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Firestone subsidiary to provide studio space, live and taped production services and office space for Spanish news broadcasts
New York - December 5, 2007 - Juniper Content Corporation's (OTCBB: JNPC; "Juniper") Firestone Communications Inc. announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Borger Broadcasting Inc., a subsidiary of Equity Media Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: EMDA), to provide office and studio broadcast space for Equity Media's Univision and TeleFutura affiliates. Equity Media plans to relocate its Spanish-language operations to the Dallas/Fort Worth area and hopes to begin producing its newscasts at the new location by mid-2008. Equity Media is Univision's second-largest affiliate partner with 16 Univision and 3 TeleFutura affiliates, 13 of which are in the top-65 Hispanic markets.
"By relocating our Univision and TeleFutura broadcast functions to the Firestone facility, we will be centralizing our Spanish news operations in the nation's 6th largest Hispanic television market," stated Tom Arnost, President and CEO of Equity Media's Broadcast Station Group. "We feel that this is a significant step forward for our Spanish-language affiliates and we are excited to begin the relocation process."
"This agreement and partnership brings together Equity Media's news activities where we can collaborate on better serving Hispanic audiences nationally and locally from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex ," stated Leonard C. Firestone, COO of ¡SORPRESA!
The Firestone facility is a state-of-the-art, fully digital, network operations center offering automated traffic systems, C-Band digital uplink, multiple downlink antennas, 24/7 dedicated fiber backup to EchoStar's satellite facility, live program switching, and digital video servers. Additional television production services include a live multi-camera digital control room and studios for live or taped programs, Avid Adrenaline suites, Final Cut Pro suites, an audio suite and motion graphics suite.
About Juniper Content Corporation
Juniper Content Corporation is a media and entertainment company focused on branded content services in high growth markets across multiple distribution channels. On January 19, 2007, it merged with Firestone Communications, owner and operator of ¡SORPRESA! ¡SORPRESA! is the nation's first Hispanic children's television network and digital community offered on Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, Verizon and The National Cable TV Cooperative. ¡SORPRESA! is also available through third party mobile and broadband platforms, including: Verizon's FiOS and Brightcove; on VOD basis through Akimbo, AOL TV, MSN, and AT&T Homezone; and on a mobile basis through MobiTV, that provides Spanish language video services to Sprint and AT&T Wireless; and sorpresatv.com
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