV channel that produces 10 hours’ continual specialized live home shopping programs. http://www.happigo.com/(in Chinese)

Motion Network Holding (MNH) heads South.

g.k@ab01.com — 2008-03-14T13:36:05+01:00

Motion Network Holding (MNH) heads South.

MNH and TV4YOU will be partners for Southern Europe: Spain and Portugal. TV4YOU is ready to operate as MNH representative in the Iberian Peninsula. It already represents Chello media, MGM, Al Jazeera international, Vodafone, Cabovisao, Portugal telecom. Thanks to this wide experience, TV4YOU is fully operational and ready to go.

Ninety-eight percent of Spanish households have a television set, 86% have a color receiver (in contrast, 76% have a radio). On average, Spaniards watch about three and a half hours of television a day, mostly in the afternoon and late evening hours. Five national channels now serve a Spanish population of 39.4 million and a television audience of 29.2 million. Of these five, two, TVE-I and TVE-2 are state-owned, financed by subsidy and advertising. Antena -3 and Telecinco are private channels, financed by advertising ; Canal+ is private, financed by subscription. 3 million TV households were connected with 1 million subscribing to cable television in the year 2000. In the 1990s, TVE's subsidy has not helped it overcome the growing debt of the company, despite its stable position in the market. In contrast, the private firms have been profitable.
Ninety-six percent of Portuguese households have a television. In Portugal, satellite is only proposed as a substitute for cable in some rural region, thus in comparison with cable the number of subscribers is very small. In the fourth quarter of 2007 Portugal had 1.96 million subscribers to the services of subscription TV supported by cable distribution networks or satellite (DTH) – around 2% more than the number recorded in the previous quarter. As of the end of December 2007, the total number of cabled households for all operators stood at around four million, 63 thousand more households than in the previous quarter, an increase of 1.6%. For the same period the number of subscribers to the cable television services, 1.49 million subscribers, grew by around 1%, an addition of 20 thousand customers. Meanwhile, year-on-year, there was an increase of around 5%, representing the addition of around 69 thousand new subscribers. At the end of 2007, Cable television service subscribers represented around 27% of all Portuguese households. At the end of 2007, the television distribution service using Direct To Home (DTH) technology had 476 thousand subscribers, 3.9% more than in the previous quarter and 9.3% more than in the same quarter of 2006. In absolute terms, this translates to 18 thousand more subscribers during the quarter. The Telecine channels, the cinema channels produced by joint venture Premium TV, are actually packaged in Brazil and beamed to Portugal. This results often in an erratic picture quality and in the fact that subtitles are in Brazilian and not in Portuguese. There is no Portuguese cinema channel.

TV4YOU has a large experience for services both for TV operators, Mobile Phone operator, Technological companies and for TV channels. It covers the whole spectrum of the media world implementing locally what MNTV do globally. With more than 5 years of experience, TV4YOU is a specialist in negotiating TV Channels contents for NVOD, VOD and Digital TV as well as general programming such as information and entertainment. It’s also provides for a global approach of the market including Marketing, Communication and Advertising. It makes the link between upstream and downstream.

The partnership will combine Motion Network Holding European vision and network with a deeply rooted experience and coverage in all aspect of the domestic media and entertainment industry from TV4YOU.

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")

MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com.

About TV4YOU

With more than 5 years of experience, TV4YOU is a specialist in negotiating TV Channels contents for NVOD, VOD and Digital TV as well as general programming such as information and entertainment. It’s also provides for a global approach of the market including Marketing, Communication and Advertising. TV4YOU has knowledge over the international content market as well as excellent relationships with Majors of the entertainment industry, thus TV4YOU is extremely competitive in this area. International partnerships already established with countries such as Spain, France, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and Cabo Verde, guarantees the implementation of global solutions.

For further information visit http://www.tv4you.pt/

MNH reaches out to the Middle East.

g.k@ab01.com — 2008-03-14T09:41:27+01:00

Motion Network Holding (MNH) reaches out to the Middle East.

Motion Network Holding (MNH) reaches out to the Middle East. It found a partner to-be in the media company 360. This new partnership will be finalized on Thursday 13 March 2008.

MNH is working on a new business model with 360 to adapt to the peculiar Israel TV market. 360 is now in talks with cable and digital operator to build a profitable model despite the Israel very restrictive laws regarding commercials on TV. As all Israeli cable and digital TV channels, Motion Network TV (MNTV) Israel will be a pay TV.

Israel is one of the few countries in the world to design, build, launch and operate its own satellites. Some 70% of households subscribe to cable television, which provides scores of channels, offering a mix of local and foreign programming, much of it catering to select audiences. Thus the Israeli audience is used to theme channels and very open to this kind of TV channel especially as it remains a unique concept in the Israeli audiovisual landscape. Most Israeli channels are focusing on a particular language widely spoken in Israel while MNTV will provide subtitling for all these languages.

360 reaches the whole scope of media entertainment – it owns cable TV channels and websites, but also produces content for them. 360 embodies in Israel the same global vision as Motion Network Holding.

360 is managed by Haim Sharir, a prominent figure in the TV industry for the last 25 years and Deddi Zucker- former parliament member 1986-2000. Haim Sharir is the former Vice President of channel 2 (the dominant channel in Israel) for content; has produced some of the most popular series in TV since 2000 ; has produced movies since 1980 such as Point of View with John Savage. Since 2004, it has established a partnership with Arad Communication, the second largest PR company in Israel.

The partnership will combine Motion Network Holding European vision and network with a deeply rooted experience and coverage in all aspect of the domestic media and entertainment industry from 360.

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")
MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com.

About 360
360 was established by Haim Sharir and Deddi Zucker in 2003. 360 runs 3 TV channels on cables in Israel, owns and runs 2 internet sites, produces content for internet websites on specific themes like life-style, health, sports or parenthood, represents the Argentine TV Channel- TELEFE, represents foreign content for mobile and the internet such as Guinness Records or Naked News. For further information visit http://www.360tv.tv/

New agreement in Turkey

g.k@ab01.com — 2008-03-04T13:36:10+01:00

The new agreement in Turkey marks the roll-out plans of Motion Network Holding to make out of Motion Network TV the first syndication in Europe and a pan-European channel.

Motion Network Holding, parent company of Motion Network TV, the first 24/7 free movie channel in Europe, is finalizing talks with Strech Films in Turkey in order to launch Motion Network TV Turkey. Adding to Motion Network TV Russia, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Balkans, Motion Network Holding strengthens its position in far eastern Europe. This new agreement marks the roll-out plans of Motion Network Holding to make out of Motion Network TV the first syndication in Europe and a pan-European channel.

Motion Network TV adds a new vast territory. The channel will broadcast movies that will be subtitled in Turkish and programs in Turkish locally produced by Strech Films. Strech Films has already contacted cable and digital operator and will implement Motion Network TV roll-out by reaching the widest audience.

With over 14 million television-owning households, the broadcasting market is one of the biggest in Europe. The vast majority of private television channels are considered as generalist in terms of their output. In recent years, there has been a rise in the number of thematic channels. There are several music, documentary, sports, news and entertainment channels. But there is no real movie thematic channel so far in the Turkish media landscape. More over there is significant popular demand for new technologies and services, as observed in the mobile telephone market, where there is a penetration of 40 per cent, with around 30 million users.

Strech Films is a young and ambitious production company established in 2007. It has already worked with prestigious client such as Fox. Its creation follows the successful carrier of its founders, Ulas Ygit Ülker and Omer Faruk Baydar, in the entertainment industry. Ulas Ygit Ülker, CEO of Strech Films, enjoys a various experience as he worked for ATV, Ogilvy & Mathers Advertising Agency and take part at different levels in several movies and commercials.

“After analyzing your global business plan, made necessary research and evaluation of Motion Network TV’s opportunities and challenges in the receptive market; we have, after consultation from major media actors in Turkey, reached a positive conclusion” said Ulas Ygit Ülker, CEO and founder of Strech Films.

The partnership combines Motion Network Holding European vision and network with a strong experience in all aspect of the domestic media and entertainment industry from Strech Films executives.

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")
MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com.
About Strech Films
Strech Film was established by Ulas Yigit Ulker and Faruk Baydar in 2007 after many years of experience from production of various television programs, music videos, advertisements and films. With the wide scope of knowledge the company’s focus is to provide services to the costumers in terms of all steps of the productions life cycle, which means in addition to the production itself, they do also contribute with pre-, post facilities and services. Despite their new entrance into the market, they have been working with reputable companies as Fox TV, MTV and Turkcell. For further information visit http://www.strech-film.com/

MNTV Balkans

g.k@ab01.com — 2008-03-03T14:10:49+01:00

Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH") Frankfurt listed, symbol HORA: keeps moving its policy to implement local partnerships in Europe forward. Each country platform will be in charge of domestic advertising sales, local content production and e-commerce solutions. Last week, MNH concluded a deal with Spectrum Optim Moscow for the exploitation of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Georgia. Today, MNH carries on concluding a deal with Komuna for the exploitation of Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania and Romania. Maksa Catovic (prominent Serbian producer) will run the business all over the Balkans.

MNH remains the majority shareholder with a 55% shareholding in the new partnership entity and will supply 90% of subtitled programs in the Balkans, common programmes for global Europe.

Komuna will make the most of this peculiar and diverse region. Maksa Catovic, CEO of Komuna is an experienced movie producer – he produced such international box office as Underground and Black cat, white cat by Emir Kusturica. Komuna is also considered to be the leading Yugoslav independent TV program producer and has produced a wide range of TV programs – music programs, documentary on music and TV series. Maksa Catovic created integrated media company – movie, TV, music, publishing – thus Komuna is the ideal partner for MNTV in the Balkans.

Today MNH is in advanced talks with major partners in all Europe, the aim is to have partners with the same profile as Komuna, integrated companies with vertical businesses and distribution or sales network already running. said Christophe K. Kourdouly exec VP MNH

About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH")

MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com.

About Komuna
Komuna is an integrated entertainment company. It produces movies, TV content, music - both records and concerts – and publishes books and comics. Komuna expertise covers the whole ex-Yugoslavian area. It is the leading Yugoslav independent TV program and movie producer. For further information visit http://www.komuna.com

Partnership Agreement PR Newshire

g.k@ab01.com — 2008-03-03T14:06:07+01:00

ZUG, Switzerland, February 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Hawk AG's portfolio company Motion network Holding Plc ("MNH") announces that it is now accelerating the execution of its policy to implement local partnerships in Europe to create country platforms. Each country platform will be in charge of domestic advertising sales, local content production and e-commerce solutions. MNH has just concluded a deal with Spectrum Optim Moscow which is backed by Crossinvestbank, for the exploitation of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Georgia. Konstantin Vitkin (major Russian TV producer) and Andrei Alkema (Crossinvestbank partner) will run the business in Russia and will profit on the Eurasian Academy network to supply local content. MNH is the majority shareholder with a 75% shareholding in the new partnership entity and will supply 90% of programmes subtitled in Russian. MNH's corporate bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, will organize the pulling of cash on profits as long as the accounting systems remain different from the international ones. Spectrum expects to reach 0.2% of market share by the end of 2009. The advertising market has surged in the last decade, reaching US$6 billion and representing a 32 percent increase from last year. There are a variety of big companies on the market with unlimited advertising budgets, but limited advertising opportunities. They include alcohol, tobacco, and beer companies that for the most part can't advertise on TV and have practically taken over the market for outdoor advertising. Everyone else has to compete for the remaining space, which keeps prices high. By some measures, Russia is, in fact, the world's fastest-growing advertising market. Today MNH is in talks with potential major partners in most areas of Europe and are reviewing technical details such as subtitles, percentage stakes, etc. "We thought it could have taken much longer to attract local partners; today our problem is the selection of a partner among all interested institutions ready to go with us," said Julie Guetta, head of business development at MNTV France. About Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH") MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. For further information visit http://www.motionnetworktv.com. About Swiss Hawk AG Swiss Hawk AG is building an alternative asset investment company focused on the environmental technology sector. The company pursues an aggressive investment policy based on actively investing and trading mainly in late stage pre-IPO and IPOs with high-growth potential and planned short term exit. Swiss Hawk is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Open Market. 
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