LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Apr 1, 2014) - Players Network (OTCQB: PNTV), a Digital Television, Technology and New Media company that develops, owns, and operates Branded Lifestyle Channel Destinations, announces today that it has established facebook.com/yourweedtv; twitter.com/YourWeedTv (@ yourweedtv); instagram.com/YourWeedTv (@ yourweedtv); vine @ yourweedtv and Pinterest accounts/pages to increase distribution, traffic and awareness of weedtv.com Lifestyle Channel Destination and for ongoing social media marketing and promotional campaigns. PNTV has also registered YouTube.com/user/YourWeedTv and is process of developing a specific rollout strategy for YouTube that will link with PNTV current media distribution Channels.
The social media campaign will begin to create media sharing and awareness for the upcoming launch of www.weedtv.com and generate interest for membership signups. A membership interface will be available on the weedtv.com website prior to April 8th, 2014 for people to pre-register for membership and inquire about business opportunities. The initial memberships will be free and will offer a discount on merchandise and offers as well as access to exclusive video content. WeedTV is engaging with key social media opinion leaders, music artists and celebrities to tweet and post to their fan base to create broad awareness of this new Lifestyle Channel Destination.
CEO Mark Bradley states: "Social Media provides the power and reach to rapidly build awareness and audience for WeedTV to literally tens of millions of fans worldwide. Social Media works best when it is used to connect social communities. The Marijuana industry is becoming one of the fastest growing marketplaces in the world and has always been a social community and a perfect fit for a NextGenTV(SM) Lifestyle Channel Destination."
Media inquires contact Lisa Mayo-DeRiso at: 702.576.2659
For Investor inquiries Contact(s): Zachary R. Logan / Drew S. Phillips
at: 858.886.7237 info@pacifificequityusa.com
About WeedTV:
WeedTV is a Lifestyle Channel Destination powered by PNTV's NextGenTV(SM) enterprise platform. WeedTv will be the go to source for informational, entertainment, products and services for people who relate to the marijuana lifestyle and social community. Weed TV will feature daily stories sourced by weedtv.com correspondents and contributors from around the world. It will provide a wide variety of editorial content, videos and entertainment including lead stories, political news, business news on the industry, financial analysis from industry experts, growing tips, cooking tips, a "Weed101" section, medical uses, lifestyle features, entertainment specials and merchandise shopping cart offering the latest products and services. www.weedtv.com
About Players Network:
Players Network is a Television and Digital New Media Company that uses its proprietary Enterprise Web Platform to develop numerous Branded Digital Lifestyle Networks for itself and its partners in a wide range of lifestyle categories. Players Network's current original channels, "Players Network", "Vegas on Demand", "Real Vegas TV", focus on Las Vegas and Gaming Lifestyles. They are distributed over PNTV's owned and operated VOD Channels on TV in over 23,000,000 homes over Comcast, its Broadband Network and Mobile Platforms, on Hulu, Google, YouTube, Blinkx and Yahoo Video, on DVD, and through worldwide television syndication. For more information please visit www.playersnetwork.com
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With the exception of the historical information contained in this Release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described, including but not limited to: the ability of the Company to increase revenues in the future due to the developing and unpredictable markets for its products, the ability to achieve a positive cash flow, the ability to obtain orders for or install its products, the ability to obtain new customers and the ability to continue to commercialize its products, which could cause actual results or revenues to differ materially from those contemplated by these statements.