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November 18, 2008 0 Comments

ROAD & TRACK MAGAZINE CAPTURES REAL-TIME COVERAGE OF
THE LOS ANGELES AUTOSHOW

ROAD & TRACK EDITORS USE ZANNEL SERVICE TO PROVIDE INSTANT MOBILE VIDEO, PHOTO AND TEXT UPDATES FROM SHOW FLOOR

New York, NY (November 18, 2008) – Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (HFM U.S., www.hfmus.com) announced today that Road & Track will use mobile devices to unveil the hottest new cars at the L.A. Auto Show this November 19 and 20, 2008. Six Road & Track contributing editors will capture and post real-time photo and video updates to Road & Track’s Zannel channel to share first looks with the community and start one-on-one discussions about the cars on display. Zannel is the instant media network used to share what’s happening now, instantly and visually, across mobile and the web.

Road and Track editors Patrick Hong, Mike Monticello, Shaun Bailey, Jim Hall, Calvin Kim and Jonathan Elfalan will provide continuous mobile coverage which will be accessible via any mobile device at http://www.roadandtrack.com and from a PC at http://www.zannel.com/roadandtrack. Updates can also be accessed by texting the keyword “RT” to 58888.

“Road & Track has been a trusted authority in automotive news. The fact that our editors can communicate with automotive enthusiasts in real time is an exciting technological advancement. To be able to send video and photos as well as commentary from the show gives us another way to serve the millions of people who are interested in what is happening in our industry,” said Matt DeLorenzo, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, Road & Track magazine.

Throughout the show, editors will broadcast video reveals, interviews, and shots of the hottest unveils including the 2010 Ford Mustang, 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series and 2009 Porsche Boxster S.

“Our partnership with Zannel is providing us with an entirely new means of engaging with our audience. Road & Track editors can now easily create timely content from any location, instantly share it with users on their mobile devices and PCs around the world, and in turn, provide conversation pieces for users to communicate with one another,” said Yaron Oren, Director of Mobile Strategy & Operations, HFM U.S.

Zannel’s award winning technology has provided top media companies and brands with a simple mobile solution to engage with their consumers one-on-one.

“Our partnership with Road & Track demonstrates how innovative companies are instantly connecting with their communities using mobile technology,” said Adam Zbar, CEO of Zannel. This program reinforces what Zannel is all about: enabling bloggers, visual artists, musicians, brands, and everyday folks to share and talk about their passions wherever they are, whether they’re on their mobile phone or on their favorite social network.”

About Road & Track
As America’s original car-enthusiast publication, Road & Track has a 60-year track record of providing its audience with the finest road tests of new cars, plentiful comparisons for making car shopping decisions easier and more informed, over-the-horizon looks at future cars and trends, in-depth technical updates on everything from future fuels to tire technology, and racing features that transport the reader into the pits and paddocks of racing teams around the world. Road & Track’s reputation for integrity and excellence is unparalleled in the automotive publishing arena. Road & Track has over 5.5 million readers and is published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (www.hfmus.com), a company of Lagardère Active.

About Zannel

Zannel makes the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Network™, which allows people to instantly and visually communicate what’s happening now across mobile and the web, including all major social networks. Zannel won a Webby for Best Mobile Social Network in 2008, serves million of unique visitors per month, has over 50 partnerships with leading operators, media companies, and brands. Founded by the team that built the first large-scale mobile media storefronts in the US, Zannel combines the best of mobile messaging, media sharing, and social networking into an intuitive, compelling user experience. Located in San Francisco, Zannel is backed by USVP, Alloy, and Palomar Ventures.

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October 15, 2008 0 Comments

Zannel Delivers Instant Media Forum for Mobile Phone Users to Start Real-Time Conversations on Presidential Election

Mobile Users Can View and Discuss Video, Picture and Text Updates From Citizen Journalist Zannelers for Tonight’s Presidential Debate and Beyond.

Zannel, the instant media network used by millions to share pictures, videos and text from a mobile phone or the web, today announced that anyone can engage in the conversation on its online forums PoliticsBlue (www.zannel.com/politicsblue) and PoliticsRed (www.zannel.com/politicsred), which are dedicated to a lively political discourse on the upcoming presidential election. Those who choose to “follow” PoliticsBlue or PoliticsRed will receive real-time alerts as Zannel’s citizen journalists post new video, images or text to the channels.

This is the first presidential election where the mainstream press has been joined by an army of self-starting bloggers, videographers, tweeters and new media activists who have enlisted the mobile phone as the tool to quickly capture photos, short videos clips and text commentary and then instantly communicate their message to audiences in real-time.

Zannel’s unique technology allows people to post multimedia content from anywhere, which is then available on over 800 handsets models across all the major carriers.  This gives citizen journalists covering the election on behalf of the Zannel’s PoliticsBlue and PoliticsRed channels unprecedented reach and the ability to better engage audiences in a real-time dialogue.

The Zannel community has bloggers and other accredited individuals recording various aspects of the presidential race, including backstage access into each candidate’s campaign and local voter opinion on all of the latest controversies. Some of these Zannelers were on the floor of the Democratic National Convention recording impromptu interviews such as this one with Gov. Howard Dean .

“Citizen journalists are becoming an important part of the discourse around this presidential election by offering diverse election content that better informs voters on the candidates, their stances, records and even their specific words,” said Adam Zbar, CEO of Zannel. “The ability to send videos and images in real time from a mobile phone allows Zannelers to communicate in a very powerful way to their friends or community. In politics, as in life, images and video are infinitely more powerful than text alone.”

Anyone interested in joining the conversation on Zannel can text DEM to 58888 or REP to 58888 to sign up to these Zannel channels.

About Zannel
Zannel makes the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Network™, which allows people to instantly and visually communicate what’s happening now across mobile and the web, including all major social networks. Zannel won a Webby for Best Mobile Social Network in 2008, serves million of unique visitors per month, has over 50 partnerships with leading operators, media companies, and brands.  Founded by the team that built the first large-scale mobile media storefronts in the US, Zannel combines the best of mobile messaging, media sharing, and social networking into an intuitive, compelling user experience.  Located in San Francisco, Zannel is backed by USVP, Alloy, and Palomar Ventures.

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August 25, 2008 0 Comments

ZANNEL LAUNCHES THE FIRST MOBILE POLITICAL COMMUNITY ON ITS INSTANT MEDIA NETWORK; 13 Grassroots bloggers will lifecast from the floor of the Democratic National Convention

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – AUGUST 25, 2008 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA – AUGUST 25, 2008 - For the first time ever, grassroots bloggers will be broadcasting video, pictures and text updates straight from the floor of the Democratic National Convention using their mobile phones and Zannel, the instant media network that is used by millions of people for lifecasting, micro blogging, and as a mobile social network.

The Democratic National Convention, being held in Denver, Colorado August 25-28, has accredited a select number of state-based bloggers with floor access during the entire convention. Thirteen of these bloggers, representing every region of the United States of America, are contributing to Zannel’s PoliticsBlue community channel (www.zannel.com/politicsblue or text DEM to 58888 to view on mobile) from the convention through Election Day.  Representing North, South, East, West, and even registered Democrats living abroad, these bloggers will broadcast their journeys to this historic event, their observations, on-the-fly interviews, interactions with delegates, and authentic captured moments with political figures on the national scene. By leveraging Zannel’s award winning mobile platform, they will be able to instantly share their convention coverage with their blog’s readers, the Zannel community, and to the blogging and social networks to which Zannel syndicates content..

“Sen. Obama and the Democratic Party have talked about breaking down the walls of the convention to really let people get involved in the process,” said South Carolina blogger Tim Kelly.  “Zannel is providing a way for bloggers to do that in an engaging and immediate way, and I’m excited to be a part of PoliticsBlue.”

“Blogging is not just great therapy it has allowed me the opportunity to truly connect with my community and beyond.  To be the first credentialed blogger from Utah to attend the convention is pretty amazing,” said Utah blogger Rob Miller.  “To have Zannel allow me this opportunity to reach out to a even greater audience is beyond my wildest dreams.”

“We’re excited to enable our nation’s political discourse to be instantly seen and discussed by people on their mobile or PC,” said Adam Zbar, CEO of Zannel, “and we will continue to work hard to develop mobile features that help keep the civic conversation up-to-date, vibrant, and accessible.”

According to Zbar, Zannel will soon launch a PoliticsRed community channel, and welcomes bloggers of all stripes to follow and discuss the latest Red and Blue updates, or to create their own mobile political channel at zannel.com.

Winner of the 2008 Webby AwardTM for Best Mobile Social Network, Zannel’s Instant Media Network™ service allows users to instantly and visually communicate with their friends anytime and anywhere by posting video, picture, and text updates from their phone in order to start real time conversations.

About Zannel
Zannel makes the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Network™. Millions of people use Zannel to instantly and visually communicate with their friends across mobile and the web, for lifecasting, micro-blogging, and as a mobile social network. Founded by the team that built the first large-scale mobile media storefronts in the US, Zannel has combined the best of mobile messaging, media sharing, and social networking into a simple, compelling user experience.

About The Bloggers:
Participating grassroots blogs in Zannel’s PoliticsBlue community (www.zannel.com/politicsblue) are:

Florida: Florida Progressive Coalition - http://flaprogressives.org
Georgia: Georgia Women Vote – http://georgiawomenvote.blogspot.com
Kentucky: Blue Grass Roots - www.bluegrassroots.com
Massachusetts: Blue Mass Group – www.bluemassgroup.com
Mississippi: The Natchez Blog - www.natchezblog.com
New Hampshire: Blue Hampshire - www.bluehampshire.com
New Mexico: Democracy for New Mexico - www.DemocracyForNewMexico.com
South Carolina: Crack the Bell - www.crackthebell.com
Texas: Burnt Orange Report - www.burntorangereport.com
Utah: The Utah Amicus - http://utahamicus.blogspot.com
Vermont: Green Mountain Daily - www.greenmountaindaily.com
Wisconsin: Uppity Wisconsin - www.uppitywis.org
Democrats Living Abroad: Yanqui Mike    - www.yanquimike.com.ar


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June 2, 2008 0 Comments

ZANNEL SECURES $10M IN SERIES B FUNDING LED BY ALLOY VENTURES — Funding Accelerates Expansion of the First Large-Scale Mobile Media Messaging Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 2, 2008 – Zannel (zannel.com), the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ service allowing people to instantly update their friends and start real-time conversations by sharing multi-media updates from mobile phones, announced they have secured $10 million in Series B funding from Alloy Ventures and existing Series A investors U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. To date, the company has raised at total of $16M.

“We spent over two years evaluating the mobile space and related communication technologies and talked with numerous companies,” said David Ezequelle, Partner, Alloy Ventures. “When we met with Zannel, they stood out immediately. We found a seasoned and successful mobile team with a strong vision, and a solid business model.”

“We’re excited to have David join our team, especially with his extensive experience in special interest publishing and digital media,” said Adam Zbar, CEO of Zannel. “The mobile phone is rapidly becoming the dominant platform for social communication, and Zannel is fortunate to have the strong financial backing and major partnerships to bring Instant Media Messaging™ to the mass market in the US and abroad.”

The funding will accelerate Zannel’s leadership position in expanding the first large-scale, global mobile media communications platform. Zannel attracts millions of visitors per month and has developed over 50 partnerships with leading media and consumer brands including Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, Capitol Records, Activision, Konami, Ubisoft, Capcom, RipeTV, Versaly, Mini Cooper, Toyota, Limelife and more. The service is available on all mobile Internet and WAP-enabled handsets and online at zannel.com and is distributed directly on select Verizon and Helio handsets. Recent accolades include a 2008 Webby Award for Best Mobile Social Network and being named by AlwaysOn to OnHollywood’s 100 Top Private Companies and as a NAPTE Top 3 Mobile Social Network.

“The roll-out of next generation mobile phones, which combine powerful imaging and messaging capabilities with high speed internet access, has allowed Zannel to develop a new form of communication that is instant, highly visual, and soon location-based,” said Braxton Woodham, CTO of Zannel. “We’ve just begun to scratch the surface of mobile’s potential, and will continue to pioneer new ways for our users to stay connected via their mobile devices.”

About Zannel
Zannel launched the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ service, which allows users to instantly and visually communicate with their friends across mobile and the web, including all major social networks. Founded by the team that built the first large-scale mobile media storefronts in the US, Zannel combines the best of mobile messaging, media sharing, and social networking into an intuitive, compelling user experience. Zannel is located in San Francisco, California and is backed by U.S. Venture Partners, Palomar Ventures and Alloy Ventures.

About Alloy Ventures
Alloy Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm with over $1 billion under management. They have helped start and cultivate more than 200 successful companies in the fields of information technology and life sciences including such leading companies as Amgen, AMCC, Applied Biosystems, Aspect Communications, CV Therapeutics, Favrille, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Nuance, Octel, PMC-Sierra, Red Brick Systems, Remedy and Verity to name a few. For more information, visit www.alloyventures.com.

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March 3, 2008 1 Comment

Zannel Opens Developer API and Adds Twitter/flickr/Facebook Feeds to Their Mobile Mix

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – March 3, 2008 – Today Zannel (zannel.com) announced that it is launching an open API (www.zannel.com/developers) that will allow developers to leverage the power and functionality of Zannel’s Instant Media Messaging™ (IMM) platform to create media-rich mobile applications, widgets and mashups. With access to the IMM™ platform, developers can take advantage of a rich messaging system that can deliver text, picture, and video messages across SMS, MMS, and email systems and format them for web browsers or mobile devices.

“The Zannel Open API is built on top of the same robust platform that powers our web and wap products,” said Harry Evans, VP, Technology at Zannel. “We look forward to seeing all the creative ways developers leverage these capabilities.”

Along with the Open API, Zannel has expanded its list of export feeds, so that users can instantly publish their mobile video, picture, and text updates to Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Myspace, and Blogger, among others. Custom tags can be added to Flickr feeds, and Facebook feeds can update user status or media albums based on the content contained in the message. .Friends can view these updates on the web or their mobile phones.

”Our team has been working together on mobile media technology for years, and we are excited to share our capabilities with the broader developer community and help everyday users get more out of their camera phones – to capture an image once and have it be viewable everywhere.” said Braxton Woodham, CTO, Zannel.

About Zannel, Inc.

Zannel is the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ service, allowing people to share what they’re seeing and feeling through video, pictures and text in real time, right from their mobile phone or PC. With Zannel’s lifecasting network, users can also follow friends, meet new friends, and watch videos on mobile and the web. Founded by the team who built the first large-scale mobile media platform in North America, Zannel is backed by U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures and is based in San Francisco, California.

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January 22, 2008 0 Comments

Zannel Sponsors Fresh Trax After-Party During Winter X Games; Takes All The Action Mobile With Instant Updates And Sweepstakes

Zannel Brings Action Sports Adrenaline Directly to Fans’ Mobile Phones

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 22, 2008 – Zannel (zannel.com), the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ service allowing people to instantly update their friends and start real-time conversations by sharing multi-media updates from mobile phones, is bringing ice-cold action sports from Aspen live to a mobile phone near you. Partnering with Fresh Trax to throw the ultimate winter bash, Zannel will keep fans tapped into all the happenings by enabling action sports athletes and celebrity guests in attendance to instantly share mobile videos and pictures from the party and sports scene on the slopes.

“Zannel encourages users to instantly capture and share the excitement from wherever they are, and what’s more exciting than the Winter X Games?” said Adam Zbar, CEO, Zannel. “Fans who can’t make it to Aspen can get one step closer to the games by followings all the action on the channel using their mobile phones or PC.”

The Zannel-sponsored Fresh Trax party will be held on January 25, in Aspen, Colo.’s most exclusive entertainment venue, Hotel Jerome. It will be attended by the biggest names in action sports and will feature performances by North Coast Underground and celebrity DJs, including DJ Rocky Rock. Zannel will be on site distributing branded cards and promotional materials to encourage users to share their X Games and Fresh Trax party happenings on Zannel.

Zannel will also be running a sweepstakes to give their users even more incentive to check out the action on their mobile phones. Those extreme fans who “friend, follow, or comment” on the Zannel Channel (found at zannel.com/wx) from January 24 – 27, will be automatically entered to win a Bikeboard, the latest in extreme sports gear.

In addition, all fans can test out Zannel’s new Facebook application, allowing media updates to be instantly posted to their Zannel and Facebook profiles at the same time.

About Zannel, Inc.

Zannel is the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ service, allowing people to instantly update their friends and start real time conversations by sending video, picture and text updates from their mobile phones. Within Zannel’s mobile network, users can also follow friends, meet new friends, and watch videos on mobile and the web. Founded by the team who built the largest mobile media platform in North America, Zannel is backed by U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures and is based in San Francisco, California.

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December 17, 2007 0 Comments

Zannel Launches Next Generation Mobile Web Site for iPhone

Mobile Messaging Leader to Unlock Viral Content Sharing and Social Networking Potential of iPhone.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – December 17, 2007 – Zannel, Inc. (http://zannel.com), the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ service that allows people to instantly update their friends and start real-time conversations by sharing video, picture and text updates from mobile phones, has created a mobile Web site with sophisticated technology optimized for the iPhone.

“The success of the iPhone demonstrates that the next wave of mobile communication has arrived, and the ecosystem is ready for true mobile web applications like ours,” said Braxton Woodham, CTO at Zannel. “We’re excited about moving beyond the simple list formats inherent to WAP and creating a mobile Web site that a device like the iPhone deserves.”

Unlike traditional WAP sites, Zannel’s iPhone mobile web interface retains sophisticated design elements commonly found on the Web, such as persistent navigation and seamless transitions between sharing, viewing and discussing content. Beyond the application’s elegant design, Zannel combines the active messaging and always-on presence of mobile with the rich media experience commonly found on the Web to bring a more compelling communication experience to users.

To get the service on your iPhone, simply type Zannel.com into the phone’s browser. The service requires no download and launches instantly.

Founded by the team that built the largest mobile media storefronts in the U.S., the Zannel platform supports a variety of messaging formats including both SMS and MMS, and leverages these to share rich video, picture and text messages for instant updates and messaging. Zannel’s media capabilities include a best-in-class mobile video transcoding system that supports the native video codecs for more than 500 US and European handsets. When a user views media with Zannel, the system automatically selects the best quality format for the particular handset and network in use. For the iPhone, Zannel optimizes the video formats for wi-fi and EDGE connections. Beyond mobile phones, Zannel allows users to communicate through custom widgets that are available for Myspace, Facebook and other social networking sites and blogs.

About Zannel, Inc.

Zannel is the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ service, allowing people to instantly update their friends and start real time conversations by sending video, picture and text updates from their mobile phones. With Zannel’s mobile social network, users can also follow friends, meet new friends, and watch videos on mobile and the web. Founded by the team who built the largest mobile media platform in North America, Zannel is backed by U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures and is based in San Francisco, California.

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November 5, 2007 0 Comments

Former YAHOO! Mobile Executive Pamela Mead Joins Zannel, Mobile Industry’s First Instant Media Messaging Service

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, November 5, 2007 - Zannel, Inc. (www.zannel.com), the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ (IMM) service which allows people to micro-blog their lives and start real time conversations by sending video, picture and text updates from their mobile phones, has added a seasoned mobile heavyweight to their management team, Pamela Mead, a former executive at Yahoo! Mobile.

Mead brings more than 15 years of experience in the mobile industry to the San Francisco-based mobile social network as VP of User Experience, where she will work with CEO Adam Zbar and CTO Braxton Woodham to identify and define key product features and services.

“Zannel is thrilled to add the expertise and creativity of Pamela Mead to continue to enhance our offerings and services and create the most compelling on-the-go experience for our users,” said Braxton Woodham, CTO, Zannel, Inc.

Prior to joining Zannel, Inc., Mead worked with the Yahoo! Berkeley Research lab to understand consumer media capture and sharing behavior. Previously, she led the Yahoo! Mobile design and research team, who recently launched Yahoo! Go for Mobile and oneSearch for Mobile, which focuses on optimizing the information experience on mobile devices.

A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mead has also worked on a variety of media and messaging applications at Palm, and spent six years as Strategist and Director of Interaction Design for MetaDesign, an international design consultancy, working with both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to plan, design and deliver customer-centric products and services.

About Zannel

Zannel is the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging™ (IMM) service, allowing people to micro-blog their lives and start real time conversations by sending video, picture and text updates from their mobile phones. With Zannel’s mobile social network, users can also follow friends, meet new friends, and watch videos on mobile and the web. Founded by the team who built the largest mobile media platform in North America, Zannel is backed by U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures and is based in San Francisco, California

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September 12, 2007 0 Comments

Bam! Kapow! Boom! Zannel and Top Cow team up to fight mobile boredom

Leading Independent Comic Book Publisher Makes Favorite Characters and Content Available to View and Share on Zannel

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, September 12, 2007 - Zannel, Inc. (www.zannel.com), the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging TM service, which allows people to micro-blog their lives and start real time conversations by sending video, picture and text updates from mobile phones, has partnered with Top Cow Productions to create a branded channel featuring Top Cow images, wallpapers and videos that users can share with friends on their mobile phones.

As a mobile social network, we are “thrilled to be working with the leading independent publisher, Top Cow,” said Adam Zbar, CEO, Zannel. “Their powerful stories and characters, married with smart, dramatic action makes for a fun and different micro-blogging experience for our users.”

“Zannel provides a perfect avenue for Top Cow’s devoted fans to get closer to the comic books and characters that fuel their passion,” said Filip Sablik, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Top Cow Productions. “As early adopters of up-and-coming technologies, we’re sure that our fans will enjoy Zannel’s new IMM (instant media messaging) features, which will allow them new ways to experience their favorite comics.”

Users can access Top Cow content on their phone by:

  1. Go to http://www.zannel.com/user.htm?name=topcow1 and click on the share button beside the Top Cow video or picture.
  2. Go to wap.zannel.com on your mobile phone and type “Top Cow” in the search box.

Recently, Zannel created customized channels and/or promotions for Warner Bros. Independent Pictures’ “11th Hour,” Universal’s “Knocked Up,” The Daily Reel, Ripe TV, Starz Media’s “Hatchet,” among other brands.

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September 5, 2007 0 Comments

Zannel Is Selected as The Daily Reel’s First Mobile Outlet for Podcasts

Zannel Offers Its Mobile Community Entertaining Podcasts Featuring the Best of Online Video

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, September 5, 2007 - Zannel, Inc., (computer/mobile web: www.zannel.com) the first large-scale viral mobile social network that provides the easiest way to experience and share content on any mobile device, today announced it was selected by The Daily Reel, a community for video content creators featuring the best of online video, to be the first mobile outlet for the site’s popular podcasts. Consumers can now access information about the hottest online videos, learn about rising, interesting video creators and get the latest news from the online video industry right on their mobile phones at wap.zannel.com.

Twice a week, Zannel will feature The Daily Reel podcasts, which are hosted by Daily Reel editor Michelle DeForest, and cover everything happening in the online video industry. Zannel will also offer video enthusiasts The Daily Reel’s “Video Pick of the Day” each morning. Using Zannel’s Pass-it-On™ feature, Zannel users can send the entertaining clips to anyone with a mobile phone or email account.

“We are excited to have been chosen as the exclusive mobile outlet for The Daily Reel podcasts,” said Adam Zbar, co-founder and chief executive officer of Zannel. “Our users, which are inherently online video enthusiasts, now have an opportunity to view, share and comment with their friends on The Daily Reel’s content right from their mobile phones.”

“Zannel provides a great way for The Daily Reel to expose the work from some of our best content creators to an active and enthusiastic audience,” said Jeff Stern, CEO of The Daily Reel. “Zannel’s users will now have the chance to meet the future stars of online video, television and film and share them with their friends.”

About Zannel

Based in San Francisco, California, Zannel has built the first large-scale instant mobile media messaging™ platform. Zannel is a place where people can post videos, pictures or text updates with their mobile phones to instantly update friends and start conversations. With Zannel, people can also follow friends, meet new friends, and watch videos all from their phones. Founded by the team who built the largest mobile media platform in North America, Zannel is backed by U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures.

About The Daily Reel

The Daily Reel is a community for the “doers” and enthusiasts in online video - a place where creators and aficionados of Online Videos and User Generated content go to showcase and view the best in online video. The Daily Reel’s ReeledIn is a growing community and gathering place for content creators everywhere — where they can connect, learn, find work and even get discovered. So, if you want to find out what’s happening in online video, how it is affecting our society, your business, or become a part of the revolution yourself, tune in to The Daily Reel. www.thedailyreel.com.

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