EPOIA Interactive Studios Signs Licensing Deal with the Travel Channel

EPOIA Interactive Studios Signs Licensing Deal with the Travel Channel

- Podcast solution used as 'middle-ware' platform for upcoming TV Show season and original web content -

FARMINGDALE, N.J., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- EPOIA Interactive Studios, LLC, developers of PodshowCreator, announced today they have entered into a software licensing agreement to provide a 'middleware platform' for Travel Channel, A Cox Communications Company.

Plans are to release the upcoming season of Travel Channel shows as podcasts including Tony and Friends Podcast (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations), Samantha Brown Podcast, Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods) Podcast, Cash and Treasures Podcast, Travel Ideas Podcast, Destinations Podcast, and World Hum News Podcast, to name a few.

"This is a watershed event for our company. The Travel Channel licensing agreement delivers the next generation of our solution satisfying the need for a robust business class podcasting application. We are extremely fortunate to be working with the Travel Channel and look forward to evolving our relationship," said Jerry Gorman, Chief Executive Officer of EPOIA Interactive Studios, developers of PodshowCreator.

"Our software eliminates the need for companies to develop a costly, in- house solution and allows them to focus their resources on the core parts of their business. Regardless of where the content is stored and served from, our web-based application provides the 'middle-ware' solution to tie together all of the critical components. We see many more relationships developing from this deal," said Carl J. Mahle Jr., Chief Technology Officer for EPOIA.

"We find a great need and desire with our audience to offer podcasts of our most popular shows and other travel-related video," said Katharine English, VP of Interactive Media at Travel Channel. "EPOIA offers a transparent solution, and we are eager to introduce this service to our most impassioned and engaged fans."

About EPOIA Interactive Studios

Based in Farmingdale, New Jersey, EPOIA Interactive Studios, LLC, developers of PodshowCreator.com is a privately-held company dedicated to providing premium media rich applications to facilitate the distribution of content on the Internet. Our patent pending software enables a seamless API connection to any digital media and allows them to leverage our robust easy to use applications. Our solutions provide the gateway to managing, publishing, syndicating, advertising campaigns and complete traffic analysis from one easy-to-use administrative console. For more information on PodshowCreator's innovative podcast service offerings, please contact Tom Hendricks, Chief Operating Officer of EPOIA Interactive Studios, at (866) 345-2278 or by visiting http://www.podshowcreator.com/.

About Travel Channel Media

Travel Channel Media is an integrated travel media business, and is wholly owned by Cox Communications, Inc., a leading multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company. Travel Channel Media includes: the Travel Channel television network, available in more than 91 million U.S. cable homes; Travel Channel HD(TM), the network's high-definition simulcast; travelchannel.com, the network's broadband travel hub; Travel Channel's video- on-demand (VOD) and mobile platforms; and World Hum (worldhum.com), a leading online travel blog.

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Source: EPOIA Interactive Studios, LLC

CONTACT: Tom Hendricks, Chief Operating Officer of EPOIA Interactive
Studios, +1-866-345-CAST (2278), thendricks@epoia.com

Web site: http://www.epoia.com/
http://www.podshowcreator.com/

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Profile: International Entertainment