D-Smart and Medyavizyon combine forces to launch SinemaTV on July 2008 and SinemaTV 2 on August 2008.

Istanbul, Turkey (PRnine - September 25, 2008) - D-Smart, Turkey’s most recently inaugurated yet leading direct-to-home satellite Television provider, and Medyavizyon, the most prominent independent film distribution company in Turkey, combined forces to launch SinemaTV on July 2008 and SinemaTV 2 on August 2008. With the launch of SinemaTV Family on September 16th 2008, the first phase of SinemaTV channels has now been completed and these three advertising supported networks are offered as a part of D-Smart’s premium cinema package. Murat Saygı, General Manager of D-Smart and an Executive Board Member of Dogan TV Holding noted that the launch of Sinema TV will significantly increase the quality standards in Turkish TV sector and added that D-Smart will place the various channels of Sinema TV in the very primary positions in the Electronic Programming Guide to make sure that Sinema TV will take a well deserved amount of viewing time in Turkey. The service, a joint venture between D- Smart and Medyavizyon, will be offering around 600 titles each year, 200 of which will be first-run movies, while choosing quality over quantity.

Sinema TV offers innovative, quality entertainment that is uniquely distinct and relatable to the whole family. There will be a wide range of acclaimed first-run and library films, diligently chosen according to the Turkish taste and from various genres such as comedy, action, romance, drama and more. The programming line-up on Sinema TV features a vast archive of excellent films. Current titles include critically acclaimed World and Turkish cinema titles such as Kabadayı, Yaşamın Kıyısında (Auf der anderen Seite), Les Choristes as well as Hollywood box office hits like Golden Compass, King Kong, Rush Hour 3, United 93, The Sentinel, Fast and Furious: The Tokyo Drift, 40 Year-Old Virgin, Michael Clayton, Mongol, Hairspray, Warlords, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Next, Awake, Miami Vice, Holiday, The Inside-Man, etc. With a price suitable to an extensive Turkish crowd, Sinema TV will provide World cinema 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to the subscribers. “Our mission is to deliver current, quality entertainment for all Turkish viewers to enjoy. From now on, people will watch good films in Turkey and there will be no house left without Sinema.” states Fatih Oflaz, the president of the network.

About D-Smart

D-Smart is the most recently launched DTH Platform in Turkey with a very versatile and up to date broadcasting technology expanded together with NDS of Newscorp. D-Smart is a group of companies owned by Dogan TV Holding, which is a subsidiary pf Axel Springer A.G of Germany and Dogan Yayın Holding.

About Medyavizyon

Founded in 1989, Medyavizyon Group first served as a distributer of TV productions. In the following years, Medyavizyon started distributing films and home entertainment. Through its own distribution channel, Medyavizyon has been distributing its own independent foreign films as well as Turkish feature films that also help on getting financed. Through the continuous cooperation and operation vith Viacom, in 2005 Medyavizyon Group launched Nickelodeon Turkey, followed by MTV Turkey in 2006.

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Media Contact Information:
Miss Sena Argun
Sinema Television Publishing and Production
sena.argun@sinematv.com.tr
Phone number: (+90212) 241 2038
Fax number: (+90212) 296 6567
http://www.sinematv.com.tr

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