TORONTO, July 20, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- FirstBingo.com (OTCBB:FBGO) announced today an exclusive licensing agreement to provide its Trivia Bingo(tm) game to Bingo TVNet Corporation. This agreement covers the territories of the United States of America, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
BingoTV is a new satellite TV network channel in which viewers in the United States play at home to win advertiser supported prizes. BingoTV is broadcast on EchoStar Communications Corporation's (Nasdaq:DISH) DISH Network in the United States.
"We at FirstBingo are very excited about the commitment that BingoTV has made to develop the TriviaBingo Gameshow for its viewers," said Richard Wachter, president of FirstBingo.com.
"TriviaBingo gives home users the opportunity to qualify for an appearance on a nationally televised game show," said Ira Bahr, President of BingoTV.
Bingo TVNet Corporation is a sophisticated advertising/marketing/promotional tool that gives commercial advertisers an unprecedented opportunity to immerse their products into a compelling program format. BingoTV was designed as an answer to the problem of audience loss during commercial pods and is one in which products are the program. Visit www.bingotv.com.
FirstBingo.com is currently engaged in the production and customization of an innovative and exciting new corporate marketing and advertising tool. FirstBingo.com specializes in the development and production of multimedia properties, most notably an innovative and exciting Internet/television game show called TriviaBingo. The company's solution combines the skill testing question aspect of trivia with the excitement and popularity of bingo. By participating online, players can compete for the opportunity to appear on TV TriviaBingo, the television version of the game.
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