FashionTV launches its 24/7 stream on YouTube

April 18, 2011 - PRLog -- NEW YORK, NY (April 18, 2011) – FashionTV (FTV) network announced today the start of its 24/7 Live high quality streaming direct to YouTube.com/ftv, facebook.com/ftv, and ftv.tv now available all over the world. FashionTV’s most popular European uncensored signal Eutelsat 13 degrees is streaming straight to YouTube http://youtube.com/FashionTV. FashionTV brings its followers the latest shows from the world’s fashion capitals, special reports on the global fashion icons and world’s top models, spectacular creations of photographers and seductive photo shoots at the most exotic destinations. Now, anyone with internet access may enjoy FashionTV anywhere and anytime. “FashionTV is pleased to be the first to launch the live streaming service on YouTube and make it available to the wide audience within 24 hours of YouTube launching live capabilities. With our cooperation with YouTube we are happy to bring FashionTV to billions homes with internet access around the globe. FashionTV has further plans to develop multilevel interactive services, targeted advertising, transactional e-commerce, and many more hi-tech applications on TV, PC, display screens including all new display technology, and mobile and handheld devices” said Michel Adam, president and founder of FashionTV. This is a historical breakthrough, FashionTV is the first to become major broadcast signal on YouTube, the most popular new media outlet online.

The European FashionTV channel features exclusive shows and events from fashion capitals of the world - Paris, Milan, London, New York, and more…special reports on global fashion icons, such as Roberto Cavalli,  Dolce & Gabbana, Christian Dior, in depth interview with the world's top models and leading fashion bloggers. All this makes FashionTV an exciting hypnotic 24/7 entertainment.

About FashionTV:

FashionTV is an international television channel devoted to Fashion and Luxury. Founded in France in 1997 by President Michel Adam Lisowski, FashionTV Holding LTD is a listed company on Frankfurt stock exchange (TV8). Available 24/7 to its international audience, FashionTV has become one of the most widely-distributed satellite channels in the world with over 75 satellite and thousands pay-tv operators, totaling around 400 million households and 7 million public locations in 193 countries across the five continents, and with the new high quality live streaming services FashionTV is now available to another 1 billion high speed internet connected PCs and mobile devices. Today, FashionTV is independently owned and operated from its headquarters in Paris, London and Vienna.

In October 2008, FashionTV launched a new channel entirely in HD which delivers outstanding picture and sound quality with richer colors. FTV HD brings its viewers a comprehensive world-wide overview of fashion and luxury lifestyles. FTV HD programming includes the best shows from the main fashion capitals of the world, including exclusive content from top designers, models, stars and events.

FTV HD and its 3D broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be received in USA, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa via AsiaSat 5, EuroBird 9 and IntelSat 805 satellites.  In North America, FTV HD reaches over 4 million homes and is broadcast in Miami Beach via Atlantic broadband Cables (channel number 179). FTV HD is also available throughout the USA in English via the Platinum HD Package on DISH Network (channel number 374), in Spanish via the Dish LATINO Ultimate Pack (channel number 5304) and as Direct-To-Home via IntelSat 805 satellite. In South America, FashionTV Latin feed reaches a total of 17.5 million homes via Turner Latin: 7.9 million in South Cone (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile), 7.4 million in North Cone (Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Uruguay), 2.2 million in Brazil.

FashionTV has also evolved into a comprehensive multi-media platform which thematic channels and a video on demand services offered via its f.Club membership on www.ftv.com. In cooperation with Google, the “FashionTV channel on YouTube” www.youtube.com/fashiontv has quickly gained over 70,000 subscribers and produces approximately 10 million clip views per month, 25% of which comes from the USA. Additionally, FashionTV’s Facebook community has grown to over 500,000 followers, of which 10% are from the USA.

FashionTV is also carried by major mobile phone platforms on a variety of IPTV services. In the USA alone, FTV Mobile TV & Mobile VOD is offered via Sprint, Cingular, Alltel, Midwest wireless and Cellular South; FTV IPTV is offered in the USA by FilmOn and IP WORLD TV.

For more information visit FashionTV’s web site www.ftv.com
All the presentations about fashiontv you can download here

Fashion TV’s Contacts:
General inquiries: usa@ftv.com

Orna Gusinski
Senior Vice President USA | FashionTV
orna@ftv.com

Olga Chepurko
Business Development USA| FashionTV
olga@ftv.com