EpicVue Named Latest ATA Featured Product Company

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Mar 20, 2015, 01:54 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., March 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations announced it has selected EpicVue as the newest ATA Featured Product company.

"With so many truck drivers spending weeks away from their homes and families, ensuring a good quality of life for them is so very important," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. "Television fulfills a human need for connection and we are thrilled to welcome EpicVue as a Featured Product company for our members."

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The EpicVue service for fleets brings more than 100 channels of DIRECTV programming including premium channels such as HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and NFL Sunday Ticket into the comfort of a driver's sleeper for a monthly subscription fee and without any upfront hardware costs. Included in the EpicVue package is a 24" flat screen TV, a DVR, an off-air antenna used to pick up local channels and an EpicVue designed and manufactured ruggedized satellite antenna for the rear or top of the cab.

"The need to address the driver quality of life cannot be understated, and we are excited to be selected as an ATA Featured Product," said Lance Platt, CEO for EpicVue. "While the power of television is something most of us take for granted, it is proving to be a powerful influence in not only improving the quality of life for today's drivers, but it is also having a significant influence in attracting a new generation of drivers to the industry. Seeing the reaction from drivers who get to experience this is very rewarding, and it is encouraging to be a part of providing at least one piece to the driver lifestyle puzzle."

Salt Lake City-based EpicVue was formed by individuals with years of combined experience in the satellite and television industries. The company offers a TV viewing package specifically designed for commercial fleets. Used as a tool to assist with recruiting, retaining and improving driver quality of life, the EpicVue package brings more than 100 channels of DIRECTV programming, including premium channels such as HBO/Cinemax, SHOWTIME and the NFL Sunday Ticket, into the comfort of a driver's sleeper for a monthly subscription fee and without any upfront hardware costs. For more information, visit www.epicvue.com.

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward.

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SOURCE American Trucking Associations