Faith-based apps will provide Monday-Saturday ministry via Android and iPhone

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- GoTV Networks, Inc. the premier mobile media network and mobile services provider, announced today an exclusive agreement with CallOnJesus.com to bring a library of faith-based applications to mobile phones.

Under the terms of the agreement, GoTV will syndicate content from CallOnJesus.com, including books, video and audio to mobile phones through GoTV's family of innovative video, audio and book-reader applications. The applications will be distributed through GoTV's extensive wireless carrier network and application storefronts.

The applications launching at the time of this announcement include:

• CallOnJesus - Integrated sermon video, Bible reader and daily devotional application
• Bible in a Year - Integrated Bible reader and devotional video application
• Romancing Royalty - Daily devotional application

"Launching this compelling set of faith-based applications is a strategic milestone for GoTV," said Thomas N. Ellsworth, Chief Executive Officer of GoTV Networks. "It expands our offering as we strive to serve a diverse and growing community of mobile phone users."

The three applications are currently available for Apple iPhones and Google Android-powered phones. They can be purchased and downloaded through the Apple iPhone Application Store and the Google Android Market. Availability will be expanded in coming months to select RIM Blackberry phones as well as phones powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile and other Smartphone platforms.

"The quality and innovative features of our multi-platform mobile applications are showcased in the applications for Apple iPhones available from AT&T and the growing number of Android powered phones available from T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless," Ellsworth added.

"I am extremely pleased to bring compelling Christian content from CallOnJesus.com to mobile phones, which are a pervasive part of our increasingly digital lives," said Dudley C. Rutherford, founder and president of CallOnJesus.com and senior pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Church in Northern Los Angeles. "My vision for CallOnJesus.com was to use the Internet to make sermons, books and other materials available to people around the world. These exciting mobile phone applications expand on that vision and enable viral peer-to-peer sharing of the Gospel on a global basis."

About GoTV Networks: GoTV Networks is the premier mobile media network and services provider in the United States. GoTV brings original content and 3rd-party content, including books, video and audio, to the widest mobile distribution network in the US. This content is accessible to mobile users using downloaded applications and through on-demand streaming services on a broad range of wireless devices. Availability includes the Apple iPhone Application Store, AT&T, Boost Mobile, the Google Android Market, Sprint (including Nextel), T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless (including Alltel) and Virgin Mobile. GoTV Networks is headquartered in Los Angeles.

For more information on these products, or to schedule an interview with Tom Ellsworth of GoTV Networks or Dudley Rutherford of CallOnJesus, please contact Rusty Shelton at (512) 478-2028 ext. 220 or rshelton@phenixpublicity.com.

SOURCE GoTV Networks

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