Sundance Channel Content Available on V CAST

NEW YORK/BASKING RIDGE/LAS VEGAS, January 8: Sundance
Channel has inked a deal with Verizon Wireless to offer a selection of
short-form programming on Verizon’s mobile V CAST service.

The Sundance Channel on V CAST will feature video clips from
prior Sundance Film Festival coverage and, from January 17 to 27, daily video
clips from the channel’s Festival Updates
for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival will also be available. Other mobile
selections offered are animated green short films, including Young
Yeti by Cole Gerst, Breakfast by Bob Fox and Wasted by Casey Safron; live-action short films, including Electric
Cars directed by Anita McGee and Not
Pretty, Really directed by Mark McKinney;
as well as segments from the original series Big Ideas for a Small
Planet.

“We are thrilled to bring Sundance Channel content to
Verizon Wireless’ mobile audience,” said Christopher Barry, the senior VP of
digital media and business strategy for Sundance Channel. “We also look forward
to showcasing original film projects that are developed with the small screen
in mind during 2008.”

Ryan Hughes, the VP of digital programming for Verizon,
said: “Verizon Wireless provides customers the content they want how they want
it, and we are thrilled to extend an array of content from Sundance Channel to
our customers.”

—By Ned Berke