Asyncast Partners With KUSA-TV to Deliver News Anytime Anywhere With Rocketron (SM)

Asyncast Partners With KUSA-TV to Deliver News Anytime Anywhere With Rocketron (SM)

Gannett's Denver Flagship Station, With Its Award-Winning 9NEWS Team, Launches Rocketron

CAMPBELL, Calif. and DENVER, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Asyncast Corporation, creators of Rocketron, today announced a partnership with Denver's KUSA-TV 9NEWS, the number one multimedia news organization in Denver and the flagship television station for its parent company, Gannett Co. Inc.

Rocketron is a hands-free, mobile service that enables people to listen to personalized news via mobile phone anytime, anywhere. The 9NEWS award-winning news team provides Rocketron with local and regional coverage for Denver, Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. KUSA-TV 9NEWS, a multiple Emmy Award-winning news station, joins a list of top tier news sources, such as Reuters and United Press International (UPI), to provide Rocketron members with access to thousands of articles daily, on topics ranging from local and international news to sports and entertainment. People on-the-go can now dial into Rocketron at 408-907-2323 and listen to news streamed from KUSA-TV 9NEWS.

"We have been the leader in the market when it comes to launching new technology in Denver. Rocketron is an exciting new platform to bring 9NEWS to our audience," said Mark A. Cornetta, KUSA-TV's president and general manager. "A simple phone call will deliver the latest personalized news and information at times and in places where they want it."

By dialing Rocketron's service at 408-907-2323, users can use voice commands to easily control the news they hear. No longer do they have to sit through news they don't want to hear. Rocketron is free for everyone, with audio advertisements that each last only seven seconds.

"Our goal is to provide Rocketron members with a first-class experience: hands-free access to the news they want, in a fun, easy format that puts them in charge of the content and the flow. 9NEWS is a leader in the news industry, and we are impressed with its high standards both as a news provider and as an early adopter of cutting edge technologies and techniques. It's a great fit! With its help, Rocketron will reach more people and provide them with the best, personalized news stories every single day," said Andy Watson, CEO of Asyncast Corporation. "The 9NEWS team ranks among the best of the best for news on television and the Web. Rocketron can deliver their news stories to people on-the-go, to commuters, and to people exercising, bicycling, walking or doing chores -- all of the times they can't safely or easily read, watch TV or surf the web."

About Rocketron

Launched in September 2008, Rocketron -- a service of Asyncast Corporation -- is hands-free, mobile news that you choose. Simply call 408- 907-2323, anytime, anywhere. With thousands of news articles updated daily, Rocketron lets you hear and personalize the news you don't have time to read or watch, and speak your mind on the things you don't have time to write about. More information about Rocketron can be found at http://www.rocketron.com/. More information about Asyncast Corporation can be found at http://www.asyncast.com/.

   Rocketron is a service mark of Asyncast Corporation.    About KUSA-TV  

The networks of 9NEWS include K*USA TV (Denver Channel 9), My 20 KTVD (Denver Channel 20), 9NEWS Weather Plus (Denver Digital Channel 9.2), 9NEWS.com, and My20Denver.com. 9NEWS has been Colorado's News Leader since 1976 -- with the highest rated television station in the Denver market, which serves 1.1 Million TV Households. 9NEWS.com is Colorado's most popular news website averaging more than 25 million page views, 6.6 million visits, and approximately 1.8 million unique users monthly. The networks of 9NEWS are owned by Gannett Co., Inc.

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CONTACT: Meghan Fintland of MWW Group, +1-415-395-5906, cell,
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